A few among those missionaries were informed some weeks ago that they would need official clearance, when they last applied for renewal of their papers. "One of the priests in my [Catholic] order was asked to appear before an intelligence Bureau (IB) official," the source disclosed. Until recently t

The woman and her husband, also a cardholder of a human-rights group, tried to file a first-information report against the alleged rapist immediately after the incident. But even a week after her rape, the police refused to lodge the case, according to Fr. Samson Saroya who represented the woman in

Yesterday, about 9pm when he went to see his nephew at Children Hospital Freeport road Lahore, near Glendive Hospital to take road of Children Hospital, at once two people on motorbike asked him to stop the car. They abused him and used the filthy language and one of them slap on his face and gave h

Dr. Joseph D'souza, president of the All India Christian Council has asked Christians to pray against and protest the bill, which he described as being against the India constitution.

In an urgent AICC communiqué, D'souza said, "Dear partners and friends of the All India Christian Council. This

The report - Pakistan, the mullahs and the military - issued by the International Crisis Group, which is based in Brussels and maintains an office in Islamabad, expressed special concern for the plight of women and religious minorities in the country. It regrets that the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA

IRAQ

In Iraq Christians are most vulnerable. Christian leaders fear it would only take one small spark - an aggressive anti-Christian sermon preached in a mosque, or an argument between a Christian and a Muslim neighbour - to trigger violent attacks on churches and Christian homes. To date than

Professor Ishtiaq said "Asiapeace condemns the slaughter of 24 innocent men, women and children from the minority Hindu community of Kashmiri Pandits in the village of Nadimarg, 80 km south of Srinagar on the night of 24 March".
Its said that The cold-blooded, heavily-armed killers, dressed in Indi

The FIR of this incident was duly registered with Mahmood Abad Police station and relevant authorities were informed about this terrorist act and security was demanded by the Karachi Administration.

The Christian leader, Younas S Khan Advocate, who is elected councilor of Karachi city and Chairma

She made the call to the government after some minority leaders expressed apprehensions that during the protest demonstrations some extremist elements may link the Pakistani Christians with the US and the West and thereby harm them in a bid to avenge US war on Iraq.

Christians and other minoriti

He said that Islamic Shariat would be the supreme law in the province, and Quran and Sunnah would be the sources of guidance for future legislation in the NWFP.

All the provincial laws would be brought in conformity with the Islamic Shariat, he said.

"All laws falling within the ambit of th

We want to bring the "bread of life" to the Iraqi people who have suffered for so many years.

God has been preparing a people to bring His Word to the Iraqi people. Since the first Gulf War, thousands of Iraqis have become refugees in Jordan. God has used this "Exodus" experience from their home

Three hours after the raids began, a grim-faced Saddam appeared on state television in military uniform, black beret and thick-rimmed glasses, urging Iraqis to defend their country.

''The criminal little Bush has committed a crime against humanity,'' he said, reading from notes. It was not certai

The religious extremists always linked Pakistani Christians and minorities with the West and America because they thought that by killing Pakistani Christians, they could take revenge from America, the APMA leader said.

"We are Pakistani citizens, and we are proud of our culture and heritage a

In the packed house gathering, prior to official start of the program, Senator Specter was apprised by Mr. Sitangshu Guha, Rup Bhowmick, Nabendu Dutta, Dr Dwijen Bhattacharjya, Bidyut Das and Pradip Das about the ongoing genocide against the religious and tribal minorities of Bangladesh spearheaded

Barbara Green, who worked as an assistant in the U.S. Embassy's Human Resources Office, and her daughter, Kristen Wormsley, were killed when assailants hurled grenades into the congregation during a Sunday service at the Protestant International Church in Islamabad on March 17, 2002.

``Barbara wa