GENEVA: June 21, 2008. Muslim countries have won a battle to prevent Islam from being criticised during debates by the UN Human Rights Council.
Religions deserve special protection because any debate about faith is bound to be “very complex, very sensitive and very intense” council President Doru

NEW YORK; June 19, 2008. (PAN) A Washington-based Baluch organization has welcomed the statement of President Hamid Karzai that Afghanistan has the right to self- defense and to send its troops across the border to destroy the terrorists living there.
"It is a very legitimate statement. People of

Algiers, Jun 19, 2008. (CNA).- Four Algerian citizens who converted to Christianity have been condemned to prison and heavy fines, while two others were set free after renouncing their conversion. According to the AFP, the defense lawyer said the four were charged with “illegally practicing a non-

Toronto: June 14, 2008. Putting to rest a controversy ignited by Premier Dalton McGuinty four months ago, Liberals, Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats voted unanimously on a compromise today.
Under the new arrangement, the traditional Christian prayer will continue to be read each morning

SINGAPORE: June 13, 2008--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that Pakistan's 2009 fiscal year (starting July 1, 2008) budget was broadly in line with expectations and has no impact on the sovereign credit ratings of the country (foreign currency B/Negative/B, local currency BB-/Negative/B

LONDON, June 13 (APP): A British member of Parliament Lyne Brown has underscored the importance of addressing the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the peace dialogue between Pakistan and India could become positive only by engaging authentic Kashmiri voices.
The member of the Hou

Sydney: June 08. Monsignor Guido Marini, Master of Liturgical Ceremonies for His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI today approved the designs and Australian themes for the sanctuary spaces for World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08).
Monsignor Marini is in Sydney this week with Monsignor William Millea and M

Sargodha, Pakistan: June 4, 2008. A large number of people from Christianity, Islam, Shiites, Bhais and various other faiths aggrouped at United Christians Church Noori Gate, Sargodha, Pakistan to observe the ¡Symphony of Peace Prayer¢, under the auspices of ¡Rays of Development CC (ROD CC)¢ United

BIHAR, INDIA (ANS) -- The people in Priya Mistry’s village knew her as the “Christian witch doctor.” They didn’t fully understand that the source of her healing power didn’t come from the same source her father used. Instead, it came from God.
Slowly, people became more aware of her ministry as one

HYDERABAD, May 30,2008: (Report by Abbas Kassar) Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chowdhry has said that lawyers struggle has reached its final phase and its fruits were to reach common man. He praised the struggle of lawyers of whole country and lauded sacrifices of lawyers of Si

Lahore, May 29, 2008: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is happy to see Pakistan win membership for a second term to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). It has keenly followed the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan carried out by UNHRC. HRCP hopes that the government will honor the

Attock: Jawad Mazhar of ROD reported: May 24, 2008. Muslim workers of an ammunition factory situated at Gunjwal, the suburb of Attock city, in the conservative North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, allegedly kidnapped their Christian colleague Danish Masih on May 15th, 2008 over passing blasphe

A Christian registrar was bullied and threatened with the sack when she refused to carry out “sinful” homosexual marriages, a tribunal heard yesterday.
Lillian Ladele, 47, asked to be excused from conducting civil partnerships for gay men and women because of her deeply-held religious beliefs.
Bu

USA: May 19, 2008. Pakistani Christian Association of America has decided to nominate Mr. Daniel Khokar as President of UAE Chapter of PCA. Mr. Daniel Khokhar is an active leader of Pakistani Christians in Emirates from a decade and serving his community.
PCA has commissioned UAE chapter in a secon

SAGUENAY, Quebec, May 17, 2008. (LifeSiteNews.com) – The city of Saguenay, Quebec must cease offering prayers at the beginning of its workday, according to the Quebec Human Rights Commission. The Commission forbade prayer, ruling that Christian prayer in city hall is opposed to the city's secular an