India has certainly come a long way forward in its response to providing access to standard WHO recommended anti-TB treatment through Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) to more than 14.2 million (1.42 crores) people across the country. Yet TB continues to remain one of the key public he

Pastor Paul Ciniraj of Paul Ciniraj Ministries in India, describes the tragic cycle of prostitution that Dalit (depressed community) girls, as young as 10-years-old, are forced into by their own families in Rajasthan State.
The girls are mostly aged between 12 and 15, though some are as young as 1

The so-called dispute vis-à-vis Jammu and Kashmir has two aspects to be analyzed historically and scientifically. Firstly, the external factor which involves Pakistan and China both though Bangladesh as a splinter off Pakistan is also a shareholder in the so-called dispute. Secondly, the internal in

The al Shabab’s target shooting of non-Muslim shoppers in the Nairobi Mall adds an expressly religious dimension to the most heinous phenomenon of terrorism. It renders the global Muslim community a tacit and unsolicited ally of the terror outfits and is designed to globalize Islamophobia, fuel anti

Terrorists and sectarians aided and assisted by feudal Sunni monarchs in the Gulf have targeted a predominantly Christian and Druze part of Damascus. If this carnage was happening in any other nation then America, France, Turkey and the United Kingdom would be quick to condemn terrorism. However, th

In June this year four Shia Muslims were brutally murdered after Salafists and other radical Sunni elements incited hatred towards this minority religious community in Egypt. Images of the brutal attack quickly emerged on social media whereby the disturbing scenes show a Shia Muslim being terrorized

Mulla Ali Qari was a famous Islamic scholar and jurisprudent. He was born in Herat, now in Afghanistan, and died in Makkah in 1606. He was the author of a number of books. One of these is titled Mirqat ul-Masabih, which is a commentary on a Hadith collection titled Mishkat ul-Masabih. In the chapter

Everybody in the world believes on ideals. Some people always have ideal personality whom they love or follow. There are ideal things; ideal states and other kinds of ideals are there. It belongs to a person's nature that what he desires for his life, which he likes and what he likes. It all depends

In many non-Muslim majority countries, Muslim groups are fighting for independence in areas where Muslims are in a majority. This is happening, for instance, in Kashmir, Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, Chechnya, Sinkiang, and so on. Muslim groups living in these areas consider the non-Musli

In Bangladesh, a man forced into marriage vents his frustration by beating his wife when she disobeys him. In Cambodia, a husband justifies slapping his wife on the grounds that she must have done something she shouldn’t. In Indonesia, some men believe that if a wife doesn’t look after her husband’s

The voice of the martyred of Peshawar church blast is not silent. All over the world Pakistani Christians have one voice for them. Last day in Kasure at Ganda Singh boarder our Christian brother sisters were gather to make their voice against Peshawar Church attack on 22nd September when the believe

“You are now going back to Canada after your tour of eight weeks to India. Nearly half of this time you have spent in Chhattisgarh.” Driver Manoj’s tone was inquisitive while on the way to Amarkantak, where Reghu had been invited for a talk by Adivasi University.
“I have come after twenty years to

Pakistani Christians continue to protest against and condemn the killings of dozens of innocent Christians in Peshawar on 22nd September. But as they mourn, it is hardly comprehensible that there are reports that the organs of the victims were stripped from their bodies and trafficked on the black m

The aggression of the Quraish of Makkah had led to war between them and the Muslims. At this juncture, among the verses that were revealed to the Prophet were these (8:61-62):
Then if they should be inclined to make peace, make peace with them, and put your trust in God. Surely, it is He who is Al

September 22, 2013 is yet another black day for Pakistan. The Country’s most vulnerable, the Christian community, endured the deadliest attack in recent history when two suicide bombers, aged 17-18, targeted St. John's Church in Kohati Gate, Peshawar soon after the service was over and worshipers we