HYDERABAD (PAKISTAN)November 13,2003: The Children of Kirshan Sharma journalist, writer and social workers of district Tharparkar in southern Sindh province of Pakistan have demanded from the authorities to release their father. His children Rajnesh, Rahul, Manjeet, Marvi and Meet who were accompan

UK. Barnabas Fund is pleased to publicise the following statement issued by the Christian Converts of Egypt on 26 October in response to the arrest of 22 converts and those who helped them obtain new identities in Alexandria in late October.

"A plea from Egyptian converts to Christianity who are

Mahathir Mohamad, the long serving Prime Minister of Malaysia who stepped down on 31 October 2003 after 22 years in power, used his speech at the opening session of the 57-state Organisation of the Islamic Conference OIC) in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on 16 October 2003 to argue that the Jews control the

ISLAMABAD: In a joint emergent meeting of the executives, the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA), the Advisory Committee of APMA, the justice & Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference and the Christian Organizations for Social Action in Pakistan (COSAP), condemned harassment being

Lahore. October 28. Mr. Mohammad Shafiq, Excise and taxation Minister of Punjab government disclosed today on floor that Bishop Alexander Malik, the Lahore Bishop of church of Pakistan also confirmed in a visit " Drinking is permitted in Christianity"
The Excise Minister was replying to a question

Rev. Gary Edmonds, Secretary General of WEA have issued a statement to define the evangelisim. He explains that "As there is misunderstanding and misuse of the words proselytism and evangelism in the world today, World Evangelical Alliance wants to share an official definition of these words. WEA st

Exclusive. Analysis. By Yossef Bodansky and Gregory R. Copley. With input from GIS (Global Information System) Stations Islamabad, Riyadh and Kuala Lumpur.

Pakistan has reached a secret but definitive agreement to station nuclear weapons on Saudi soil, fitted to a new generation of Chinese (PRC)-

Washington, D.C. - The Institute on Religion and Public Policy denounces remarks made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad at the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit, which he was hosting.
"The remarks of the Prime Minister make evident the unfortunate fact that anti-Semitism, rac

Washington, D.C. - Institute on Religion and Public Policy President Joseph K. Grieboski, in a letter to the participants of the Congress of World and Traditional Religions, called on the leaders of the 17 religious delegations to "carry out our pledges signed in the Declaration of the Congress by d

The Catholics in Mumbai have been warned not to attend prayer meetings of the US-based preacher Benny Hinn when he visits India early next year.
Hinn's meetings have been scheduled for 13, 14 and 15 February at the Bandra-Kurla Complex. This worries the Catholic Church who fear that their faithful,

LAHORE. National Commission for Status of Women chairperson Justice Majida Rizvi (retired) has said that the Hudood Ordinance should be repealed because it is "un-Islamic on the one hand and makes a mockery of Islamic justice on the other".
Speaking at a seminar on Hudood Ordinance under the aegis

ISLAMABAD. As many as 88 per cent of women prisoners in the country are languishing in jails as a result of ambiguities in the Zina Ordinance.
This has been stated in the final report of the special committee on Hudood Ordinance, which was constituted by the National Commission on the Status of Wo

HYDERABAD. One more Journalist Amir Bux Brohi district reporter of Sindhi language daily has fallen victim to the 16th century feudalism still not only prevalent in Sindh province of Pakistan but reigning as de facto rulers of this part of world. Mir Bux Brohi was gunned down by 3 unknown armed men

HYDERABAD. October 14, 2003: The Bonded peasants mostly belonging to minority community languishing under the private jails of feudal lords/land lords of Sindh have began to seek help from National Commission For Justice and Peace (established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Pakistan) On 10 Oc

AUSTRALIA. Two Christian pastors have been taken to court by the Islamic Council of Victoria and three Australian Muslims after making critical statements about the Islamic faith on a website and at a seminar for Christians held in March last year.

A complaint of religious vilification was made a