Washington, D.C. - In a letter to Bangladesh Ambassador Syed Hasan Ahmad dated January 9, 2004, Institute on Religion and Public Policy President Joseph K. Grieboski called on the government of Bangladesh to "end the ongoing discrimination and violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh."

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Khan Pur is a small town within the city of Khanewal containing about two thousand houses (about 5 hours west of Lahore). About half of the population is Christian.
Pastor Mukhtar, aged 50 years, has been serving the Christian community in Khan Pur for about 14 years as a pastor for the Church of

Egypt. 5th January 2004. The Patmos Christian Centre has been attacked for the ninth time. In the fracas one of the employees was killed.
Today beginning at 11.30am local time the Egyptian army subjected the Patmos Christian Centre to an hour long attack. Five hundred soldiers descended upon the ce

ISLAMABAD : The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) opened its 12th summit Sunday in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad. This is the first summit between South Asian leaders in two years.
The regional bloc comprises the seven countries of South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,

Kampala. Sister Mary Agnes, The Provincial Econome of HOLY FAMILY CONVENT Kampala, Uganda have announced that Our provincial procurator, Sr.Josephine and Sr.Grace are scheduled to visit Lahore and Karachi this coming January and February, 2004. They will arrive in Pakistan on January 25, 2004 and s

ISLAMABAD, : Pakistani authorities have taken appropriate security measures around the foreign missions in the federal capital and provincial metropolises on the eve of Christmas and New Year to avoid any untoward eventuality.

Official in the Ministry of Interior told here Tuesday that strict se

Several Christians and Westerners have recently been killed in violent attacks on Christian workers in Somalia while a Christian delegation attempts to make itself heard at Somali peace talks.

During 2003 several cases of violent attacks against Christians and westerners took place in Somalia as

Gavin Harney, Angie Harney and their young son Warren are currently in Dungavel Detention Centre, Scotland and are due to be removed on Thursday, 11 December 2003.

The family fled Bangladesh in April of this year. They are Christians in a predominantly Muslim country. They fled Bangladesh because

HYDERABAD. December 10. Rally taken out by various organizations on the occasion of Human Rights Day here on Wednesday, led by National Commission For Justice and Peace has demanded the government to provide protection to its citizens and to curb such elements that were damaging the country. Apart

Karachi: November 30, 2003 Bishop Ijaz Inayat of Karachi launched "The Inter-Faith Friendship Forum, Karachi" at an Eid Milan Party arranged by the forum as the Chairman of the forum at the Bishop's House, Diocese of Karachi, Fatima Jinnah Road, Karachi to promote friendship and tolerance between

LAHORE: November 23. Thousands of Christians marched on the city roads on Saturday praying for international peace, national solidarity and religious harmony.

The Christ the King Procession is an annual feature in Lahore arranged by St Anthony's Parish. It started at St Anthony's Church on Empre

LAHORE: The Naulakha Presbyterian Church will this Christmas celebrate 150 years of service in Lahore. Established in 1853 with a modest congregation, today Naulakha boasts one of the oldest and largest congregations in the Punjab. Naulakha Church was set up by the American Presbyterian Church (APC)

Cairo. 19 November 2003. (BF) The Egyptian Army has once again carried out a totally unprovoked attack on the Patmos Christian Center 30km to the east of Cairo. Just after midnight in the early hours of Tuesday 18 November an army dump truck was driven repeatedly into the perimeter wall surrounding

ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The special committee of the National Commission on the of Women (NCSW) has recommended that non-Muslims shouldn't be dealt with under the Hudood laws.

The issue was raised in the committee meetings, which in its final recommendations has proposed the repeal of the Hudood laws

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