I’m not a Catholic. I’m not, for that matter, even a [different sort of] Christian! And yet, I am very grateful for the many, many ways in which I’ve benefitted from the Catholic Church over the years. Deeping my appreciation of interfaith dialogue is one of these.
It is true that like every other

Inayatullah Khan (famously known as Allama Mashriqi) and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk were contemporaries who are regarded as two of the great leaders of the 20th century. Throughout his lifetime, Mashriqi expressed a fondness for Turkey and Ataturk. On Ataturk’s 78th death anniversary, it is worth remembe

Over 90 percent of world population is affiliated to some religion or the other and for millions of people life would be unthinkable without the guidance of their religion. Religion provides a sense of peace and meaning to life and connects human beings to family and society.
Yet, in the present ag

The situation of Christian refugees in German shelters is “unbearable” according to an updated report released in October and co-authored by Open Doors Germany. The report documents 743 cases of discrimination, death threats, and physical assaults against Christians by Muslim refugees between Februa

There have been multiple diplomatic efforts to resolve the Syrian conflict since it erupted in 2011 but all have ended in vain. Recently as well no agreements was reached or set out in a final document at the ministerial meeting on Syria held in the Swiss lakeside city of Lausanne. It proved to be a

Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) remains a public health crisis. As per WHO’s Global TB Report 2016, 480,000 people fell ill with MDR-TB in 2015, with 3 countries - India, China, and Russia - carrying the major burden and together accounting for nearly half of all MDR-TB cases globally.
Detection an

Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, a name that no one is Pakistan cannot forget nor can afford to forget. In his life and death, he left a legacy of working for the equal inclusion of Pakistani minorities into the mainstream society. The slain minorities’ minister life ended in 2011 in an assassination in the hear

This week in Lahore, Pakistan, a court freed a Muslim man charged with double murder after he forgave himself and his two accomplices. Leveraging a longtime Islamic tradition, Faqueer Muhammad claimed family pardon and legal “forgiveness” for himself, along with his son and nephew, for the so-called

So said US Congressman Dr Jim McDermott while receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th National Conference of AIDS Society of India (ASICON 2016) in Mumbai.
In an exclusive interview given to CNS (Citizen News Service), (watch video interview: http://bit.ly/2ejLKyS | Audio podcast: http:

Jesus Christ is same, yesterday, today and tomorrow (Hebrew 13: 8). This verse has long history of 6000 years. Jesus is God, Jesus said that i am in Father and Father is in me. This teaching was also preached by Apostle Paul that Don’t you know that Holy Spirit dwell within you (1 Cor 3:16). God is

Aasia bibi has been facing execution since 2010 on charges of blasphemy, the mere accusation of which is enough to put an individual’s life in mortal peril. The evidence against her is untenable, but opposition from the religious right has prevented the state from securing her release. The Lahore Hi

‘China Pakistan Economic Corridor’ (CPEC) is the cause of much of present tension between nuclear India & Pakistan but fortunately it can also provide solution to most of the problems of Extended SAARC region in which China, Iran and some land-locked Central Asian countries can be members. A parliam

HIV-related point-of-care testing can potentially play a major role in accelerating the pace of progress towards achieving the '90-90-90' targets of the UNAIDS (joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS). Increasing access to quality and accurate diagnostics which function in low-resource settings

The latest massacre in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and the Sunni Muslim coalition highlights the utter moral bankruptcy of America, France, and the United Kingdom. These leading NATO powers, along with the Sunni Muslim coalition that is butchering in Yemen, show that international law and moral authority

The brave Christian lady called Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen) highlights that while ISIS (Islamic State – IS) hit the headlines, this Christian female is a victim of ordinary Muslims and institutional discrimination in Pakistan. Even before her ordeal, she faced intimidation based on being told to conve