The Rev. Canon Patrick P. Augustine is rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Waynesboro, Virginia. A native Pakistani, he holds an extensive resume in interfaith work. He has traveled recently to several nations experiencing religious violence, including the Sudan and Pakistan. Canon Augustine

According to HRW spokeswoman Jemera Rone, information available about this case is spotty.
However, in its letter to Bashir, HRW stressed, "The man with whom (the woman) allegedly had sex was not tried, because the court lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute him."

The trial was conducted in

The e-mail, sent to The Wall Street Journal, CNN and The New York Times, among others, accused correspondent Daniel Pearl of being a spy for Israel. It also warned other U.S. journalists in Pakistan to leave the country within three days.

"We have interrogated Mr. D. Pearl and have come to the c

He said the he always demanded the joint electorate system for Christians but he was gravely concerned to end the minority representation in parliament contrary to constitution of Pakistan by this government. He added that reservation seats for technocrats are against the constitution.

Mr. Felix

After repeated protest calls and letters to U.S. and Saudi government officials from the Washington, DC human rights organization International Christian Concern (ICC), and other groups, six of the fourteen detained Christians being held in Saudi Arabia have been released and deported. However, ther

Mr. Bhatti said that PPP and PML have been committed to Dual Vote for minorities in their respective regimes and this is the only solution to end the controversy of Joint Electorate and Separate Electorate for minorities in Pakistan. Discussing the Dual Voting, he said, that in Pakistan Kashmir Musl

We witnessed it in 1964 Basic Democracy Elections, 1970 general elections and 1977 "rigged" elections. Late General Zia-Ul-Haq introduced "SES" on demand of Christian leadership of that time enabled Christians to have their own representatives at Provincial and National level. Although the Christia

He said that minorities voice in parliament was only this representation but instead of taking notice of increase in seats for minorities proportional to their population, the military government decision to abolish the minority seats is contrary to powers rendered to this regime by the supreme cour

The voice of few Christians and some NGO representatives against separate electorate system, confirms that they do not enjoy the confidence of poor Christians to get their votes to reach in parliament and they attempt to misled the national and international community that separate electorate system

I have a great respect for the Ulema and expect them to come forward and present Islam in its true light. I urge them to curb elements which are exploiting religion for vested interests and bringing a bad name to our faith".

After this, I initiated a number of steps in this regard. First, in the

The missionary work and dedication to handicaps uplift programmed of Ian Stillman are very valuable and he has been set up by such forces previously involved in killing of Australian missionary and attacks on religious leaders of Christian faith in India.

Ian Stillman has been unjustly imprisone

Addressing the nation on radio and television, the president talked about sectarian violence, terrorism and bigotry, and expressed his resolve to create tolerance and brotherhood in the country in the light of the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the guidelines set by the Quaid-

The government, he said, should also act against the women who routinely Converted to Islam and returned to Christianity for reasons of convenience And followed neither Islam nor Christianity. Participants of the rally included Church of Christ Priest Aamir Kamran, Priest David Michael, former MPA M

The explosions were an unsettling beginning to the New Year for Christians in Sulawesi. Some reports say the bombs were thrown at the churches by men on motorbikes. In Ambon, the capital of nearby Maluku province, a grenade was thrown into a house and exploded injuring one of the residents. Sever

Twelve other members were sentenced to between two years and life imprisonment by the Intermediate People's Court in Jingmen city, central Hubei province, a criminal court official told AFP.Earlier the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy had reported that only the churc