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Christians of Islamabad/Rawalpindi Stage Protest Over Badami Bagh Incident

Christians in Joseph Colony, Lahore, were attacked.

(ISLAMABAD) - Christians of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, on receiving the news regarding Badami Bagh's tragic incident, cancelled all their engagements and immediately convened an emergent meeting about this incident.

Later, Christian human rights activists and members of civil society, staged a protest at the National Press Club, in Islamabad.

Whose Wrong - Reply

A Brief Response to Mr. Sebastian Rasalingham's article on "The 1983 'Black-July' pogram and police inaction" of March 8, 2013.

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka Guardian) - I usually agree with Mr. Rasalingam’s stand on many matters relating to the communal problem in Sri Lanka.

However, the article referred to above bothers me much. I raise these issues in point form below...

Rwanda People`s Party Congratulates New Kenyan President in `Impressive Victory`

The President of the Rwanda People’s Party, congratulates Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta.

(LONDON) - John V Karuranga says the voice of 14.3 million of the resilient people of Kenya has decided their own destiny.

The following letter is from the President of the Rwanda People's Party, John V Karuranga, to the new President-elect of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta.

Smoking Blunderbuss

Illegal failure to consult with tribal peoples dooms giant solar and wind plants across the West.

(SOLANA BEACH, CA) - Chris Clarke's recent article deconstructs a video clip from the film, "Who Are My People?"

It is important for the public (us) to get our heads around the idea that the federal government is legally responsible to Native people.

PHOTOS: Over 100 Houses Torched in Lahore over a Blasphemy Accusation

Life for All and Masihi Foundation strongly condemn the incident.

(LAHORE, Pakistan) - Friday evening, Sawan Masih 26, of Joseph Colony near Badami Bagh, Lahore went to a barber's shop for a haircut.

But the shop owner, Imran Shahid, refused to cut his hair and hot words were exchanged between the two. The conversation got over heated by the remarks made by Imran Shahid against Masih`s religion.

Chavez: Another CIA Assassination Victim?

The Venezuelan president himself, before he died, wondered aloud whether the US government gave him, and its other leading Latin American enemies, cancer.

(SUNDANCE, Wyoming) - A little over a year ago, on Venezuelan national radio, Hugo Chavez said:

“I don’t know but… it is very odd that we have seen Lugo affected by cancer, Dilma when she was a candidate, me, going into an election year, not long ago Lula and now Cristina…”

Is Palestinian Solidarity an Occupied Zone?

So far, Palestine solidarity has failed to liberate Palestine.

(LONDON) - Once involved with Palestinian Solidarity you have to accept that Jews are special and so is their suffering; Jews are like no other people, their Holocaust is like no other genocide and anti Semitism, is the most vile form of racism the world has ever known and so on and so forth.

But when it comes to the Palestinians, the exact opposite is the case.

The Green Light for Zionism`s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By 1949 more than 400 Palestinian towns and villages were systematically destroyed or taken over by Israeli Jews; at least 750,000 Palestinians were refugees.

(LONDON) - I find myself wondering how many of our present day leaders, President Obama in particular, are aware of what happened in Palestine that became Israel on 10 March 65 years ago today.

They did not and never would refer to the crime they authorised as ethnic cleansing. Their euphemism for it was “transfer”.

How Maslow`s Hierarchy Can Save the World

Ideological and political constraints conflict with the human need to adapt and evolve.

(SALEM) - Citizens everywhere are caught in a political power struggle that has nothing to do with them. Those elected to represent the people are increasingly representing ideologies.

In the meantime historic changes confront us because natural resources are declining as population and consumption increase.

PAKISTAN: Another Blasphemy Law Victim: Sawen Masih

It is clear that a recipe to destroy the life of any minority member, involves accusing him/her of blasphemy.

(ISLAMABAD) - Sawan Masih, a resident of Joseph Colony, became another victim of Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law in Lahore Pakistan.

According to the daily Jang Lahore, on March 8, 2013, Mr. Shahid Imran, who works as a barber at Badami Bagh Lahore, alleged that Sawan Masih of Joseph Colony has disrespected the prophet Muhammad.