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Catholic Leaders Release Memo After Visiting Sri Lanka`s War Torn North

Memorandum given by the Jaffna diocesan clergy to the CBCSL

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - May God bless you.

We are happy that you have come once again to the North and visit certain places to hand out the situation here and see for yourselves the real difficulties and anxieties of the people here.

Pakistani Christians Demand Right to Cast Dual Vote

PCC (Pakistan Christian Congress) urges ECP (Election Commission Of Pakistan) to end parliamentary selection of minorities on reserved seats.

(LAHORE, Pakistan) - The Pakistan Christian Congress (PCC), is a political party fighting for the electoral rights of minorities in the country.

PCC has demanded the government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) give them the right to cast dual vote in the next general elections in line with the constitution.

Cut Muslim People Down from the Whipping Post

The truest thing in this life, is that people are all the same. Accept it and move on.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Americans have an ugly habit of blaming a person's race or religion for their mistakes. It is a problem as old as any and one we're all hard pressed to not encounter at least occasionally.

Murderers, rapists, war criminals, child abusers, they all exist in every facet of life, in every station, organization, etc. There is no getting around it. Sometimes people who are exemplary citizens turn into maniacs on a dime.

An Appeal to the Ummah in the World

And I ask... where are my brothers and sisters of Islam?

(EAST JERUSALEM, Occupied Palestine) - The biggest enemy of our efforts are not those of other nations supporting the crimes against our btohers and sisters. It is our own Muslim brothers and sisters who either collaborate or remain silent.

This is how every form of occupation is effective.

Why Dead Children Don`t Matter, and How they Can: What Billie Combes and Moloch Still Teach Us

Does it matter to you? Do you too hear the screams that never stop?

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I don't remember a lot of my dreams, but last night's was stark and unforgettable. My murdered friend Billie Combes came and spoke to me.

He looked as sad as ever, but his eyes were sharp, like his tone. Billie barked at me, "You're forgetting about all the children, Kev! They're still waiting for you. They're waiting to come home. They want to speak. Don't fail them! Don't!"

US: Exposing the Hypocrisy of a Nation

For its revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, like slavery itself, the doom of the United States of America is certain.

(DENVER) - Abolitionist, former slave and gifted Black orator Fredrick Douglass, offered what was perhaps the most caustic speech ever on July 4 1852.

He spelled out in no uncertain terms what the American Independence day meant to slaves ensnared in the so-called empire of liberty.

What MLK Might Say Today about Israel Palestine and US

Too long has The Peace Process been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue.

(CLERMONT, FL) - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year coincides with the inauguration of President Barack Obama’s second term.

To bring attention to the urgent need for action on climate change, leaders and individuals from Buddhist, Christian [Catholic, Evangelical and Protestant], Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and other faith traditions will unite with the Interfaith Moral Action on Climate for “A Pray-in for the Climate”

Christians Were Not Mass Murdered in Nigeria During 2012

Salem-News takes one in the chops.

(SALEM) - This article initially stated that Muslims in Nigeria had burned Christians alive.

A Sudanese Genocide in Egypt?

“One need only look to Egypt’s immediate neighbor, Sudan, and its bloody history, to know where the former may be headed”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Moderates, secularists, and Christians recently demonstrated in mass at Tahrir Square.

They even besieged the presidential palace—is all too familiar.

Hindus Ask Pope to Take Lead in His Call for Dialogue

Rajan Zed, President of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that serious and honest interfaith dialogue was the need of the hour and Pope should take the lead in organizing one.

(RENO) - Hindus have welcomed call for dialogue by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and have asked him to take the lead in organizing one.

In his annual address to the members of diplomatic corps accredited to Holy See on January seven in Vatican City, Pope reportedly said: “… building peace through dialogue is no longer a choice but a necessity!”