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PETITION: Justice for Vijanti - 6 Year Old Hindu Girl Raped in Pakistan

The kidnapping of Sindh girls and sexually assaults of innocent children have crossed all bounds of humanity.

(WASHINGTON DC) - On 4 December 2012 six year old Vijanti Meghwar was brutally raped in Ghulam Nabi Shah village, district Taluka Pithoro Umerkot, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Vijanti belongs to the Meghwar community of the country’s minority Hindu population.

Miracle Comeback: A Story of Near-Impossible Survival

One of the most amazing medical recovery stories leaves one father a great deal of inspiration and hope.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Bilal Markis had the scare of his life when his son nearly died. It changed my life forever.

In the early part of the summer of 2009, my sixteen-year-old son Elijah was involved with gangs and, because I was a single father of three at the time, I had to work more and more to keep the bread on the table.

16 Days of Activism: SACH- Struggling for Change in Pakistan

“At the very least, we should ensure a baseline..." "A right to dignity.” - Ms. Khalida Salimi, Executive Director for SACH

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - The activism falls on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the closure on the International Day of Human Rights.

SACH- Struggle for Change, a human rights organization aims at creating a society free of violence and torture...

Probability of a White Christmas in the US

Based on data from 1981 to 2010, northern New England, the Upper Midwest, Rocky Mountains and Intermountain West have the highest chance, more than 75 percent, of a white Christmas.

(STATE COLLEGE,, PA Accuweathter.com) - From Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," Christmas is portrayed as a snowy time. However, many areas of the U.S. do not necessarily have a high probability of a white Christmas*.

Since many people may have a different idea of what constitutes a white Christmas, it is being defined in this story as a snow depth of an inch or more on Christmas Day.

88% of Citizens` Support for Chapels at Public Universities

Public spaces belong to everybody and not just to the State...

(MADRID) - The newspaper El Pais started in Spain a campaign to open an outdated discussion, with the following question: Did you support chapels at public universities?

Many people answered and the result was that an overwhelming 88% said yes and 12% said no.

The Time Has Come to Reconsider Massive U.S. Aid to Israel, Which has Become an Impediment to Peace

Christian leaders condemn Israeli killing of civilians, home demolitions, forced displacement and restrictions on Palestinian movement.

(NEW YORK) - Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II.

To date, the U.S. has provided Israel with $115 billion. The request for Fiscal Year 2013 includes $3.1 billion in military aid.

Blasphemy Law in the Context of Christian Theology

The blasphemy laws in The constitution of Pakistan

(KARACHI) - Several sections of Pakistan's Criminal Code comprise its blasphemy Laws. § 295-A forbids outraging religious feelings. § 295-B forbids defiling the Quran. § 295-C forbids defaming the Islamic prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Defiling the Quran merits imprisonment for life. Defaming Muhammad (PBUH) merits death with or without a fine. (See below Sharia.)

`Hindu Canyon` in USA

There is “Hindu Canyon” in the Mohave County of Arizona state of USA.

(RENO, NV) - “Hindu Canyon” in the Grand Canyon corridor is a sequence of beautiful chutes, cascades, unusual-scenic narrows and pools.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, admiring the fascination of the West with Hindu names, urged it also to explore the rich philosophical thought which Hinduism offered.

You Are God

Who... Me?

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - The statement "You are God" seems an absurd and presumptuous blasphemy, so it needs to be clarified. According to the Vedic tradition and panentheism, it's not just you who are God; all of us are God.

And it's not just all of us who are God; everything is God. God is the universe in synergy, the whole that is more than the sum of its parts.

USCIRF -- U.S. Government Advisory Body Concerned by Draft Egyptian Constitution

Hasty passage of the draft constitution concluded a contentious process.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Egyptian Constituent Assembly on November 30 approved a draft constitution that includes problematic provisions limiting freedom of religion or belief for all Egyptians.

“The constitution was drafted without a balanced representation of all the Egyptian constituencies; as a result the religious freedom provisions of the draft constitution are deeply flawed.