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Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Ordered to Stop the Proceeding in Rimsha case

Earlier, Pakistani authorities arrested a cleric after accusing him of falsifying evidence against the girl.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Rimsha, a 14-year-old Christian girl in Islamabad Pakistan accused of blasphemy, may be spared the death penalty as her lawyer Abdul Majeed Rana has submitted a quiashment application in the Islamabad High Court today.

According to Abdul Majeed Rana, (Rimsha’s lawyer) Chief Justice Islamabad High court adjourned the case till 17th October and ordered the lower court to stop the proceeding until then.

Anti-Islam film: the Coptic Brotherhood

“I like to call this new generation of Egypt’s Christians ‘the Coptic Brotherhood’ … for they adopt the same policy & tactics of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - There is a worldwide consensus that the now-notorious video clips of the anti-Islam film “innocence of Muslims” are extremely offensive, provocative and clumsily amateurish.

But at the same time there is almost a similar consensus that doesn’t consider the violent and demagogic Muslim reaction any less offensive and provocative.

Hindus Upset with TV Host Colbert for Depicting Them as Primitive Furred Creatures

"The Colbert Report" is an Emmy Award-winning series hosted by Stephen Tyrone Colbert on Comedy Central television channel, owned by Viacom.

(RENO, NV) - Hindus are highly upset with American political satirist & TV host Stephen Colbert for depicting them as a tribe of some stocky primitive furred creatures jumping in the woods.

Talking about diversity at the recent Democratic National Convention in "The Colbert Report", Colbert said: Everywhere you looked, there were black people, Asian people, Latinos, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus…and simultaneously showed the picture of an African-American, an Asian, a Latino, a Jew and a Sikh.

Kuwait: Secure the Social and Cultural Rights of Bidun

William Nicholas Gomes contacts Kuwaiti leadership to highlight plight of the Bidun.

(SALEM) - Today more than 100,000 stateless residents of Kuwait, commonly referred to as Bidun, live a very difficult life.

Lacking the support of their own government, the legal, social, and economic vulnerability of the Bidun has long been a source of unease to humanitarian organizations and world governments.

Hindus & Jews Shocked at Gypsy Camp Burning in France by Vigilantes

Europe’s most persecuted and discriminated community, Roma are reportedly facing apartheid conditions in Europe.

(RENO, NV) - Hindus and Jews have expressed shock at the reported forcible eviction of Roma (Gypsies) and burning of their settlement in Marseille (southern France) suburb by vigilantes.

Religious leaders are urging the Council of Europe and European Parliament to urgently intervene and halt the demolition of Roma settlements.

The Canadian Holocaust

Churches in Canada have been officially indemnified and exonerated from any liability in crimes against humanity.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - I have personally surveyed twenty-eight mass grave sites across Canada that are holding the bones of children.

Last November we began to excavate and repatriate some of these remains from the Church of England residential school in Brantford, Ontario, from whence more than half of the Mohawk children that were imprisoned there never returned.

Palestinian President Abbas at United Nations on Thursday

Why does the U.S. have to fight the recognition of Palestine?

(CHAMPAIGN, ILL) - President Obama attacked the possibility of Palestinians seeking a vote on statehood at the U.N. General Assembly.

Professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, Dr Francis Boyle, says it is only massive political pressure applied by the U.S. government that prevented European states from according de jure diplomatic recognition to Palestine.

Iran`s President Says Messiah`s Return is Pending, Others Agree They Will be Here Soon...

Many believe we are preparing to enter a truly new age of spiritual understanding.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - I've been wanting to write this for a few weeks now, since first being introduced to the Iranian filmmaker Mohammedreza 'Reza' Eslamloo, who produced (among many other works) the eye opening film, Black Box 911.

In this film Reza brings forth the most interesting point about what we see as the end times of our present civilization.

Hindus Laud Vatican for Drafting Record Number of Women for Synod

Synod is an ecclesiastical gathering for discussion and decision of issues relating to faith, morals, or discipline.

(RENO, NV) - Hindus have applauded His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for appointing 29 women to participate in October Synod of Bishops on Evangelisation.

This reportedly largest participation ever by women in the Synod “is a step in the right direction”, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed said in a statement in Nevada (USA) today.

A Final Call (WARNING: CONTAINS SOME DISTURBING IMAGES)

Clocks are ticking - retrieve your conscience, come running...

(LONDON) - Bani Israel
You've dug yourselves a hole
You keep digging... Fools
The flood is behind you
Tears and blood and floating body parts

Give up your guns
Give up your greed
Give up your arrogance
Give up your support of a doomed
ideology - join humanity