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False Complaint by Mullahs in Srinagar Rejected

Men arrived with huge stones and sticks and attacked and beat Agape Home guests who tried to escape.

(SRINAGAR, India) - The mullahs of Srinagar in Kashmir lodged a police complaint saying that many foreign visitors come to the Agape Home and try to convert children to Christianity in Shivapura area of Srinagar.

The local newspapers also printed this false story the next day. But after proper investigation, the police have rejected the complaint by the mullahs.

Afghanistan`s Ghazni To Be Declared Islamic Capital Of Culture

Afghan Cultural Minister Saied Makhdom Raheen invited the Taliban to also join the event.

(KABUL Radio Free Afghanistan) - Security in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Ghazni was tight as the provincial capital is set to be declared an Islamic capital of culture in 2013.

Thousands of additional security forces were reportedly deployed in the city of Ghazni as Afghan officials and foreign dignitaries attended an official ceremony on April 13.

CSF Reaction to Cardinal`s Appointment by Pope

"We hope the Vatican will be more transparent, not just in Rome, but also top down to the Nunciatures (diplomatic corps), dioceses and parishes..." - Joesph Diaz

(MUMBAI, India) - The Catholic Secular Forum (CSF), the Mumbai-based activists community NGO has welcomed and hailed the appointment of Cardinal Oswald Gracias by Pope Francis.

He is among the eight high-ranking Cardinals to an advisory council that will work towards reforming Vatican's bureaucracy.

The Oyster World

Falstaff: I will not lend thee a penny.
Pistol: Why then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. - William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Barack Obama, it's suggested, had a marvelous opportunity in 2009 – having won the world's attention and expectations - particularly that of the Arab world – that he would change the course of American involvement, influence and dominion in the Middle East.

In the event, what has transpired has fatally fallen short of what had been dreamed about.

How Damascene Jews Hope to Return... to Normalcy

Zionism and its corrosive effects on Judaism as a philosophy is absent among Jews here.

(DAMASCUS, Syria Al Manar) - Bab Touma Jewish Quarter, Damascus -- Growing up in the small town of Milwaukie, Oregon and until after graduating from high school, I never knew or knowingly met a Jew.

Not until my first post-high school job as a swimming instructor and life guard at the Portland Jewish Community Center...

Commemorating the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

"The deeds were monstrous, but the doer ... was quite ordinary, commonplace, and neither demonic nor monstrous." - Hannah Arendt, in a report in The New Yorker

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The UN General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi death camp in Poland—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

This annual day of commemoration is to honor the victims of the Nazi era and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.

INDIA: Indira Government Acted Tough Against Catholic Bodies: WikiLeaks

India imposed strict conditions on appointment of bishops in the country after they opposed the mass sterilization drive.

(NEW DELHI) - A recent revelation by WikiLeaks states that the former Indira Gandhi government in India acted tough against Catholic bodies for resisting the compulsory sterilization program.

This was revealed after the WikiLeaks released the Kissinger Cables, a cache of US diplomatic cables.

Policeman Rewarded for Role in Pakistan`s Christian Community

A community's appreciati​on awarded to Basharat Khokhar.

(KARACHI) - During the previous week, Philadelphia Pentecostal Church Karachi and few other welfare organizations advised Basharat Khokhar of their plan to give him an appreciation award in acknowledgment of his efforts in the Rimsha case.

Basharat Khokhar, is a police constable by profession but he has been doubling as point man for Christians rights.

Pope Francis Linked to Exocet Missile Acquisitio​n, According to British Government Source

Margaret Thatcher's Death and Queen's Pending Resignatio​n are Connected.

(BRUSSELS / LONDON) - Whatever it is that dwells in Rome behind the mask of religion and empire is inexorably being revealed.

And its mask slipped further yesterday with more startling revelations involving the new Pope Francis, Jorge Bergoglio.

Bail Petition Filed For A Man Accused of Blasphemy

Sawan Masih, a Pakistani Christian, remains jailed at this point...

(LAHORE, Pakistan) - A 35-year-old Pakistani Christian street sweeper, Sawan Masih, who has been accused of blasphemy by a close friend, is now awaiting for justice in his bail petition.

LEAD (Legal Evangelical Association Development) has filed a bail petition for Sawan Masih and followed his case.