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Pakistan: Election 2013

"when someone forces them to join their rally by showing them a gun, they give in" - Basharat Khokhar, a human rights activist

(ISLAMABAD) - Christians congratulate the nation for the successful completion of parliamentary elections.

They say they are willing to work with the newly elected government for the prosperity of the country. Shamim Masih, President Reformation for Empowerment and Alleviation of Poverty – REAP and a journalist, demanded the party appoint Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif to protect minorities’ rights...

Franciscans Honor Shimon Peres

Last week it was revealed that Peres gave Terje Larsen, the UN Middle East representative, $100,000 to secure himself a Nobel Prize.

(ST. AUGUSTINE, FL) - Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Italy for 3 days in early May, 2013. His visit was a predictable betrayal of the Jews, beginning with his new Franciscan "peace" award:"

Accepting made up accolades from the Franciscans is utterly insulting to anyone with a modicum of understanding of recent Jewish history.

Open Letter: The Church, Silenced Across Pakistan Since 1947

At the dawn of the 21st century, does the Church still have a purpose? Can you have a part in it?

(ISLAMABAD) - Growing persecution in Pakistan and Muslim extremist intrusion into the Christian faith and Church affairs is posing a serious threat to Church autonomy and our most Constitutional right religious freedom.

Faith based differences are the basis of religious warfare between Christians and Muslims...

Commentary on the `Husband Beater` and Other Disgusting Products

I implore readers to be inspired to let these companies know that what they are doing is unacceptable.

(MIAMI) - One can argue that a free market economy allows for creativity and ingenuity.

However this same free market economy allows people to start businesses that do absolutely no social good and are, in some cases, absolutely despicable.

Pakistani Christian Wishes for Renaissance of Jinnah`s Pakistan

Social persecution and legal discrimination against minorities has reached at its climax.

(ISLAMABAD) - It remains a fact that minorities of Pakistan are crippled and damaged under an anarchy system.

In the prevailing social scenario of the country the message of the founder of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, appears to have been lost somewhere and the continuous hatching of conspiracies by certain elements with vested interests and nefarious designs, seems to have prevailed.

Force Conversion Against Loan, Kiln Workers Rescued from Bonded Labor

The kiln workers usually live in or around that vicinity, but there were no latrines in brick kilns’ houses. The women workers are usually trapped and sexually harassed, she added.

(ISLAMABAD) - Bonded labor is the latest form of slavery in Pakistan.

More than 4.5 million kiln workers and their generations are experiencing overburdened and bonded labor problems at around 18,000 brick kilns...

Changing The Conversation Around Israel/Palestine

Please visit Kickstarter and help raise finishing funds for the feature-length film “A People Without a Land”

(LOS ANGELES) - Four years ago, my wife and I began working on a documentary film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that we believe has the potential to change the way people think about Israel/Palestine.

“A People Without a Land” explores the roots of the conflict, explains why the peace process has failed, and articulates a vision for a just and practical solution.

G8 and Abbas Still Block Road to Middle East Peace

Palestinians should not be bullied into pleading or bargaining with a brutal occupier for their freedom.

(LONDON) - Yesterday the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London issued the following statement on the British government's website...

It is a driveling, sniveling way to mark 65 years since the massacre at the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, near Jerusalem.

Time to End the Adult War on Children

It is time to end the adult war on children so that all of the other violence that emerges from this cause can end too.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - Perpetrators of violence learn their craft in childhood. If you inflict violence on a child, it learns to inflict violence on others.

The terrorist suffered violence as a child. The political leader who wages war suffered violence as a child. The man who inflicts violence on women suffered violence as a child.

Global Reclamation Campaign is Launched as Catholic Bishops Begin Breaking Ranks

"Existing authority is replaced now by the People".

(BRUSSELS ITCCS) - From the steps of the Vatican to Catholic churches in Vancouver, New York and London, ITCCS groups commenced church occupations and the issuing of liens against Vatican property this week.

it is part of a Global Reclamation Campaign to enforce a Common Law Court sentence against heads of church and state, including the new Pope, Francis 1 - Jorge Bergoglio, and Queen Elisabeth Windsor.