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HEADLINE
Texas, June 23, 2015: Evangelical Christian pastor Joel Osteen shared in an interview this week that “a whole group of probably about 50 Muslims” recently visited his nondenominational megachurch in Houston, Texas, and indicated that his inspirational messages on “how to live a great life” resonate with people “in Muslim countries.” “I have Muslims that …
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INDIA
New Delhi, June 24, 2015: The Congress party on Wednesday accused the NDA government at the Centre of “blatantly” trying to “destabilise” elected Congress governments in the north-eastern states by using terror groups to upset the law and order situation. “The (union) Home Ministry and the Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs are directly …
New Delhi, June 26, 2015: The government, which has been criticized for targeting NGOs, Wednesday said that there was no order against Caritas India, an organization which is affiliated to the Vatican. A Home Ministry spokesperson while referring to news appearing in a section of media claiming that Caritas India has been put under “prior …
Mumbai, 25 June, 2015: For the past four days, the rev. Gigi P. Paul, president of Faith Gospel Mission, has been locked away in a prison in Chhattisgarh on the basis of false accusations made by some Hindu radicals. Yesterday a court denied him bail. The new hearing to decide his release was scheduled tomorrow. …
ASIA +
Pakistan, 25 June, 2015: The Organization for Legal Aid in Pakistan successfully petitioned at the end of May to have Mumtaz Masih recovered from unlawful detention by his Muslim employer, who had forced him into bonded labour. Originally, Masih borrowed 200,000 Pakistani rupees (roughly £1,400) from a local Muslim in July 2013. In exchange, Masih …
WORLD
Syria, 25 June, 2015: Four months after he was taken captive by Islamic State (IS) fighters in north-eastern Syria, 70-year-old Francois Sawa was safely released on 16 June and is in good health. In Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, Christian families are fleeing their homes after horrific fighting killed at least ten people, most of them …
MISCELLANEOUS
God has a reason for allowing things to happen. We may never understand His Wisdom, But we simply have to TRUST HIS WILL. Are You Not Afraid? A man just got married and was returning home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in a boat, when suddenly a great storm arose. The man …
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CARTOON
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Intercession, Awareness, Activism, Action …
This e-journal specifically highlights and documents persecution and violation of human rights of Christians, Minorities, Schedule Caste/Tribes and Other Backwards, urging you to at least – PRAY. Our aim is to identify fundamentalists and those disrupting communal harmony and indigenous communities – posing a threat to a just, equal, plural and secular citizenry. We oppose any kind of discrimination and oppression, whether of race, religion, culture, gender etc. specially when it comes from some of our own. Please pray for the following local, state, national, regional and international situations.
Editor-in-Chief: Joseph Dias |
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