Pakistan must protect religious minorities, says world churches chief | Ekklesia

Pakistan must protect religious minorities, says world churches chief | Ekklesia: "During a visit to Pakistan, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has urged for the protection of religious minorities and the need for the state to take necessary measures against religious intolerance.

“The Pakistani government should not turn a blind eye to the culture of violence perpetrated through the use and abuse of the blasphemy law, which intensify communal hatred, intolerance and persecution that can hit anybody in the country, and particularly the religious minorities,” said the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, speaking at a press conference in Lahore, at the end of his three day visit."

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Expressing solidarity with Coptic Christians | Ekklesia

Expressing solidarity with Coptic Christians | Ekklesia: "A statement does not bring back to life those Coptic Christians who died in Egypt last Sunday (9 October 2011), nor does it make a wrong any more right.

However, it does underline the elements of solidarity and concern shared by peoples of faith and goodwill worldwide towards the political developments and conflicts in Egypt, which are increasingly acquiring confessional and even sectarian proportions."

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Florida Doctor Organizes 5K Run for Human Trafficking Awareness

Florida Doctor Organizes 5K Run for Human Trafficking Awareness: "Dr. Dan Yachter has always advocated getting to the root cause of disease, not just treating the symptoms. Now, the chiropractor and public speaker on holistic health is taking the same approach to the human trafficking epidemic."

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Destruction of Copts Is Islamically Correct

Destruction of Copts Is Islamically Correct: "I am looking at a reproduction of an old engraving of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It is in Bat Ye'or's book The Dhimmi, which collects primary documents from history to chronicle the impact of Islamic law on non-Muslims through the centuries"

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Muslims Pelt Funeral Procession With Bricks as Coptic Church Condemns Attack, Calls for Three-day Fast

Muslims Pelt Funeral Procession With Bricks as Coptic Church Condemns Attack, Calls for Three-day Fast: "CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) -- Coptic church leaders have expressed horror at the events in Maspero, where 24 Copts were killed and over 200 were wounded. The church stressed that the Christian faith rejects violence.

According to Egyptian journalist Mary Abdelmassih, writing for AINA -- the Assyrian International News Agency -- (www.aina.org ) the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt issued a statement on October 10, which blasted the government for failing to find solutions to "problems that occur repeatedly and go unpunished." The Church is asking all Copts to fast continuously for three days starting tomorrow "in order to have peace in Egypt.""

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Soccer Player Arrested in Saudi Arabia for Having a Jesus Tattoo, Christian News

Soccer Player Arrested in Saudi Arabia for Having a Jesus Tattoo, Christian News: "Juan Pablo Pino, 24, who plays for a Saudi soccer club called “Al Nasr” was reportedly taken into custody last Friday by Saudi Arabia’s special moral police force called the “Police Force for the Promotion of Virtue of the Prevention of Vice.”"

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