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Pakistan's classic trait of denying persecution of minorities
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This is not the first time that the United States has called out the role of Pakistan government and other institutions in suppressing the identity and curtailing the rights of minorities.
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100 Christians faced faith conversion, child marriage in Pakistan in over
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The report released on Saturday, reveals that of the 100 cases, 27 were recorded in 2019, 12 in 2020, 42 in 2021 and 19 till October 2022.
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KTR inaugurates multi-faith crematorium in Hyderabad
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday inaugurated a multi-faith crematorium built by the state government for the last rites of Hindus, Christians and Muslims at Fatullaguda.
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Pakistani Minorities continue to live under clouds of fear, persecution: R
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Several members of minorities including a Sri Lankan national have been killed and attacked in various cities and towns of Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for allegedly committing blasphemy, which in this country is commonly used to settle personal scores relating to business, financi
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Gujarat: Two districts of Gujarat get right to grant citizenship to minori
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs has made the entire process of getting citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh quite simple. Under the new rule, now the collectors have the right to investigate the people and give them citiz
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Hong Kong puts 90-year-old cardinal on trial under national security law
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 26 (ANI): Known as the "conscience of Hong Kong" among his supporters, Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop of Hong Kong has gone on trial on Monday under the national security law.
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Xi tightens state's control over religious affairs, forces 60 Christians t
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 21 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has tightened the state's control over religious affairs forcing 60 Christians to seek asylum in the US.
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India calls on Pakistan to stop discriminatory approach towards minorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): India on Thursday called on Pakistan to stop its discriminatory approach toward minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs and Christians after a Sikh girl was forcibly abducted and converted to Islam on the evening of August 20.
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Centre opposes PIL on attacks on Christians in SC; says petitioners allega
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): The Central government while filing its response before the Supreme Court on a plea alleging a rising number of attacks on Christian institutions and priests across the country, submitted that the majority of the incidents cited by the petitioner as attack
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'Dallas' and 'The Jeffersons' actor Roseanna Christiansen passes away at 7
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): Roseanna Christiansen, who served as Teresa, the maid, for the final nine seasons of the wildly popular CBS primetime soap opera "Dallas", has passed away. Teresa looked after the Ewing family's expansive Southfork estate. She clocked in at 71.
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Pakistan: Justice awaited for Christian youth who lost father in Peshawar
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 5 (ANI): Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration is discriminating against Christians and providing the relief funds allocated to them to Muslims, media reports said.
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Controversy arises after Speaker says 'Tamil Nadu would have become Bihar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 25 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker and DMK leader M Appavu's month-old statement attributing the development of the state to Christians and that Tamil Nadu would have been Bihar if Catholic Christians were not there has sparked a controversy.
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