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NARENDRA MODI GUILTY?
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed
the Special Investigation Team constituted to inquire
into the riot cases of Gujarat to go into allegations
that the post-Godhra riots were engineered as a result
of a conspiracy involving the Chief Minister Narendra
Modi, Cabinet Colleagues and other high ranking
officials of the state.
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POISONING THE MINDS OF CHILDREN
The
heavy cost the nation had to pay for poisoning the minds
of young children was seen in Gujarat during the mass
murders following Godhra and in Orissa recently.
Wherever they went, they had a sword in their hand.
Their army went like a storm in all the four directions.
Any country that came their way was destroyed. Houses of
prayers and universities were destroyed. Libraries were
burnt religious books were destroyed. Mothers and
sisters were Humiliated.
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SIX-YEAR-OLD
MANIPURI GIRL RAPED AND MURDERED
New Delhi, April 17, 2009: A six year old girl
from Manipur belonging to a Naga tribe was raped and
murdered at Mahipalpur, New Delhi. Racial discrimination
to North East communities living in Delhi and NCR
continues. Fact Finding team led by Advocate Lansinglui
Rongmei, President of North East Support Centre &
Helpline rushed to the spot where the incident happened
and confirmed the raped and murdered of the victim.
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SAVEC'S
SIXTH BATCH READY FOR HARVEST
Delhi: The sixth batch of students of Sacred
Assemblies Visionary Equipping Centre (SAVEC) graduated
on April 26, 2009. Fourteen successful trainees were
awarded diplomas at a solemn ceremony held at the SAF
Prarthna Bhawan at Sonepat, Haryana. Mission leaders and
pastors of Sacred Assemblies Fellowship from Bihar,
Jharkhand, Haryana and Delhi
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CHRISTIAN
HOMES FACE DEMOLITION
New Delhi: The Democles sword of ‘sudden
evacuation’ hangs over 30 Christian homes in the Christ
Church Methodist Mission compound as work is to begin
soon on the four-lane flyover connecting Rani Jhansi
road and Boulevard Road and passing through St Stephen’s
hospital.
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SC ORDERS
PROBE INTO MODI'S ROLE IN GUJARAT RIOTS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered a probe
into the alleged role of Gujarat Chief minister Narendra
Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots. The apex court has asked
the Raghavan Committee to probe Modi's role and submit
its report in the next three months time.
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NOT SORRY FOR
GUJARAT RIOTS
New Delhi, April 24: As the election fever
rises, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi remains
defiant over his role in the Gujarat riots saying he had
nothing to apologise for. "I have nothing to apologise
for," the BJP star campaigner, in an interview to a news
channel, said.
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CAPT.SAMUEL
ARRESTED, BULLIED, RELEASED ON BAIL
Jammu: Retired army captain A. M. Samuel (70), a
senior pastor and evangelist in Jammu, was arrested on
April 7 2009 for conducting a Christian camp. He was
later released on bail. The aged pastor was first
apprehended for interrogation on March 17 while he was
holding a training camp for 220 gospel workers from
various parts of northern India and Nepal. Later, on
April 7, he was arrested and a case was registered
against him for "preaching and alluring people to
embrace Christianity; conducting a camp and teaching
people to embrace Christianity; Baptizing people to
convert Hindus to Christianity; and Indulging in acts
which evoke communal tension."
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HINDU
SAINT ASKS PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE FOR BJP
PATNA: A Hindu saint asked his people not
to support or vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
which has raised the issue of the Ram temple at Ayodhya
again. "We have been cautioning people across the
country that the BJP is eyeing to capture power at the
centre by using the Ram temple issue again. It is
another example of mixing or using for political gain at
the cost of the people and nation," Mahant Janamjey
Sharanji, the president of the Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi
Nirman Nyas, Ayodhya said here.
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LOK
SABHA CANDIDATE FOUND DEAD
Varanasi: An election candidate has been
found murdered in near here amid a fierce battle to win
the votes of the country's "untouchable" caste. His
supporters said he had been killed by criminal
supporters of a rival "Dalit" party who feared he would
split their vote. The body of Bahadur Sonkar, a
candidate for the minor Indian Justice Party, was found
hanging from a banyan tree in Jaunpur constituency close
to the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi.
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PASTOR
JAILED IN ANDHRA PRADESH
Hyderabad: Pastor Prabhu Dass was arrested
by police while attending a prayer meeting in a local
Christian's home in the village of Dharmapuri,
Karimnagar district on April 6, 2009. according to
report from All India Christian Council.
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MADHYA
PRADESH ISAI MAHASANGH CELEBRATES FOUNDATION DAY
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Isai Maha Sangh
celebrates it first Foundation Day with a campaign to
provide drinking water to birds and distributing
utensils to poor Christians in Avlikeda Village near
Ashta, Sehore District of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh
Isai Mahasangh President Kurishinkal Joshi said, "
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BJP
TO USE KANDHAMAL TO EXPAND VOTE BANK
Kandhamal, April 18: BJP plans to expand
its political base in Southern Orissa and Coastal Andhra
by using the Kandhamal issue to the maximum. BJP
candidate Ashok Sahu may loose Phulbani Lok Sabha seat
to BJD candidate Rudramadhav Ray in the poll held on
April 16th, but he plans to have a door-to-door visit
after the announcement of the results for Lok Sabha and
State Assembly poll as an exercise for the possible
midterm poll after two years.
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CONFERENCE FOR “EMERGING" LEADERS IN MUMBAI
Mumbai is getting ready to host an 'Emerging Christian
Leaders Conference' on July 21 and 22, 2009. This is an
initiative of Dr AF Pinto and Mr. George Hoskins. The
purpose of this initiative is to envision and equip
District level leaders to facilitate church planning,
establish schools, open medical clinics, and create
business opportunities in their respective districts; as
a result we could impact the district as a whole.
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SWAMI NARENDRA MAHARAJ GOING WEST
Another of Orissa's Swami Laxmananda Saraswati tribe is
stirring up trouble in western Maharashtra, besides Goa
& Gujarat. It is reported that about 1130 Christians
adopted Hinduism during a function at Kalyan. The
conversion was solemnised by "Jagadguru" Narendra
Maharaj, spearheading a religious campaign vying to
reconvert Hindus as well as Dalits and tribal people
"back" into Hinduism.
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DALIT WOMAN PANCHAYAT PRESIDENT VICTIMISED
Chennai: The round table conference of
Dalit Panchayat Presidents, organised by Human Rights
Forum for Dalit Liberation (HRFDL) on 13 April 2009 went
into an eerie silence, when a woman Dalit leader burst
into tears while describing how she was victimised by
dominant caste after being elected to the top post.
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DALIT
WOMAN DIES UNHEARD IN CSMMU
Lucknow, 21 April 2009: Dalit emancipation
may be the buzzword in Mayawati's regime but a Dalit
woman died writhing in pain in front of the grand statue
of Dalit icon Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj at CSM Medical
University on 19 April 2009. Ironically, despite
government orders to provide treatment to all poor
patients, the doctors refused to admit her even after
three weeks of persuasion.
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BILLIONAIRE
BUILDS FIRST BIBLICALLY SIZED NOAH'S ARK
An evangelical
Chinese billionaire and his two billionaire brothers are
behind a massive project of building the world's first
biblically proportioned Noah's ark. The Kwok brothers,
heirs to Hong Kong's largest real estate developer Sun
Hung Kai Properties, has built the 450-foot-long
ark/luxury hotel complete with 67 pairs of fiberglass
animals to draw visitors from beyond the city's limit.
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ATHEIST
WINS RIGHTS TO HAVE BAPTISM REMOVED
London: John Hunt, a newly qualified nu rse,
was baptised at the age of five months at the parish
church of St Jude with St Aidin in Thornton Heath, south
London. As a school boy he decided he did not believe in
God and stopped going to Sunday school aged 11. Now 56
and living in Croydon, he said he wanted parish records
amended to note he did not consent to the baptism in
1953. He was told that his baptism cannot be deleted
because it is a matter of historical record. He then
secured a "de-baptism" certificate produced by the
National Secular Society (NSS), rejecting
"superstitions" or the idea of original sin.
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SAYS “NO”TO HIS GRANDMOTHER'S BAPTISM
Nairobi (Kenya): President Barack Obama's
Kenyan Muslim grandmother came within hours of
converting to Christianity yesterday but changed her
mind after her son prevailed on her not to attend a
large evangelistic crusade at a sports stadium where she
was to be baptized. Mama Sarah Obama had dressed and was
waiting for a vehicle, hired by members of the Nyang'oma
Seventh Day Adventist Church, to take her the 60 miles
to the baptisimal service being held at the Jomo
Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu.
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UNIVERSITY NIXES PLANS FOR GAY STUDENT HOUSING
Texas (USA): Texas Christian University will
not provide on-campus housing for
 gay
students this fall as previously planned, officials
said. "TCU will not launch any new living learning
communities at this time," TCU Chancellor Victor J.
Boschini Jr. said in a statement. "Instead we will
assess whether the concept of housing residential
students based on themes supports the academic mission
of the institution as well as our objective to provide a
total university experience."
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ZHISHENG
PETITION GIVEN TO US STATE DEPT.
WASHINGTON, April 29: On April 27 ChinaAid
delivered more than 50,000 signatures to the U.S.
Secretary of State Clinton representing concerned
citizens in the U.S. and around the world who are asking
for the immediate release of Gao Zhisheng, a Christian
human rights attorney who was kidnapped by Chinese
officials more than 80 days ago. Copies of the petition
have also been given to the U.S. Congress and the
Chinese Embassy. Gao Zhisheng was last seen on February
4 being hauled away by Chinese police officers. He has
defended persecuted Christians and others who have been
abused by the Chinese government for their beliefs.
Sources inside China say he is undergoing severe
torture. The petition is the first installment of
signatures on behalf of Gao.
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BELIEVERS ARRESTED AND FINED IN UZBEKISTAN
Tashkent: Officials have been cracking down
on Christians throughout Uzbekistan in recent weeks,
according to delayed reports. Thirteen Uzbek Christians
from an unregistered Baptist church in the city of
Almalyk were arrested on March 15, 2009 when the Police
Anti Terrorism Department raided a home where they had
gathered for worship.
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JOURNALIST FACING DEATH THREATS FROM ISLAMIC GROUP
Lahore: A Christian journalist in Pakistan
fears for his life after receiving threatening letters
for publishing prodemocracy columns in a national daily
and refusing to convert to Islam. George Masih, 43, who
lives with his wife, Suneeta Bibi, and his three young
children at Gulistan Colony at the town of Lahore, wrote
a number of columns and articles for the Aaj Kal, a
Lahore-based daily. His first column allegedly aroused
anger among Muslims in the area after its initial
publication last August.
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ARABIA – SAUDI BLOGGER RELEASED FROM PRISON
On
March 28, Hamoud Bin Saleh, a Saudi Christian arrested
in January for writing about his conversion from Islam
and criticizing the Saudi kingdom's crackdown on
individual rights, was released from prison, according
to Compass Direct News.
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BUDDHIST FANATICS ATTACK CHURCH IN SRI LANKA
Colombo: Buddhist mobs attacked several
churches in Sri Lanka during last month, threatening to
kill a pastor in the southern province of Hambanthota
and ransacking a 150-year-old Methodist church building
in the capital. On April 8, 2009 four Buddhist
extremists approached the home of pastor Pradeep Kumara
in Weeraketiya, Hambanthota district, calling for him to
come out and threatening to kill him. The pastor's wife,
at home alone with their two children, phoned him
immediately but by the time he returned, the men had
left.
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IMPRISONED
PASTOR FALSELY ACCUSED IN CUBA
Havana: Pastor Omar Gude Perez, who has been
held in detention in Cuba since May 2008, is facing
false charges of "illicit economic activity and
falsification of documents," according to reports.
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CHRISTIAN MEN ACQUITTED OF "BLASPHEMY" IN PAKISTAN
Islamabad: James Masih (67) and Buta Masih
(72), two Pakistani Christians who were sentenced to 10
years in prison on charges of "blasphemy" in November
2006 for allegedly burning pages of the Quran were
acquitted on April 16, 2009.
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METHODIST BUILDING RANSACKED
On
Palm Sunday (April 5), a group of men broke into the
150-year-old Pepiliyana Methodist Church in Colombo
after congregants concluded an Easter procession.
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EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN OBTAINS CONVERSION CERTIFICATE
Cairo: Maher Ahmad El-Mo'otahssem Bellah El-Gohary
(56), an Egyptian convert to Christianity from Islam who
is fighting for legal recognition of his faith, has
received a certificate of conversion from Egypt's Coptic
Orthodox Church, according to reports.
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GAINS A FOLLOWING IN BRITAIN
London: More than 100,000 former Christians
have downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" in a bid to
publicly renounce the faith, according to the
London-based National Secular Society (NSS). Terry
Sanderson, the society's president, says the group
started the online de-baptism initiative five years ago
to mock the practice of baptizing infants too young to
consent to religious rites.
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EGYPTIAN MUSLIM RECEIVES FIRST CONVERSION CERTIFICATE
A
Muslim man has received a conversion certificate from
the Coptic Church for the first time in Egypt, according
to a report in the Daily News Egypt.
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CHRISTIANS MAY FACE INCREASED RISK IN THE MIDDLE EAST
New York: Several national leaders continue
to seethe after Iranian President Ahmadinejad
inappropriately made anti-Semitic remarks at a United
Nations conference on racism.The dispute over Iran's and
Israel's issues caused such a distraction that more
pressing matters which should have been addressed in a
discussion about racism were dismissed. David Harder of
the Christian satellite television network for the
Middle East and North Africa, SAT-7, notes the
discrepancy from the conference.
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