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Nursing Homes Not Conducive to Independent Mindset

"Give me liberty...or give me death!" - Patrick Henry

(SALEM) - While I have no say-so on what other people decide to do in their Golden Age years, I've decided that the option of a nursing home environment is not suitable for my personal values.

When a Dress Becomes an Act of Resistance

The Vibrant Colours of Palestine..

(LONDON) - When I was young, I was fascinated by the beautiful dresses of my grandmothers, their intricate colourful embroidery, their comfort and modesty appealed to my taste.

It became a ritual for me to “borrow” such dresses from both my grandmothers, whenever we went to visit.

Christians Live Under a Feeling of Insecurity In Pakistan

Threatened, harassed, and shot at multiple times, one Christian family man is speaking out.

(LAHORE, Pakistan) - Shamoun Patras was home with his family when Muslim men, who are reportedly drug sellers, opened fire on his home.

He says they opened fire on his house and when he came out to see what happened, they also fired at him.

Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes Calls for Marriage Equality in France

In France’s foreign policy these fundamental principles in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity play an important role.

(YORK, UK) - Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes is concerned that France, traditionally a socially liberal country regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, is now maintaining more conservative stances such as the non-recognition of same-sex marriage.

In June 2011, an Ifop poll found that 63% of respondents were in favour of same-sex marriage, while 58% supported adoption rights for same-sex couples. Over five years, the percentage of French citizens supporting gay and lesbian marriage grew by one percent.

Insensitivity of Pakistani Christian Politicians and Civil Society Leaders

Why can’t Pakistani Christians have equal rights?

(ISLAMABAD) - Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri a Muslim religious scholar from Lahore has mobilized about 50,000 devoted followers.

These lower middle class residents will take part in a sit-in, in Islamabad.

Tithing

We all want to prosper with everything that’s why it's strange, Expecting a million-dollar harvest while only planting change.

(CLEVELAND) - Ten percent means ten percent, right now and not later,
Are you telling your church on payday, adios alligator,
If this is the case then you are guilty of robbing the Lord,
Your necessities 1st claiming nothing else can you afford.

I Corinthians 16: 2, let everyone as you prosper lay in store,
At least ten percent of your prosperity, if you want too even more...

Supreme Court Endorses IHC decision, Dismissing `Blasphemy Case`

Rimsha was arrested after a neighbor accused her of burning papers from the Quran.

(ISLAMABAD) - The Apex Court dismissed the appeal filed against Islamabad High Court (IHC), decision who dismissed the FIR filed against 14-year-old Christian girl, Rimsha, who was accused of committing blasphemy.

The verdict was announced on an appeal application filed by Malik Ummad through his lawyer seeking to re-open the case of Rimsha.

Saudi Arabia Rejects Maid Beheading Criticism

Rizana Nafeek was beheaded on Wednesday in a case that sparked widespread international condemnation, including from rights groups that said she was just 17 when she was charged with murdering the baby in 2005.

(RIYADH, al Jazeera) - Saudi Arabia has criticised world reaction to its beheading of a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing her employer's baby.

Riyadh "deplores the statements made... over the execution of a Sri Lankan maid who had plotted and killed an infant by suffocating him to death, one week after she arrived in the kingdom", the government spokesman said.

Pakistan: Rimsha`s Blasphemy Case Challenged in Supreme Court

Everyone thought Pakistan was moving towards justice, now again the blasphemy case against Rimsha Masih is challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

(ISLAMABAD) - A teen girl named Rimsha was arrested from a slum in Islamabad on 16 August, 2012 after a neighbour accused her of burning pages of Norani Qaida bearing verses from the Quran, which is a violation of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws under section 295B PPC.

She suffered after being remanded to custody for three weeks in an adult jail in a case that prompted worldwide condemnation.

Science: is it Really Against Your Religion?

In matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning power is not above the monkey's. - Mark Twain

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Science tends to rely on evidence and analysis and has little to do with myth - which is so dear to the heart of most of us.