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Pakistani Christian Wishes for Renaissance of Jinnah`s Pakistan

Social persecution and legal discrimination against minorities has reached at its climax.

(ISLAMABAD) - It remains a fact that minorities of Pakistan are crippled and damaged under an anarchy system.

In the prevailing social scenario of the country the message of the founder of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, appears to have been lost somewhere and the continuous hatching of conspiracies by certain elements with vested interests and nefarious designs, seems to have prevailed.

Force Conversion Against Loan, Kiln Workers Rescued from Bonded Labor

The kiln workers usually live in or around that vicinity, but there were no latrines in brick kilns’ houses. The women workers are usually trapped and sexually harassed, she added.

(ISLAMABAD) - Bonded labor is the latest form of slavery in Pakistan.

More than 4.5 million kiln workers and their generations are experiencing overburdened and bonded labor problems at around 18,000 brick kilns...

Changing The Conversation Around Israel/Palestine

Please visit Kickstarter and help raise finishing funds for the feature-length film “A People Without a Land”

(LOS ANGELES) - Four years ago, my wife and I began working on a documentary film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that we believe has the potential to change the way people think about Israel/Palestine.

“A People Without a Land” explores the roots of the conflict, explains why the peace process has failed, and articulates a vision for a just and practical solution.

G8 and Abbas Still Block Road to Middle East Peace

Palestinians should not be bullied into pleading or bargaining with a brutal occupier for their freedom.

(LONDON) - Yesterday the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London issued the following statement on the British government's website...

It is a driveling, sniveling way to mark 65 years since the massacre at the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, near Jerusalem.

Time to End the Adult War on Children

It is time to end the adult war on children so that all of the other violence that emerges from this cause can end too.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - Perpetrators of violence learn their craft in childhood. If you inflict violence on a child, it learns to inflict violence on others.

The terrorist suffered violence as a child. The political leader who wages war suffered violence as a child. The man who inflicts violence on women suffered violence as a child.

Global Reclamation Campaign is Launched as Catholic Bishops Begin Breaking Ranks

"Existing authority is replaced now by the People".

(BRUSSELS ITCCS) - From the steps of the Vatican to Catholic churches in Vancouver, New York and London, ITCCS groups commenced church occupations and the issuing of liens against Vatican property this week.

it is part of a Global Reclamation Campaign to enforce a Common Law Court sentence against heads of church and state, including the new Pope, Francis 1 - Jorge Bergoglio, and Queen Elisabeth Windsor.

A Dissenting View on Wars With False Causes

For those of us that believe our country went down the wrong path, we have to stand up and not march behind those that are willing to fool themselves.

(WEST DENNIS, MA) - Looking back on the ten year anniversary of the Iraq war, many of us can remember the silence in the media before this war started.

This was a disservice to those Americans who were willing to stand up and say that they wanted their sons and daughters that are taught to fight to be put in the right fights and the right causes.

Our Government Appears to be in Disarray, But Democracy May be Working as Intended

If we regret today's politics, we should take a careful look at the values or non-values which prevail in the society at large.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In many ways, our government appears to be in disarray. Congress and the President cannot agree on a budget.

The policy of sequestration----originally embraced because it was so extreme that no one would permit it to actually come into existence---is now in place.

World Views of America

It wasn't very long ago when the world view of the United States was one of a country that represented justice, democracy, freedom and moral accountability, even if only in the minds of the naive. --Bernie Suarez

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Terms like justice, democracy, freedom and moral accountability are generalized with varied meanings.

They also mean something different for those who want to live in America.

Pakistan Says Afghanistan `Overreacts` to Cross-Border Shelling

Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin reportedly stated on Wednesday that “the depth of Pakistan’s complacency” in the Afghan peace process has “shocked” and “disappointed” his country.

(ISLAMABAD Voice of America) - Pakistan criticized as an “overreaction” Afghanistan’s decision to cancel a military trip over alleged cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops.

Pakistan dismissed Kabul’s allegations that Islamabad is not helping advance the Afghan peace process.