New Delhi, Jan 22: In a bid to safeguard interests of Kashmiri Pandits and other minorities in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has written to the government to amend the NCM Act to make it applicable to the state.
The Commission, which has been taking up the issue with the state administration for a long time, has also written to the state Law Minister, Ali Mohammed Sagar, in this regard.Copies of the letter have also been submitted to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Law Minister Salman Khurshid and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.  read more »

Nagpur-Maharashtra
A Christian activist, who spent more than four years in jail as a suspected Maoist, says he was persecuted for standing up for the poor and the voiceless.
“I am innocent. The police charges were fabricated to stop me working for the poor and the suffering,” Arun Thomas Ferreira said in Mumbai Wednesday.  read more »

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by Nirmala Carvalho
Three occurred on December 28 in different areas of the state, the fourth in the evening of the 25. With these number of attacks in Karnataka in 2011 rises to 49. Sajan George, "The Hindu radicals violate the human dignity of the Christian population."  read more »

November 12, 2011 is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church!
Global Council of Indian Christians(GCIC) invite you to spend time on Sunday lifting up those who are persecuted for their faith in Christ
Praveen Togadia ,a radical Hindu anti-Christian activist is warning Indians, “If you convert to Christianity, you will be beheaded.”.In the year 2008 over 100 Pastors and leaders were martyred for their faith in Christ.Global council of Indian Christians(GCIC) has tracked / tackled 1556 major attacks against Christians since 2006 in different Indian states. Pray that the martyrdoms and persecution will see a great many villagers place their faith in Jesus.
In Orissa-India, two pastors were martyred this year alone.Attacks against Christians in the southern states continuing un abetted,39 cases of attacks were tracked in the state of Karnataka alone.  read more »

Lahore

The recent kidnapping of Shahbaz Taseer reminds us all of the continuing injustices in Pakistan. The name Taseer should ring a bell with many of you. Shahbaz's father, Salman Taseer was killed early this year by an extremist named Mumtaz Qadri. Mr. Qadri publicly confessed to the killing claiming that his actions were justified because Salman Taseer opposed the blasphemy law and publicly supported the case of Asia Bibi, also known as Asia Noreen, who received a death sentence under the blasphemy law.  read more »

KHARTOUM, SUDAN (Worthy News)– The latest famine in Somalia has resulted in thousands of deaths, but though aid is reaching some affected areas, Islamists of Al-Shabaab are controlling its distribution, preventing Christians from receiving food and causing many of them to starve.  read more »