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by Nirmala Carvalho
Rev. Channa Mani Khanna is in prison for having baptized seven Muslims. Sajan K George, President of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC): "We must stop the Talibanisation of the only Indian state with a Muslim majority." Anglican Bishop P.K. Samantha Roy, of the Diocese of Amritsar, "he officiated valid baptisms, he has not done anything illegal."  read more »

Greetings!
The recent report of 2 Pastors murdered outside of a courtroom reveals the
manipulation of the blasphemy lawby extremists to target Christians and the government failure to provide adequate protection to religious minorities under threat despite forewarning of the event. Please lift your prayers for the family and community of the Pastors and for the safety of those still in Faisalabad and vulnerable to the rising tensions.

The full details of the story are below. Please consider sending in a letter toUnited Nations(UN)/MP/ your Congressmen and Senators protesting the lack of security for Christians as well as the general failure of the Pakistani government to protect Christian, Ahmadi, and Hindu communities from violence.  read more »

Aluva: Police informed the Kerala High Court that it suspects illegal money transactions going on at the jewellery shop owned by an accused in the lecturer attack case. Police said this while the court was considering the plea by the jewellery owners to allow them to open the shop and function. Police investigation is progressing on money transactions and the purpose for which it was done. In its report, police also stated that the money and jewelleries were removed from the closed shop. The probe is being conducted by the Aluva rural police. Earlier, during a raid in Ayoob's house, police seized many documents, CDs and a gun.
Government to probe functioning religious courts

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Government today announced a probe into the activities of religious committees run by radical
outfit, PFI, whose activists chopped off the hand of a college lecturer recently.

Appropriate legal action would be taken if the Popular Front of India's committees were found to be violating the law, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the assembly.

Balakrishnan said it had come to government's notice that certain committees headed by religious authorities by the name 'Dar-ul Khada' were functioning to resolve civil disputes of Muslim community but no complaint had been received that they were passing 'Taliban model orders'.  read more »