Tag: Christians

Christmas violence, arrests shake Indian Christians

NEW DELHI: The strains of Hindi carols have rung out in the Aligarh Church of Ascension every Christmas since 1858. Armed police on the...

Former MP demands Faizabad-esque release of Christian suspects

As many as two suspects in Youhanabad lynching incident have died so far at the Kot Lakhpat Jail. Former Member of Parliament, Sindh Assembly...

Indian Home Ministry approves long-term visas of 431 Pakistanis

NEW DELHI: As many as 431 Pakistani nationals, mostly Hindus, have been granted long-term visas by the Indian government, thus making them eligible for...

PML-N govt indifferent to Christians’ welfare, security, says PTI leader

SAHIWAL: Both the federal and the provincial governments are indifferent to the welfare and security of the Christian community living in Punjab and other parts...

Education key to restore Christian dignity in Pakistani society, says PTI...

LAHORE: Christian youth have a huge potential and also the courage needed to lead their community, however they need opportunities to explore and develop their...

US decries IS ‘genocide’ of Christians, Shias, Yazidis

The United States on Wednesday denounced the “genocide” carried out by the Islamic State group against Christians, Shias and Yazidis, as the State Department...

PML-N Christian MPA’s father accused of land grab in CM’s constituency

Youhanabad locals allege that Christian lawmaker Mary Gill’s father Raja Nathaniel Gill attempted to grab graveyard land, desecrated graves in the process

Easter: Dar orders payment of salaries to Christian employees on March...

Federal Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has approved advance payment of salaries and pensions for the current month to all federal government employees and...

Islamic State in ‘genocide’ against Christians, Shias: US

The Islamic State group is carrying out genocide against the Christian, Yazidi and Shia minorities on its territory in Iraq and Syria, the United...

US college moves to fire professor who said Muslims, Christians worship...

Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian university outside of Chicago, said on Tuesday it was taking steps to fire a tenured political science professor after...

Islamic State persecution of Christians, Yazidis, a genocide: Clinton

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that Islamic State (IS) violence against Christians, Iraqi Yazidis and other religious minorities in the...

Islamabad’s Christian slum dwellers pray for Christmas miracle

As the winter sun sets on Islamabad, residents of the city's largest Christian slum use bicycles, donkey carts and their backs to haul jerry...

Christians living in fear after mob killings over blasphemy

Four-year-old Aliya’s life collapsed last year when her illiterate Christian parents were falsely accused of tossing out pages of the Holy Quran in their...

All the God’s children…

Makkah Colony is a small locality near Cavalry Ground where both Muslim and Christian communities have been living in peace for a long time....

Muslims protect Christians in Al Shabaab militant attack in Kenya

Somali Islamist militants sprayed a Kenyan bus with bullets on Monday, killing two people, but a passenger said he and fellow Muslims defied demands...

Christians and Muslims are brothers, says Pope Francis

"Those who claim to believe in God must also be men and women of peace."

Israeli Christians protest state funding cuts

Thousands of people rallied on Sunday in Jerusalem to demand more funds for Christian schools which they say receive a third of what the...