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SGPC chief says Supreme Court is against minorities, committed judicial murder Navjeevan Gopal - Fri Apr 12 2013, 15:08 hrs Amritsar : Expressing resentment over the Supreme Court dismissing the mercy plea of death row convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, the chiefs of temporal seat of...

Persecuted Minorities of India Make Their Voices Heard In The British Parliament House of Commons Debate on The Death Penalty and Human Rights Violations in India By: Gurpreet Kaur, Sikh24 LONDON, UK (March 1, 2013)–The Kesri Lehar petition asking for the Abolition of the Death...

Sikh and Hindu Minorities of the Khyber Agency Seek Urgent Help "The situation of Sikh and Hindu residents in the Khyber Agency areas has been bad since an Islamic tax (Jazia) was imposed on them by militants, under a threat of violence, a few years ago. But their...

Minorities feel they are being targeted: PM IANS | Sep 10, 2011, 01.30PM IST NEW DELHI: The minority communities often feel they are being unfairly targeted in the "aftermath of unfortunate incidents", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said, inaugurating the National Integration...

June 13, 2011 Canadian Blood Services calls for more blood from visible minorities Tristin Hopper Jun 13, 2011 – 12:28 PM ET | Last Updated: Jun 13, 2011 5:44 PM ET Canadian Blood Services The Blood Signal, a Batman-style logo to be displayed only when Canadian hospitals are...

by Nasar Meer On Edinburgh's Royal Mile, the ancient road running from its 12th-century castle at the top down to the Enric Miralles-designed parliament at its bottom, you'll find some unlikely proponents of Scottish nationalism. Sporting tartan turbans and proudly brandishing the Saltire...

Standing in Solidarity with Religious Minorities; Affirming Our Values as Sikhs March 11, 2011 (Washington, DC) – Yesterday morning, the Committee on Homeland Security in the U.S. House of Representatives began investigative hearings on domestic radicalization. The hearings singled out...

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110303/main1.htm Pak minorities minister gunned down by radicals Shahbaz Bhatti second official to be killed after Punjab Guv Taseer over blasphemy row in less than two months Afzal Khan in Islamabad Federal Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz...

Excerpt from the larger report from United Sikhs Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Report 2010: The State of the Global Sikh Nation PROTECTING THE IDENTITY OF MINORITIES: A SIKH’S DUTY IN PRESERVING THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF FREEDOMS Identity is an inextricable part of being or existing -we...

By R. L Francis Those who always cry ho{censored} on Kashmir regarding violations of human rights and shed crocodile tears should also pay heed towards how minorities in Pakistan are being treated. Pakistan has a medieval ears law Blasphemous Act and under this act a mother of five children Asia...

ANALYSIS: Pakistan and the De-humanization of Minorities Ishtiaq Ahmed - The Daily Times December 7, 2010 How do we explain that despite several Sufi shrines being targeted by suicide bombers, the Ahle Sunnat ulema are demanding that Aasia Bibi should be executed? How can the Ahle Sunnat...

Imtiaz Ahmad, Hindustan Times Karachi, August 18, 2010 First Published: 23:54 IST(18/8/2010) Last Updated: 02:38 IST(19/8/2010) Minorities denied flood relief in Pakistan Earlier this week, members of Pakistan's Ahmadiyya community, who were caught up in the raging floods around the...

Punja Sahib hosts minorities from Sindh By Amjad Iqbal TAXILA: Whether it is earthquake, military operation or unprecedented floods, Gurdwara Punja Sahib is a safe haven for the Hindu and Sikh from Fata in North to Kandhkot in East...

Communal riot in Jodhpur; Idgah, Muslims shops burned Jaipur: Several Muslim worship places including an Idgah were damaged and several shops of Muslim villagers were burned by rioters in Balesar Durgawta village in Jodhpur, home district of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gahlot. When the police intervened...

Pakistani minorities live in fear after Lahore attack Pakistani minorities live in fear after Lahore attack Pakistani minorities, including Sikhs and Hindus, are living in constant fear ever since the attack Friday by Taliban guerrillas at two mosques of the minority Ahmadi sect in...

Non-Muslim minorities seek rights Non-Muslim minorities seek rights - Patna - City - The Times of India PATNA: Non-Muslim minorities aired their grievances at a meeting convened by the Bihar State Minority Commission. Minority Welfare minister Shahid Ali Khan assured the gathering that the...

For Pakistan's Sikhs, a kidnapping - and a killing - reflect fears of nation's minorities Los Angeles Times - California, L.A., Entertainment and World news - latimes.com ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer...

Hindu-Sikh Minorities in Pakistan: The Vanishing Communities Hindu-Sikh Minorities in Pakistan: The Vanishing Communities | Frontier India World Affairs - International News and Current Affairs Maloy Krishna Dhar I was inspired to write this essay by a Pakistani journalist friend...

Blasphemy Law in Pakistan: Minorities Fail to Reach Consensus ISLAMABAD: Minority law makers here on Monday failed to reach a consensus whether the controversial blasphemy law should be abolished or amended to prevent its misuse and redress the grievances of the minority communities in the...

Persecuted by All (Plight of Religious Minorities in Pakistan) DAWN.COM | Columnists | Persecuted by all At least one of three Sikhs who were abducted for ransom about a month ago by the Pakistani Taliban was killed on Sunday, Feb 21. The murdered man, Jaspal Singh, and his fellow...