Fri, 02/07/2010 - 10:05am GCIC slams the Interrogation of young school students in Right Wing Ruled BJP State

GCIC slams the Interrogation of young school students in Right Wing Ruled BJP State of Madhya Pradesh by Dharam Rakshak Samiti activists

On June 28th, a bus carrying around 40 school students was blocked on a public road in a suburb of Indore

The students mainly belonging to the minority Christian community hailed from Orissa state were returning to their school in Indore after summer vacation. The school is managed by Youth With a Mission.

Mon, 28/06/2010 - 12:32pm Pope Benedict slams Belgian police for raids investigating priestly sex abuse, pens letter to bishop

BY MEENA HARTENSTEIN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, June 27th 2010, 4:37 PM

Pope Benedict XVI issued a heated letter Sunday criticizing Belgian police for their handling of raids investigation sexual abuse by priests.
Pope Benedict XVI had harsh words for Belgian police Sunday, calling their raids investigating priestly sex abuse last week "surprising and deplorable."

Mon, 21/06/2010 - 10:17am Karnataka CM Withdraws Criminal Cases against Hinduvta Outfits

GCIC demands investigation into the withdrawal of criminal cases agaisnt Hindu Jagaran Vedike and other Hinduvta outfits.

"The radicals attack the minority community with impunity and these withdrawal of the cases after the Cabinet meeting of the Karnataka will embolden the extremists to continue thier reign of terror and get away scot free. This is a gross travesty of justice." according to Sajan K George, national president GCIC

Thu, 01/04/2010 - 2:08pm GCIC Wishes each one God’s blessings and grace while we participate in His Passion

May GOOD FRIDAY Fill us with His LOVE

May the Risen Lord Fill Us with His Joy and Peace !

Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. (Luke 23:46)

“… I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE,
NOR FORSAKE THEE.”
(Hebrews 13:5)

Dr Sajan K George,
National President,
Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC)

Thu, 25/03/2010 - 9:14am GLOBAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN CHRSITANS (GCIC) Celebrates Pro Life Day

March 25th

GCIC is dedicated to defending religious values and the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death and promotes a Culture of Life.

GCIC promote pro-life and advocates Religious Freedom as enshrined in Article 25 of the India Constitution

Our Kandhamal Christians have suffered intensely at the brutal hands of the Right wing forces and continue to suffer the injustice of the legal processes.

GCIC provides legal assistance to our Kandhamal Christians in ensuing legal justice and adequate compensation and is an advocate of their rehabilitation.

The Kandhamal women and children have been our special focus and GCIC continues to provide all assistance to combat the Culture of Death that threatens them.

GCIC prays that India will work to protecting Life - especially of our vulnerable and minority groups- and never let the shame of Kandhamal Christians ever be repeated.

Tue, 02/03/2010 - 12:04pm Bangalore on alert, Karnataka tense over Taslima’s burqa piece in vernacular daily

Bangalore: Parts of Karnataka continued to be tense on Tuesday following large-scale communal violence that erupted on Monday over an article by controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen questioning the tenets of Islam that imposes the purdha system on Muslim women.

The violence was first reported in Shimoga, the hometown of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, on Monday. Nearly 20 vehicles were damaged and the police had to open firing following large-scale looting of shops. Two youths were killed in the firing. The violence soon spread to Hassan, the hometown of former prime minister and JD(U) chief H D Deva Gowda.
Curfew and shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in Shimoga which continued to be tense on Tuesday. Schools and colleges were given a holiday. Bangalore has also been put on high alert.
The controversial translated article, the original of which was penned by Taslima long ago, speaks of the right to impose the burqa system over women and argues that men too should cover themselves from head to toe. The article also has references on Prophet and his wives and argues that the burqa was a symbol pf suppression.
In the the article titled 'Let's Think Again About The Burqa' , Taslima had stated: "If the Quran advises women to use purdah, should they do so? My answer is No. Irrespective of which book says it, which person advises, whoever commands, women should not have purdah. No veil, no chador, no hijab, no burqa, no headscarf. Women should not use any of these things because all these are instruments of disrespect".
The article was published in the Sunday section of Kannada Prabha daily even as nobody is sure why it appeared now and without context. After all the violence, the editor and publisher apologized, but the government slapped cases against the publisher for instigating communal

The paper belongs to the Chennai-based Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd that brings out The New Indian Express.
In Monday's violence, scores of people were injured in incidents of stabbing and large scale stone-throwing.
Soon after violence broke out, the Sri Rama Sene too stepped in and held counter-protests, parades and demonstrations. This led to a spiraling of violence as unruly mobs took to the streets, burnt police vehicles, smashed cars, stoned buildings and looted shops.
Curfew was soon imposed on Shimoga and prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Cr PC was clamped on Hassan.

Mon, 01/03/2010 - 7:25pm Prohibitory orders have been clamped in Shimoga , Hassan and Bangalore

In Shimoga, the hometown of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, protesters burnt 12 two wheelers, two tractors, two autorickshaws and pelted stones, police said.

The violence, that left an unspecified number of people injured, started after Holi celebrations earlier in the day, police said.
In Hassan, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s hometown, tension broke out after unidentified persons pelted stones at some commercial establishments during a procession. Some shops were burnt in both places.

Hassan SP Sharat Chandra said the protest was against the article published in the newspaper allegedly offending Muslims. Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the incidents in Hassan, he added.

Additional DGP (Law and Order) A.R. Infant said additional reinforcements have been sent to Shimoga.Prohibitory order is clamped in Bangalore city till 5th March.

The government had extended by one year the visa for Ms. Taslima, who has also moved for permanent residency in India, her ‘adopted’ home after leaving Bangladesh in 1994 in the face of death threats from fundamentalist groups against her writings.