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  Lahore - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Lahore (Urdu: لاہور) is a major city of Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab.
Lahore is largely thought of as the cultural centre of Pakistan ever since its accession by the Mughal Empire since the 16th century CE This is apparent by the vast array of historic buildings, architecture from pre-Mughal, Mughal and British periods, and cultural events held throughout the year.
Lahore city is bounded on the north and west by the Sheikhupura district, on the east by India and on the south Kasur district.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Lahore   (3702 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lahore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Lahore (Urdu: لاہور) is the second largest city of Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab.
Lahore is largely thought of as the cultural centre of Pakistan ever since its accession by the Mughal Empire since the 16th century CE.
The city of Lahore is located at latitude 31 ° 35´ N and longitude 74° 13´ E. The city occupies an area of over 2000 km² and is expanding.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lahore   (1033 words)

  
 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Lahore
Lahore came under Muslim rule in 713 CE when Umayyad Muslim Arab army led by Muhammad bin Qasim conquered a part of present day Pakistan from Multan to the Arabian Sea.
Lahore played host to perhaps the most important session of the Muslim League political party in 1940, where the Lahore Resolution was passed.
Lahore is a very festive city, the people of Lahore celebrate many traditions throughout the year, with blending of moghal, western and latest trends.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Lahore   (3037 words)

  
 Lahore
Down to 1889 the Lahore diocese was in charge of the Italian Capuchins, but in that year it was taken over by the Belgian province of the same order in whose hands it now remains.
The missionary centres are at Lahore, Multan, Firozpur, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Dalhousie, Sialkot, Mean-Meer, Maryabad, Adah, Sahowala, Khushpur, Francisabad, and Lyallpur.
A new cathedral at Lahore, in the Romanesque style, and of notable size and magnificence, built at a total cost of about four lacs of rupees, was consecrated 19 November, 1907.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/l/lahore.html   (690 words)

  
 LAHORE
A town near Lahore was the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the 15th century founder of the Sikh religion, and Lahore was the capital from which Maharaja Ranjit Singh ruled his 19th century Sikh Empire.
Lahore was a cultural and intellectual centre during both the Moghul and British eras, and it's an atmosphere which still pervades today, but it is the diversity and contrast of the different sections of the city which make Lahore interesting.
Minar-e-Pakisan is a new landmark in Lahore and stands in the Iqbal Park to commemorae the date when a resolution was passed there back in 1940 demanding the cretion olf separate homeland for the Muslims of this sub-continent.
pakistansite.tripod.com /lahore.htm   (17719 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: India
The empire of Akbar comprised the provinces of Kabul, Lahore, Multan, Delhi, Agra, Oudh, Allahabad, Ajmere, Gujerat, Malwa, Behar, Bengal, Khandesh, Berar, Ahmednagar, Orissa, Sind, and Kashmir, the southern boundary being roughly speaking marked by the River Godaveri and the latitude of Bombay.
Elsewhere the churches are mostly of secondary importance.
In the last respect the Government of India cannot be said to be partial to Christians as compared with non-Christians; since it spends large sums of State money over a number of non-Christian religious edifices and institutions in continuance and perpetuation of the practice of their predecessors in the government of the country.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07722a.htm   (12490 words)

  
 Lahore, Pakistan
Punjabi spoken by the people of lahore is known as lahori punjabi due to a mixture of punjabi and causual/slang urdu spoken in Lahore.
According to a legend, Lahore was named by Loh (called Luv in Sanskrit), the once ruler, son of Rama, the hero of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
While Lahore has a great many traditional and modern restaurants, the turn of the century has seen the appearance of western fast food chains such as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken in new shopping centres all over the city.
www.creekin.net /c5479-n142-lahore-pakistan.html   (1180 words)

  
 More on Lahore -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Lahore has 8.5 million inhabitants and thus is the second largest city in Pakistan, (Karachi being the largest).
Lahore is largely thought of as the cultural centre of Pakistan ever since its accession by Mughal rulers since the 16th century A.D.This is apparent by the vast array of historic buildings, presence in architecture and scenery.
Lahore is the city of the enlightened, and the land of people who love and respect knowledge.
www.recopedia.com /Ke-to-La/Lahore.php   (3378 words)

  
 Games Web Page
From 1946 to 1951, the year in which he was ordained a priest and began to teach, he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Munich and at the higher school in Freising.
On 25 November 1981 he was nominated by John Paul II Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; President of the Biblical Commission and of the Pontifical International Theological Commission.
President of the Commission for the Preparation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and after 6 years of work (1986-92) he presented the New Catechism to the Holy Father.
www.archdiocese-lahore.20m.com   (536 words)

  
 Pak churches Burn - World Affairs Board
LAHORE: Christians and civil society organisations protested against the destruction and setting ablaze of three churches, a school, a pastor’s house and a Sisters’ Convent and desecrated Holy Books at Sangla Hill on Saturday.
After setting fire to the Presbyterian Church, the mob comprising mainly of teenaged madrassa students attacked the Catholic Church forcing seven sisters and 27 students present in the adjacent convent to lock themselves in a room to save their lives.
LAHORE: The Punjab government would compensate the Christians affected by the Sangla Hill incident and the culprits involved in fanning religious hatred and damaging the sacred places of Christians would be dealt with sternly, Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja told the Punjab Assembly on Monday.
www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=9276   (3031 words)

  
 Pakistan Christian Post
Cathedral of Resurrection is historic and cultural monument of Lahore.
The church is an integral part of Lahore's architectural landscape and its status as a cultural icon is unchallenged, Pakistan Television quoted a senior clergymen as saying.
The Cathedral of the Resurrection is one of the oldest churches in Lahore.
www.pakistanchristianpost.com /newsviewsdetails.php?newsid=154   (532 words)

  
 >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Thousands of Muslims burn Christian churches, convents, schools and homes in ...
Lahore (AsiaNews) — Three churches, a nuns‘ convent, two Catholic schools, the houses of a Protestant pastor and of a parish priest, a girls’ hostel, some Christian homes, were first vandalized and then set on fire by an angry crowd of around 2,000 people in the village of Sangla Hill, Nankana district in Punjab.
Mgr Lawrence John Saldanha, Archbishop of Lahore Archdiocese and Chairman National Commission for Justice and Peace (see photo), told AsiaNews that “the attack seems to have been planned and organized as the attackers were brought to the site in buses and instigated to commit violence and arson.
The Commission of Justice and Peace in Lahore said the blasphemy accusations were false: the accusers had economic problems to sort out with the families they accused.
www.asianews.it /view.php?l=en&art=4609   (855 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Muslim crowd burns two Pakistan churches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of Muslims attacked and burned two churches in Pakistan on Saturday after reports that a Christian man had desecrated Islam's holy book.
A school, student hostel and the home of a priest were also torched by the crowd of about 1,500 Muslims near the town of Sangla Hill, about 80 miles northeast of Lahore, said police official Ali Asghar Dogar.
The country's Christian minority generally coexists peacefully with the Muslim majority, but there have been occasional attacks on churches and Christian clergy by Islamic extremists railing against Western influence in Pakistan.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-11-12-muslim-crowd_x.htm?csp=34   (358 words)

  
 DAWN - Features; 18 April, 2004
OUR culture is what we have on the ground, the fort, the mosques, the walls and the gates of the old city, the houses, the tombs, the graveyards, the churches, the colleges and schools.
In the world of church bells, the Lahore bells are classified as rare and "priceless" as one church website states.
A truly amazing collection, and one for which Lahore should be proud of its churches, as it is of the great men who have run them so far.
www.dawn.com /2004/04/18/fea.htm   (3937 words)

  
 News from Bosnia, USA, Germany, Barbados, Pakistan, Bangladesh
The study also shows that in churches showing an interest in demographic data, there are very often small groups of people who claim that "this brings worldly influence into the House of God", but the report concludes soberly: "Churches without strategic plans for growth cannot avoid stagnation."
McKinsey's advice to the church: "Your involvement is being lost in a diffuse togetherness instead of advancing together in one spirit.
These tailors, who now also have Bible training, are part-time pastors of growing churches, and plant more churches in their free time, all of which are also growing, according to the report.
www.jesus.org.uk /dawn/1996/dawn9613.html   (816 words)

  
 Winston-Salem Journal | International Briefs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The report, by a three-member panel appointed by the Irish government, showed that the Catholic Church hierarchy in Ireland was only one part of a system that enabled cover-ups allowing known sexual predators to retain their positions within the church - and their access to young victims.
Before 1990, the panel found, the police were reluctant to investigate claims of sexual abuse by the clergy because they were afraid of challenging the privileged position of Roman Catholic church authorities.
LAHORE, Pakistan - Hundreds of Muslims attacked and burned two churches in Pakistan yesterday after reports that a Christian man had desecrated Islam's holy book.
www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128768122114&path=!nationworld&s=1037645509161   (472 words)

  
 PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS REACT TO TERRORIST ATTACK
His wife, Sarai, is in a Lahore hospital with 12 bullet holes in her body.
Christian Aid's contact in Lahore said 13 of the victims were all from one extended family.
Another Christian leader stationed in Lahore said 20 churches of various denominations had come together in unity for prayer and to strengthen one another in a spirit of solidarity.
www.worthynews.com /news-features-2/pakistan-massacre-2.html   (540 words)

  
 >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Ashes from torched churches to remain for 40 days
The Action Committee refused to co-operate with the investigation into the attack by a session judge of the Nankana district believing that it should be carried out by high court judge as conceded by Punjab’s Chief Minister Parvez Elahi on his visit to the site on November 16.
On Wednesday the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Anglican Church, urged President Pervez Musharraf to review the unjust blasphemy law, which is thought to have provoked the attacks.
Bishop Alexander John Malik, moderator of the Church of Pakistan, called on Pakistani ulemas to come forward and build harmony amongst the faiths and condemn violence perpetrated in the name of religion.
www.asianews.it /view.php?l=en&art=4718   (387 words)

  
 What Are the Seven Churches
            The various churches and groups that have come out from Worldwide are now struggling with their own identity, problems, and fighting among themselves for the affection and tithes of the people who have rejected Worldwide's new offerings.
This church must suffer imprisonment, persecution, even martyrdom, but is promised a glorious reward (Rev.2:11).
            Finally, the seventh church, the church of Laodicea, is in the worst spiritual condition of all the seven churches.
www.triumphpro.com /seven_churches_of_revelation.htm   (7969 words)

  
 DAWN - Opinion; February 26, 2006
In Pakistan, there was a day of mob rule in Lahore, damage to churches in Sukkur and shutter-down strikes all over the country.
There have been attacks on Christian churches in Pakistan in which the images of Christ were damaged.
The arson and looting in Lahore and Peshawar recently has shown that the provincial governments are unable, or unwilling, to face even stray mobsters.
www.dawn.com /2006/02/26/op.htm#2   (2836 words)

  
 Punjab Directory of the churches of Christ
The location of the church is in the area where majority is of muslims.
The church have an active "School of Biblical Studies" with 12 students.
The church also oversee many local ministries and help Orphans and widows in the area.
church-of-christ.org /CHURCHES/Pakistan/Punjab_S.htm   (283 words)

  
 Victory Churches of Pakistan
Victory Churches of Pakistan is headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan
VCI Missions is currently supporting the ministry in Pakistan by providing financial support for the schools that the church is sponsoring.
These schools are a vital necessity in this poor nation; educating both adults and children; giving them the opportunity for a brighter future.
www.victoryint.org /churches/pakistan.cfm   (53 words)

  
 Crowds In Pakistan Burn Churches - CBS News
A school, student hostel and the home of a priest were also torched in the incident near the town of Sangla Hill, about 80 miles northeast of the major eastern city of Lahore, said area police official Ali Asghar Dogar.
The attacks came a day after a local Muslim resident accused Yousaf Masih, a Christian, of burning a one-room Islamic school along with copies of the Quran.
The country's Christian minority generally coexists peacefully with the Muslim majority, although there have been occasional attacks on churches and Christian clergy by Islamic extremists railing against Western influence in Pakistan.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/11/12/world/main1041338.shtml   (531 words)

  
 Church desecrated in land occupation bid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A Muslim man who allegedly wanted to have possession of land in the village of Momin Pura Theki, some 35 Kms from Lahore, is said to have encouraged his men to desecrate and attack a church in Theki on August 7 and 12 respectively.
When asked why the accused had attacked church, they said that the Mehr saw presence of Church as a big obstacle in occupation of their village’s land.
Asked if he feared attacks on churches in Pakistan due to Israel-Lebanon conflict, he said clergymen had already received threats of attacks on churches in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
www.assistnews.net /Stories/s06080065.htm   (1363 words)

  
 Catholic World News : Pakistan: Islamic mob assaults Christians
Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha of Lahore Archdiocese told AsiaNews that "the attack seems to have been planned and organized, as the attackers were brought to the site in buses and instigated to commit violence and arson." The Lahore archdiocese deplored the failure of police to stop the violence.
The attacks were apparently motivated by a new case in which a Christian youth was arrested and charged with violating the country's blasphemy law.
The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=40722   (419 words)

  
 Metroblogging Lahore: Temple Demolished in Lahore? - Minority Rights
A private developer was allowed to demolish the Krishna Mandir at "Wachhoowali, Rang Mehal, Lahore" and raise a commercial complex in its place in violation of Pakistani laws, BJP leaders claimed.
Terming it an act of "Talibanisation", the BJP on Tuesday condemned the reported demolition of a Hindu temple in Lahore and said it would take to the streets to organise protests against this.
Written from the perspective of people who live, work, and play here every day, Lahore is one of over forty five (and growing) blogs in the globe-spanning Metroblogging network.
lahore.metblogs.com /archives/2006/06/temple_demolish.phtml   (936 words)

  
 Affiliated Churches Asia
The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
The Methodist Church in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
The Methodist Church of the Union of Myanmar
archives.umc.org /interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=6035   (96 words)

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