08 July 2008 Music: Heavy Metal finds hearing in Islamic societies Heavy metal music and other forms of rock and rap have become increasingly popular in the Islamic world, often as... Read more
08 July 2008 Anglican Communion: Church of England makes historic decision for women bishops Emotional scenes greeted the decision on 7th July by the General Synod of the Church of England, its governing body,... Read more
13 June 2008 Religion and media: global TV network spreads charismatic prophetic movement The charismatic “prophetic” movement, stressing the second coming of Christ and the restoration of biblical forms of leadership, is finding... Read more
13 May 2008 U.S.A.: Latter-Day Saint polygamous groups face uncertain future after Texas raid A widely publicized case involving a polygamous Mormon splinter community that was raided by government authorities in Texas last month... Read more
07 May 2008 Pakistan: Islamic parties after the elections The most recent general elections in Pakistan left the North Western Frontier Province Assembly dominated by secularists after five years... Read more
07 May 2008 USA: race for Democratic candidacy shows new religious side to Party The battle between Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama to be the presidential candidate for the U.S. Democratic Party... Read more
18 March 2008 Religion and money: Islamic finance Islamic finance is on the rise in what in many parts of the world can be called an anti-Sharia age,... Read more
18 March 2008 Algeria: crackdown on churches Police ordered two Algerian churches to cease activity last week, the latest in a series of 10 church closures and... Read more
03 March 2008 India: pilgrimage to Sabarimala – farewell to a hundred pilgrims Sabarimala temple nestles in the Sahyadri mountain range in the southernmost state of Kerala in India and is open for... Read more
08 January 2008 Malaysia: Government rules Catholic newspaper must abide by ruling not to use ‘Allah’ for God The government has told the Herald, a Catholic newspaper threatened with closure for using the word “Allah” in its Malay... Read more