11 October 2004 Germany: Muslim headscarf ban will apply to nuns A German court has ruled that a regional ban on Muslim teachers wearing headscarves in state schools must also apply... Read more
10 October 2004 Iraq: Christians fleeing to Jordan, Syria A quiet but steady hemorrhaging of Iraq’s ancient Christian presence is underway and little is being done to stem the... Read more
08 October 2004 Bulgaria: Muslim infighting fuels fundamentalist fears A fight for the heart and soul - as well as the property and the money - of Bulgaria’s Muslim... Read more
08 October 2004 Sikhism in the West: death of Yogi Bhajan While thousands of Sikhs were emigrating to the West from Punjab in the 1960's seeking better prospects, one of them... Read more
29 September 2004 Germany: significant progress in talks on future links between Protestant bodies There is significant progress in negotiations that have been going on for about two years now, on strengthening co-operation between... Read more
28 September 2004 North Korea: will local Orthodox dare to regularly attend new church? Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, has two Protestant and one Catholic church, which are suspected of being "show churches" for display... Read more
28 September 2004 China: Orthodox Christians soon to be allowed priests? China's estimated 3,000 scattered Orthodox Christians may soon be able to have their own priests once again. Since 2003, 15 Chinese... Read more
16 September 2004 India: wake-up call for dwindling Parsi community Parsis, who came to India in the 8th century fleeing Muslim persecution in then Persia, may be heading for slow... Read more
29 August 2004 Bali: young Hindus to set up world body in November Some 180 young Hindus from around the world will meet in the Indonesian resort of Bali in November to set... Read more
24 August 2004 Central Asia: is Hizb ut-Tahrir a threat to stability? Established in the 1950s in the Middle East, Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (The Party of Islamic Liberation) began operating in Central... Read more