13 August 2004
On the eve of the 2004 Olympic Games, Pope John Paul II, perhaps the most sporting pontiff ever, set up... Read more
Category: Articles
12 August 2004
Getting to the Olympics remains a challenge for many female athletes, particularly those from strictly conservative Muslim countries where beliefs... Read more
07 August 2004
Christian groups are strongly opposing Sri Lanka's move to introduce a bill banning religious conversions, with the Supreme Court also... Read more
23 July 2004
Chinese web-users are denied access to a range of religious sites based abroad, Forum 18 News Service has found after... Read more
05 July 2004
After a long-running row that has split Dagestan’s Muslims, the republic’s powerful religious body, the Spiritual Department of Muslims, has... Read more
05 July 2004
A university founded by a group of enthusiastic Indian Americans two years ago to teach Sanskrit and dispel the image... Read more
23 June 2004
Over the past two decades, there have been several volumes in various languages on "new religious movements". A newly-published encyclopedia... Read more
17 June 2004
As old Christendom models continue to decline, the Church of England is scrutinising the role of bishops and other senior... Read more
16 June 2004
A controversy is brewing in Kerala over Muslim woman students offering prayers at a college mosque. Every Friday many Muslim... Read more
16 June 2004
Ritualistic killing of animals has returned to Tamil Nadu despite a law against it with devotees sacrificing more than 200... Read more