26 April 2004 Uzbekistan: shrinking Lutheran Church begins recovery after decade-long exodus As the number of Germans returning to their ethnic homeland slowly diminishes, there are signs that the Lutheran community in... Read more
20 April 2004 Church of England: success of investments raises spending questions The Church of England's 300-year-old investment fund is the best- performing U.K. fund of its kind in the past 10... Read more
16 April 2004 Turkey: TV producer sentenced to jail for slandering Protestants The producer and host of a Turkish TV news show was sentenced to nearly two years in jail last week... Read more
16 April 2004 China: “open” and “underground” communities hold separate services side-by-side "Open" and "underground" Catholic communities in Tianjin, northern China, held Good Friday liturgies at the same time in the same... Read more
16 April 2004 Colombia: Catholics begin peace initiative About 100 Roman Catholic priests are planning a trip through some of Colombia's most dangerous regions to try to heal... Read more
15 April 2004 Iraq: Yazidis fear renewed persecution Most of Iraq's myriad ethnic and religious communities have wrestled with questions of identity in the tumultuous year that has... Read more
14 April 2004 Kazakstan tackles Hizb-ut-Tahrir The authorities in Kazakstan appear to be getting tough with the Islamic radical group Hizb-ut-Tahrir as it continues to grow... Read more
13 April 2004 Uzbekistan: crackdown on all faiths follows terrorist bombings After March and April's terrorist bombings that left nearly 50 people dead - blamed by the government on Islamic extremists... Read more
08 April 2004 Muslims in the West: head scarves in the headlines, but countries take different approaches The head scarf has hit the headlines in many countries that have Muslim minorities -- but authorities have taken markedly... Read more
07 April 2004 USA: religion survey challenges idea of secularisation Proponents of the secularisation thesis will be challenged by the findings of a new survey in the US which says... Read more