07 April 2004
In its survey analysis of the religious freedom situation in Turkmenistan, Forum 18 News Service reports on the almost complete... Read more
Category: Articles
07 April 2004
Two Muslim umbrella organizations in Germany have issued a statement condemning all forms of terrorism as un-Islamic. A spokesman for... Read more
05 April 2004
Some Shia clerics are now recommending believers to donate their blood instead of shedding it in a ritual to commemorate... Read more
05 April 2004
When Sri Lanka's new parliament convenes, it will have some unusual members: Buddhist monks in their familiar maroon robes and... Read more
03 April 2004
Religious scholars in Pakistan are up in arms at the government's moves to reduce references to jehad or holy war... Read more
03 April 2004
The US is providing funds to a voluntary agency working to improve and modernise teaching in Islamic seminaries that mostly... Read more
03 April 2004
The mysterious killings of 18 sadhus over 12 months in an Uttar Pradesh district have baffled officials and spread panic... Read more
03 April 2004
Although True Orthodox communities can normally gather in private homes and do not require a worship building, Forum 18 News... Read more
03 April 2004
Although most True Orthodox communities do not register with the state, due to a lingering fear of persecution, rejection of... Read more
08 March 2004
Buddhist scholars in Sikkim, a frontier state bordering China, are worried over their faith getting diluted as winds of change... Read more