08 March 2004
The Turkmen government has been replacing ethnic Uzbek imam-hatybs (mosque leaders) with ethnic Turkmens, Forum 18 News Service has learnt.... Read more
Category: Articles
17 February 2004
Membership among Lutheran churches in the last two years increased by 570,000 putting the number of Lutherans worldwide up to... Read more
13 February 2004
The Islamic opposition party in Tajikistan has spoken out against the radical Hizb-ut-Tahrir group, in a bid to stake out... Read more
13 February 2004
Ethnic Uzbek Imams leading mosques in southern Kazakhstan have resisted state pressure to come under the 'Spiritual Administration of Muslims... Read more
31 January 2004
Lord Buddha may have stood for peace and benevolence, but his disciples in Sri Lanka are an angry lot. Buddhist... Read more
30 January 2004
Sikh leaders and religious groups from Punjab have asked the French government to review a proposed law banning the wearing... Read more
09 January 2004
Fourteen years after godman Rajneesh aka Osho's death, a Nepalese disciple who spread the movement in this Himalayan kingdom plans... Read more
08 January 2004
Shia Muslims, a significant minority in Afghanistan, made important gains in the new constitution passed Sunday at the end of... Read more
07 January 2004
In its survey analysis of religious freedom in Kyrgyzstan, Forum 18 News Service notes that both registered and unregistered religious... Read more
18 December 2003
After today's funeral of Beijing's last Orthodox priest, it is still unknown when the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church will have... Read more