11 March 2003 Kyrgyzstan: Hizb ut-Tahrir accused of increased militancy Over the past three years, reports of arrests in southern Kyrgyzstan of members of the banned Islamic Hizb ut-Tahrir party... Read more
11 March 2003 Chechnya: Amir Abu al-Walid and the Islamic component of the Chechen war Following the death of Amir Ibn al-Khattab last spring, there was speculation as to whether the foreign Islamist mujahidin would... Read more
27 February 2003 The Islamic Party of Russia Boasting 2,160,000 members and aspiring to five times that number, the recently organized Islamic Party of Russia (IPR) stands poised... Read more
11 February 2003 India: Hindutva is an all-encompassing vision Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his deputy L.K. Advani Tuesday made a strong pitch for Hindutva, justifying it as... Read more
07 February 2003 Africa: Christian retaliation increasing in Nigeria’s religious violence Seventeen Christians from various church denominations in Aba, a city in Nigeria’s southern Abia state, were arrested in late January... Read more
06 February 2003 India: Government under attack for moving court in Ayodhya tangle Hindu and Muslim leaders Thursday criticised the Indian government's move to seek the removal of a Supreme Court ban on... Read more
06 February 2003 Hizb-ut-Tahrir remains active in Central Asia Officials in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are resorting to repressive measures in an effort to... Read more
06 February 2003 Russia: Orthodox Church takes on Rasputin A heated debate over Russia's first tsar, Ivan the Terrible, and the lecherous mystical healer Grigory Rasputin, who compromised the... Read more
06 February 2003 Chile: first Luther monument in Spanish-speaking Latin America For the first time in the history of Spanish-speaking Latin America, a square has been renamed, and a monument erected... Read more
02 February 2003 Religion and environment: filthy Ganges makes religious leaders see red Pained to see the holy Ganges choking with pollutants at one of the most sacred sites for Hindus, religious leaders... Read more