07 December 2002 United States: Washington announces plan to promote democracy in Muslim world Stung by terrorists who attacked America in part because of its support for authoritarian Muslim regimes, the United States has... Read more
06 December 2002 Russia: public opinion divided over tuition of Orthodox culture in State schools According to her Constitution, Russia is a secular state. According to the 1992 law on education, state education is secular... Read more
04 December 2002 Uzbekistan: conviction of Jehovah’s Witness may set precedent for crackdown on Christian proselytizers An Uzbek court has handed a Jehovah’s Witness a three-year suspended sentence for "inciting religious hatred." Freedom of conscience advocates... Read more
02 December 2002 North Ossetia honours “Pagan” Saint George In their most important religious festival, North Ossetians freely mix the names of Saint George and the pagan God Uasturji... Read more
02 December 2002 Russia: ex-KGB renews interest in religion For the first time since the end of the Soviet regime, an Eastern-rite Catholic priest in Omsk region of western... Read more
09 November 2002 Russia: destruction of Orthodox church in Tatarstan Although not the first such incident in Naberezhnyye Chelny, the destruction of the Orthodox Church of St Tatyana on 1... Read more
06 November 2002 Uzbekistan: prosecution of a Jehovah’s Witness The criminal trial of a young Jehovah's Witness is being seen as the latest attempt by the authorities to crack... Read more
05 November 2002 Islam: Muslims prepare for holy month of ramadan This week, Muslims around the world mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, the most significant Islamic holiday.... Read more
01 November 2002 Latvia: Christian Science finally registered Five years after first lodging an application for registration and on the fifth attempt the Christian Science community in the... Read more
01 November 2002 Nigeria: first Shari’ah flogging in the South A 29 year-old man became the first person in southern Nigeria to be punished under Islamic law when he was... Read more