23 October 2002 Tajikistan: further mass closures of mosques Over the past three months, the local authorities in Isfara district of Tajikistan's northern Sogd region have closed down 33... Read more
19 October 2002 Tajikistan: “political imams” sacked A senior member of Tajikistan's Islamic Revival Party (IRP) has complained to Keston News Service that compulsory attestation of imams... Read more
19 October 2002 Belarus: uncertain future for True Orthodox parishes A True Orthodox parish in the Belarusian capital Minsk has lodged a complaint to the Council of Ministers over the... Read more
19 October 2002 North Korea: proposed Orthodox chuch will primarily be for Russians A Russian Orthodox priest who has just completed his first visit to the North Korean capital Pyongyang has told Keston... Read more
19 October 2002 South-East Asia: Russian Orthodox expand their presence Plans by the Russian Orthodox Church to open a church in the North Korean capital Pyongyang are part of a... Read more
17 October 2002 Georgia: Church and State in tight embrace A new concordat between the Georgian state and the Orthodox Church is cementing the latter's special status in society. IWPR -... Read more
16 October 2002 Russia: national policymakers want Islamic clerics trained at home At a conference in Moscow on cooperation between government and religious organizations on 10 October, Viktor Zorkaltsev, chairman of the... Read more
16 October 2002 “Eastern Lightning”: Chinese house church supporters face heterodox movement The non-official house church movement in China has drawn wide support among Christian groups in the West. But some house... Read more
10 October 2002 Ceuta and Melilla: after 500 years, Jews leaving Spanish enclaves near Morocco Growing anti-Semitism and poor economic prospects are threatening to extinguish two Jewish communities on the North African coast. JTA - 6... Read more
27 September 2002 Azerbaijan: official outlines religious censorship procedure The head of the "expertise" department of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations has told Keston News Service... Read more