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
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