26 May 2002
In the wake of a visit between 15 and 20 May to the Uzbek city of Bukhara (500 kilometres or... Read more
Category: Articles
26 May 2002
Reversing centuries of tradition, Turkish authorities have decided that women will be allowed to participate more actively in the country's... Read more
17 May 2002
In its International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the U.S. Congress established an Office of International Religious Freedom within the... Read more
12 May 2002
An ongoing debate between two rival branches of the Estonian Orthodox Church has underscored continued tensions between the Baltic country's... Read more
12 May 2002
Questions are being raised over foreign funding of Muslim organisations - and exactly what that money buys.
Recent police raids against... Read more
25 April 2002
Earlier this month, Russian authorities barred two Catholic priests -- who worked in Russia and had valid visas -- from... Read more
19 April 2002
Estonia's Interior Ministry has finally registered the branch of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in the Baltic state, ending... Read more
18 April 2002
The golden mielie fields of Bronkhorstspruit, 40km east of Pretoria, are a rather unexpected setting for a Buddhist Temple. This... Read more
16 April 2002
The Azerbaijani government, apparently concerned over religious extremism and corruption, is cracking down on the country's main Muslim organisation.
When the... Read more
12 April 2002
"Currently we have no problems in Kyrgyzstan, but we fear that problems may arise after approval of a new law... Read more