22 February 2011 Egypt: Islam in the insurrection “Arab anger” in Egypt was no more Islamist than it had been in Tunisia a few weeks earlier. Islam was... Read more
26 January 2011 Religion and health: Russian Orthodox HIV and drug treatment programs find mixed results, unintended consequences The growing HIV crisis in Russia, affecting mainly intravenous drug users, is being targeted by the Russian Orthodox Church as... Read more
05 January 2011 Hinduism: a wintry tryst with the Bhagavad Katha On a chilly December evening in Lucknow, Ramesh Avadhani attended a performance of the Bhagavad Katha. Our correspondent shares his... Read more
01 December 2010 Australia: scholars question Islamic “revival” among Aboriginal Australians The conversion of aboriginal people in Australia to Islam is a growing phenomenon, but the reasons for and the extent... Read more
01 December 2010 Evangelicals: megachurches find following, criticism in French society As “megachurches,” which were pioneered in places like Korea and the United States, become a global phenomenon, even such secular... Read more
01 December 2010 Tibet and Buddhism: Dalai Lama won’t exit any time soon Even if the Dalai Lama decides to quit public life, as he indicated recently, his aides say the entire process... Read more
30 November 2010 Religion and environment: Sikh group to launch global ecological movement Two young Sikh professionals are joining EcoSikh, a community environment group to launch a global ecological movement with several diverse... Read more
12 November 2010 Peru: Dia de los Difuntos (Day of the Deceased) in Lima and Cuzco Like many other Christian festivals, the celebrations of Dia de los Difuntos (Day of the Deceased) in Latin America also... Read more
27 October 2010 Hinduism and Islam: India’s biggest religious headache – the mosque-temple dispute at Ayodhya On September 30 was delivered the legal verdict regarding India's most vexing religious tussle: the controversy around a sacred place... Read more
04 October 2010 Islam in India: a journey through Deoband Situated on a stretch of rural road in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, at first sight the Dar... Read more