Grenade hits Nairobi church: kills boy, injures others
November 1, 2012
NAIROBI, KENYA — Speaking just after her Oct. 9 return from the funeral of 9-year-old John Ian Maina, Sally Gatei was in a reflective mood.
Churches in Kazakhstan pressured over re-registration
November 1, 2012
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Shortly before the Oct. 25 re-registration deadline for all of Kazakhstan’s religious communities, officials pressured nearly a quarter of the signatories on
Possible 15 years’ jail for UNHCR-recognized refugee
October 29, 2012
Uzbekistan is now seeking to extradite detained UNHCR-recognized refugee Makset Djabbarbergenov from Kazakhstan on charges which carry a maximum 15 year jail term. The Protestant
Christian workers in Beirut ask for prayers after car bombing spurs new fears
October 25, 2012
A huge car bomb tore through the heart of East Beirut’s mainly Christian Ashrafiyeh district Oct. 19, spurring new fears that the civil war next door
Taliban unrepentant after attack on Pakistani teen
October 25, 2012
KARACHI, Pakistan — The Taliban is threatening to kill a 14-year-old Pakistani girl whom it shot for helping other girls go to school — if
Bhutan bans religious activity ahead of election
October 25, 2012
THIMPHU, Bhutan — Political leaders in the Buddhist nation of Bhutan announced a nearly six-month ban on public religious activities ahead of the upcoming elections,
Jewish, Christian groups at impasse over US aid to Israel
October 25, 2012
WASHINGTON — An established interfaith group is in danger of disintegrating as major American Jewish groups and prominent mainline Protestant churches differ over U.S. aid
Analysis of India’s narrow path to religious freedom
October 25, 2012
Centre for Contemporary Issues Shimla apples are world-famous. They are grown in the north Indian hill state of Himachal Pradesh whose capital, Shimla, also was
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