Many Syrian believers live in uneasy alliance with President Bashar Assad

May 31, 2012

Hani Sarhan is a Christian who says none of his relatives work with Bashar Assad’s regime or has anything to do with it. “But what

Uzbekistan continues to police religious meetings

May 31, 2012

YUKORI-CHIRCHIK, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan continues punishing people exercising the right to freedom of religion or belief without state permission. In one incident, police and the

Muslim works only ones being approved in Kazakhstan

May 31, 2012

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — With new state censorship regulations for almost all religious literature and objects produced in or imported into Kazakhstan now in force, only

Assemblies of God congregation forced to identify members

May 24, 2012

TEHRAN, Iran — Leaders of the Assemblies of God’s (AOG) Central Church of Tehran told their congregation May 6 that authorities have demanded a list

Newly found Israeli artifacts support Solomon’s Temple

May 17, 2012

JERUSALEM — Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of artifacts dating back to the time of the biblical King David that they say closely correspond to

Iranian pastor’s attorney headed to prison

May 10, 2012

Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani’s attorney — called by many a hero for his representation of religious minorities — has been convicted and could begin serving

Azerbaijani shops still unable to sell religious books

May 10, 2012

BAKU, Azerbaijan — An official of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations — which operates Azerbaijan’s harsh religious censorship system — admitted in