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April 01, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Muslim militants in south Thailand growing stronger
Muslim insurgents announced a deadly new departure in their long-running terror campaign in southern Thailand, with four explosions killing 14 people and injuring more than 300 on Saturday.
April 01, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Self-immolations reflect rising Tibetan anger
He walked three times around the rural monastery he had attended as a small child, cycled into town and had a simple vegetarian meal with a friend.
March 29, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Cancer cases tied to religion, region in India
A youngster living in India's northeast is four times more likely to develop and succumb to cancer in his lifetime as compared to a youngster living in Bihar.
March 28, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Malaysian mosque Is also a methadone clinic
Every Monday and Thursday morning, the slightly built man rides the bus for an hour and a half from his home on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to the Ar-Rahman mosque.
March 27, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Forced conversions hike Pakistan minorities' fears
It was barely 4 a.m. when 19-year-old Rinkal Kumari disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
March 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In Pakistan, Hindus say woman’s conversion to Islam was coerced
Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon.
March 22, 2012 - The Australian
Australian: O'Farrell government freezes Islamic school's funding
THE NSW government has frozen funding to Sydney's largest Islamic school after an Education Department audit found the school's owners were charging the school millions of dollars in improper fees.
March 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Horrific anti-China protests become Tibet's norm
For more than a year the deadly protests have swept the Tibetan plateau, waves of people burning themselves alive in a widening challenge to Chinese rule.
March 20, 2012 - The Australian
Australian: Sharia widespread in local community
A LAWYER has revealed he has prepared more than 1000 wills for Australian Muslims using Islamic law, while other lawyers and Muslim leaders say sharia is used informally by most of the Islamic community.
March 16, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Ten years after ‘Gujarat,’ the man accused of sanctioning it is poised to become India’s PM
Crouched beside her husband waist deep in a rooftop water tank at 2 in the morning, Anjuman Bano listened to her Hindu neighbours debate.
March 10, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Burma’s bimah
AMID the bustle and crumbling masonry of downtown Yangon, there is one building that likes to keep up appearances: Myanmar’s only synagogue.
March 09, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: India eyes Muslims left behind by quota system
Along the narrow lane known as Khadar Wallah, Muslims and low-caste Hindus have lived side by side for years, bound by poverty, if not religion.
March 08, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Opinion: Turkey: Nation of multiple faiths
After decades of official neglect and mistrust, Turkey has taken several steps to ensure the rights of the country’s non-Muslim religious minorities, and thus to guarantee that the rule of law is applied equally for all Turkish citizens, regardless of individuals’ religion, ethnicity, or language.
March 04, 2012 - South China Morning Post
Morning Post: Bigger CPPCC role on stability
The Communist Party's fourth most powerful figure, the chief of the government's advisory body, has called on other advisers to play a bigger role in religious and ethnic affairs in order to help resolve conflicts during a politically sensitive year....
February 28, 2012 - South China Morning Post
Morning Post: New controls on religious groups' work
Beijing has tightened controls on religious groups by imposing restrictions on their charitable activities, complicating their efforts to secure foreign aid....
February 27, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Prayers mark 10th anniversary of riots in India
Hundreds of survivors of deadly religious riots gathered in western India on Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of the country's worst sectarian violence in recent years, as rights activists accused the local government of delaying justice.
February 23, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: For China, Jeremy Lin is an inspiration — to a point
When Guo Sicheng looks at American basketball sensation Jeremy Lin, he can almost see himself.
February 22, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Religious conversion stalls dead man's last rites
Burial or cremation? This is the conflict surrounding death of a man, who had converted into Islam, after entering into a relationship with a Muslim woman.
February 21, 2012 - New Straits Times
Straits Times: There's a difference between tradition and religion
IN 2007, there was a local Malay drama which featured a storyline about a Chinese convert who faced a dilemma when she had to fulfil her mother's dying wish.
February 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Orthodox Christian leader favors constitution promoting religious freedom in Turkey
The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians said Monday that Turkey’s new constitution should grant equal rights to minorities in the country and safeguard religious freedoms.
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