religion

Indonesia is putting the final touches on a bill that could repress mass organizations. Dissenters speak up.

While some have argued for an independent state, it could make matters even worse.

Stateless, landless, and homeless, Burma’s minority Rohingya people have been called the most persecuted ethnic group in Asia.

Indian politicians condemning America for gun violence against its Sikh population forget India’s own past.

Recent events illustrate the need to do more to protect religious freedoms in Southeast Asia.

The Communist Party shows no sign of letting up in its battle with religion. Indeed, for Buddhists at least, things are getting worse.

An Asia Foundation survey highlights the centrality of religion in Afghan culture and the trust people place in it.

Issues of religion being increasingly added to the country’s political mix is reason for concern.

Issues of religion being increasingly added to the country’s political mix is reason for concern.

Obama lauded Indonesia as tolerant and inclusive. But some Christians worry officials are exploiting religious tensions for votes.

‘Positive discrimination’ might have its perks, but where should it stop?

Malaysia’s has carefully crafted an image as a multi-cultural home for the world’s races and religions. But this picture of harmony is being challenged from all sides–by the government, in the courts and from the pulpit. Luke Hunt travels across the country to report on why.

They embraced the religion of their invaders to escape the caste system that had condemned them to a miserable existence. But Karlos Zurutuza reports on how, centuries later, Christians in the Taliban stronghold of Quetta are once again becoming ‘untouchables.’

Just weeks after Timor-Leste voted for independence, the town of Suai was visited by a gang of pro-Indonesian rule militiamen who slaughtered dozens of unarmed citizens hiding in a church. Steve Holland meets Manuel dos Santos who, 10 years later, is still waiting for justice–and for his abducted daughter to come home.

As the world surveys the wreckage that is now Gaza, the international community would be advised to shift its attention north to Lebanon, where the elections to be held in June have the potential  to immerse the country in yet another bloody civil conflict.