World

2003-10-01	Poll: Faith in the UK
2003-08-22	UK: The Anglican church’s infighting about gays masks the real issue – that its days are numbered
2003-08-16	Hungary: Religious revival and the rise of the new right
2003-08-09	Op-ed/Pakistan: Musharraf “dragging the country into the jaws of theocracy”
2003-08-08	India: Bollywood’s secular credentials revealed
2003-08-04	UK: Evangelical to get a central role in government
2003-08-04	UK government working group looking at giving religious groups bigger role in government
2003-08-03	UK: Blair government to allow religious groups central role in policy-making
2003-07-31	UK: Atheist mayor pulls plug on council prayers
2003-07-29	HRW reports resurgent religious fanaticism, attacks on girls, women in Afghanistan
2003-07-29	Philippines president says will veto any bill granting abortion rights
2003-07-28	European court victory for gay partners; will receive equivalent rights to cohabitating opposite sex partners
2003-07-22	UK: Teachers union will challenge anti-gay loophole for religious schools
2003-07-16	Saudi Arabia: Courageous article on the future of women’s rights draws praise, death threats
2003-07-09	Africa: Draft on women’s rights brings out the ‘gender dinosaurs’; abortion, contraception, divorce rights run up against Sharia law, tradition
2003-07-09	Pakistan: editor gets life; published letter judged as insulting Islam
2003-07-09	Philippines: Priest admits fathering two children in secret, resigns
2003-07-08	Letter: Pakistani secularist forces are in retreat; sharia schools play crucial role
2003-07-07	World Hindu Federation opposes move to declare Nepal secular
2003-07-07	Belgium: Government wants stricter control of mosque finances
2003-07-06	Shiites will hold majority on Iraqi governing council
2003-07-04	Iranian opposition leader leaves French jail, proclaims innocence
2003-07-04	Messianic Jew says disputed land belongs to Israel
2003-07-04	Afghanistan: End of Taleban rule hasn’t made much difference for most Afghan women
2003-07-04	Iraqi Shi’ites say Sunnis need not fear revenge
2003-07-04	Eight killed, dozens hurt in Pakistan mosque blasts
2003-07-02	Australia: Christian school bans Potter books
2003-06-30	Hungary: Coalition cabinet at odds over abortion law
2003-06-29	Tensions run high in Malawi district after riots
2003-06-28	Iran: 4,000 reported arrested during protests; prominent cleric calls for dealing with dissidents with ‘little mercy’
2003-06-28	Orthodox church, Russian defense ministry discussing involvement of priests in the armed forces
2003-06-28	Pakistan: minorities urge scrapping of Shariah law: cite Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2003-06-28	Malawi calls in troops to quell Muslim riots
2003-06-27	All Hindus acquitted in Gujarat riots trial; Moslems, human rights activists allege bribery, intimidation of witnesses
2003-06-26	Op-ed/Pakistan: EU constitution better off without God
2003-06-25	Afghanistan: two reporters charged with ‘defaming Islam’ jailed one week; released; will face trial
2003-06-25	Uganda: 82 of 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by ‘ten commandments’ rebels now freed or released
2003-06-25	Puerto Rico senate votes to kill sodomy law
2003-06-24	Archbishop of Canterbury will not intervene in consecration of gay bishop
2003-06-23	Proliferating Iranian weblogs give voice to taboo topics
2003-06-22	Analysis: religion, terrorism, pluralism, and democracy
2003-06-22	Archbishop of Nigeria on gay bishop: ‘unnatural’, ‘a Satanic attack on God’s church’
2003-06-20	Iran: Cleric tells courts to treat protestors as ‘opponents of god’, a charge bearing the death penalty
2003-06-20	The Babri mosque and the temple to Rama: another page in an ongoing dispute
2003-06-18	Pakistan op-ed: US must not separate mosque and state
2003-06-18	Canada to pass legislation formally recognizing gay marriages in wake of court decision
2003-06-17	Pakistan: Christians say government doing illegal surveys in preparation for violence
2003-06-17	Pakistani lawyer challenges religious law in court
2003-06-16	Op-ed: former advisor to US bishops criticizes absence of ‘Judaeo-Christian heritage’ references from EU constitution
2003-06-13	Iran backgrounder: Theocracy must go the way of the Shah