Stories about Religion from June, 2006
Bangladesh: Jesus and the unauthorized version
Sadiq does a review on a book about Jesus. “Couple of days back i went to visit the British Museum at London. While coming out i went to its bookshop...
China: Activist news roundup
Arms trading, Tibet, environmental concerns, Chinese president Hu Jintao's recent meeting with American counterpart Bush and Google executive Sergey Brin admitting to censoring search results in China all in Celia's...
Russia: The Mennonites
J. Otto Pohl writes about the Mennonites in the Russian Empire and the USSR: a neglected, little-known – and persecuted – minority.
China: Terror alert issued
The American consulate in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou issued a warning last year of potential terrorist attacks against its citizens there. As seen on Guangzhou-based Lonnie Hodge's blog...
Belarus: Homophobia
TOL's Belarus Blog highlights homophobic attitudes that seem to be prevalent in the country and are even shared by the otherwise progressive politicians: [Artur Finkievich, a leading “Youth Front” activist]...
Cambodia: Buddhist Monks and Football
Vutha in a post titled Reaction to watching World Cup 2006 compares the reaction of various people on monks watching the World Cup matches. “Meanwhile, there are different reactions to...
China: DaVinci film pulled
The Chinese government only lets twenty foreign movies make theaters each year, but now it seems those are being blocked too. “Interesting, writes the Black China Hand blogger. “Might it...
Romania: Homophobia and Gay Rights
Cristian of Owlspotting posts a candid reflection on homophobia and gay rights in Romania: “If “Will and Grace” was a Romanian sit-com, Will would either be spending a lot of...
China: Arrest of suspect's children
Michael D. Manning at The Opposite End of China blogs on a development in the case of Rebiya Kadeer, an Uyghur businesswoman accused by Chinese authorities of supporting the separatist...
Iran: Speechless Rafsanjani
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, reformist politician & blogger, reports that Mr. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s speech was interrupted by some people who protested against him in religious city, Qom. Blogger adds this...
Belarus: Memories of the Soviet Past
LJ user aneta_spb, a St. Petersburg journalist, is posting vignettes with her memories of the Soviet years (RUS). Here's why: As a result of heated discussions… … on whether life...
Israel: 666!
On Tuesday, many people around the world will wake up to a calendar number date that has been one of dread and apocalyptic connotation since it first appeared in the...
Iran: Photos & Matyrdom seekers
Farzaneh Khademian, photoblogger & photographer, has exposed several photos of Iranian Martydom seekers in Tehran.
Malaysia: Chubb Safes in Mosques
why360 explains the purpose of Chubb safes found in many Malaysian mosques.
Argentina: Annoyed by Ratzinger's words in Auschwitz
Bilingual Argentine blogger Claudia Mansilla is critical of Pope Benedict XVI's comment about the Holocaust while in Auschwitz.
Arabisc: Arabic Bloggers Ken
This week in the Arabic Language blogsphere: Let’s start with the hard stuff. Tara from Iraq, has some rare seen images: Tara then writes: أحاول ،كل يوم ، ان اطرد...
Bahrain: The Pope has Spoken
He and any other “Christians” have a lot of nerve calling out the Muslim world, while not saying a word about the illegal, immoral unjustifiable war in Iraq which has...
Global Voices Podcast – An interview with Tel Aviv-based blogger Lisa Goldman
Lisa Goldman relocated from Canada to Tel Aviv, Israel some years ago. Lisa is a regular contributor to Global Voices and blogs about life in Israel — “everything from suicide...
Trinidad & Tobago: Denominational schools
Club Soda and Salt asks Trinidad and Tobago's Minister of Education for some data to support her assertion that “with the establishment of the religious schools over 75 per cent...
Lithuania: A Traveler's Observations
After a recent visit, Andy H of Csikszereda Musings posts his notes on Lithuania: “All male nouns in Lithuanian have to end in “s”. Thus there is a bankas, a...
Poland: Investigation of Attack on Chief Rabbi
The beatroot reports on the lack of progress in the investigation of the attack on the Poland's Chief Rabbi that took place a day before the Pope's visit to Auschwitz:...