World Religion News28m
Watchdog: Central Asian Governments Use Extremism Laws to Suppress Religious Freedom
Legislation in the five republics of Central Asia routinely enforces extremism laws that have little or nothing to do with legitimate security threats but are aimed at punishing individuals engaged in ...
How ‘dual narrative’ peace tourism tours take travellers deep into complex relationships
Mejdi Tours takes groups to places like Uzbekistan and Israel led by pairs of locals with opposing religious, political or ethnic views In 2005, Aziz Abu Sarah - a Palestinian then living in east ...
India's R Vaishali Breaks Silence On Uzbekistan GM Nodirbek's Handshake Snub: 'I Didn't Know...'
India’s R Vaishali shared her thoughts on Nodirbek’s handshake controversy. Nordibek later apologised to her with chocolate ...
The Conversation13d
Religious freedom is routinely curbed in Central Asia – but you won’t often see it making international news
For example, a 2019 U.S. State Department human rights report on Uzbekistan makes references to a Forum 18 story on the ...
Eurasianet14d
Uzbekistan: Where reforms can put on Janus face
The authoritarian-minded leadership of Uzbekistan is promoting reforms that may have decidedly progressive outcomes in such ...
University of Dayton16d
Religious Studies
The mission of the Department of Religious Studies is to discover, explore, and analyze religious experience in its various manifestations emphasizing the Roman Catholic tradition, in dialogue with ...
The Indian Express19d
Uzbekistan GM refuses to shake hands with Vaishali on ‘religious grounds’
Uzbekistan grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev has cleared the air on he refuted to shake hands with Vaishali Rameshbabu in the ongoing Tata Steel chess tournament. Nodirbek Yakubboev has cited his ...
Al Jazeera English20d
At least 30 killed in crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela religious festival
Dozens of people have been killed and many others were injured in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious festival in northern India, police said. “Thirty devotees have unfortunately ...
CNN21d
Dozens killed in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival
Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most ...
Pew Research Center22d
Comparing Levels of Religious Nationalism Around the World
National and royal flags fly outside religious sites in Thailand, Turkey, the U.S. and Israel. (Clockwise from top left: Vera Tikhonova, Westend61, Samuel Corum and Paul Souders, all via Getty Images) ...
The Telegraph22d
‘Do not touch..for religious reasons’: Uzbek chess GM Nodirbek Yakubboev's hand-shake refusal sparks row
“Dear chess friends, I want to explain the situation that happened in the game with Vaishali. With all due respect to women and Indian chess players, I want to inform everyone that I do not touch ...
RepublicWorld22d
'Uncivilized Player': Netizens Slam Nodirbek Yakubboev For Declining Hand-Shake With Vaishali Due To Religious Reasons
Praggnanandhaa but he "does not touch other women due to religious reasons." "I want to explain the situation that happened in the game with Vaishali. With all due respect to women and Indian chess ...