…has ignited a hailstorm of criticism in Europe and the U.S. for violating religious freedom. The June issue of RW reported that Chinese officials have courted American academics seeking their…
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Saudi Arabia: On the way to post-Wahhabism?
…alliances both at home and abroad”. (ISIM Review, Institue for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, PO Box 11089, 2301 EB Leiden, Netherlands; http://www.isim.nl) — By Jean-Francois Mayer…
Futurists still in the past when it comes to religion?
…cults. Connecting via the World Wide Web is making it easier to form affinity groups of people who would otherwise be isolated in their geographical communities as deviants. For example,…
NCC finds new funding and new disaffection
…foundations than from its member denominations. For 2005, the NCC received $1,761,714 from foundations compared to $1,750,332 from its 35 member churches. Most of the foundation giving, from the Ford…
Current Research: May/June 2013
…per year. Illegal or unauthorized immigrants remain largely Christian (at 83 percent), coming from Latin America and the Caribbean—a share that is slightly higher than the percentage of Christians in…
Findings & Footnotes: August 2001
…Massimo Introvigne writes that traditional Italian academic and political sympathy with underdogs prevents a strong anti-cultist position. An article on Hungary is among the most comprehensive, dealing with the unique…
Two-tiered Buddhism being replaced by more fluid approach
Spires from a Buddhist Temple catch the afternoon sun in Banglam Phoo, Bangkok. Creative Commons image by Trey Ratcliff The long-time divide between ethnic and convert based Buddhism in the…
Moldova’s Orthodox competition, political involvement drives down church influence?
Since 1992 there have been two competing Orthodox jurisdictions in the Republic of Moldova. Nearly two decades later, the situation seems only to have contributed to a weakening of the…
Sunni concerns grow over Shiite conversions spreading to Algeria
…into a religious community with some nascent institutions (associations, libraries, training centers, etc.). (The report in French by Abdelhafidh Ghersallah can be downloaded from Religioscope website (PDF, 455 Ko): http://www.religion.info/pdf/2012_05_Ghersallah.pdf)…
German Muslim scholar analyzes the rise of radical views and ways to contain them
…Murtaza disagrees with the common view that radical Muslims engaging in terrorism or other extremist activities are not “true Muslims.” Such people are not eager to make Islam instrumental for…