by Sean Reilly | Jul 19, 2008
A German church has far exceeded its initial expectations in so far distributing more than 200,000 black bracelets intended as a symbolic protest against human rights abuses in China during the Olympic Games in Beijing. “It shows that people want to stand up for...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
Delegates from churches in Zimbabwe, South Africa and several other countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have expressed overwhelming support for targeted economic sanctions against Zimbabwe as a practical strategy to loosen former President...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
The scale of the challenge and the glimmer of new possibilities in interreligious understnading is on display at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League. The meeting follows an initiative by Saudi Arabia’s...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 16, 2008
Christian churches in Kazakhstan have condemned a new draft law on religions, which they say will re-impose Soviet-style restrictions in the Central Asian republic in which Islam has the largest number of followers – writes Jonathan Luxmoore. “All churches...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
Legal restrictions imposed for Pope Benedict’s visit to Sydney this week, which could see protesters arrested for “annoying” Catholic pilgrims, are unconstitutional, the Australian Federal Court has ruled. Under the laws, protesters could potentially...
