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View ArticleGeorgia: Church-State Dispute in Tbilisi Exposes Anti-Armenian Undertones
Copyright show: No A dispute over efforts to strengthen the legal rights of minority religions has opened a new fault line in Georgia’s fractured political landscape. It is also helping to define the...
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Copyright show: No The Georgian Orthodox Church’s claim to several monasteries in neighboring Armenia is stoking religious tension between the two South Caucasus neighbors. read more
View ArticleTajik Authorities Demand Payment In Dollars For Hajj
Copyright show: Hide copyrights The Tajik authorities have announced that the price of the hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year has risen to $3,348, payable in dollars only, RFE/RL's Tajik...
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View ArticleGeorgia: Female Bishop Offers Model for Religious Tolerance
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View ArticleGeorgia: Orthodox Church Looks Askance at Proliferation of Yoga Studies
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View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Hajj Questions Highlight Opaque Nature of Muftiate
Copyright show: No Perceptions of corruption penetrate just about every aspect of life in Kyrgyzstan, including the spiritual side. For years, the Hajj – the pilgrimage to Mecca required of every able...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Religious Shrines Attracting Faithful
Copyright show: No Amid heated debates in Azerbaijan over closed mosques and an informal ban on hijabs in schools, a growing number of Azerbaijanis appear to be visiting shrines honoring Muslim holy...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Court Confuses Jehovah’s Witnesses for Islamic Radicals
Copyright show: No A district court in Kyrgyzstan’s southern Batken Province seems to have had a hard time distinguishing Islam from Christianity. The court recently sentenced two Jehovah’s Witnesses...
View ArticleGeorgia: Church-State Dispute in Tbilisi Exposes Anti-Armenian Undertones
Copyright show: No A dispute over efforts to strengthen the legal rights of minority religions has opened a new fault line in Georgia’s fractured political landscape. It is also helping to define the...
View ArticleArmenia: Property Disputes Fueling Church Tension between Yerevan and Tbilisi
Copyright show: No The Georgian Orthodox Church’s claim to several monasteries in neighboring Armenia is stoking religious tension between the two South Caucasus neighbors. read more
View ArticleTajik Authorities Demand Payment In Dollars For Hajj
Copyright show: Hide copyrights The Tajik authorities have announced that the price of the hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year has risen to $3,348, payable in dollars only, RFE/RL's Tajik...
View ArticleTurkey: Making Room for Religious Minorities
Copyright show: No With the opening of Turkey’s parliament on October 1 and the start of work on replacing the country’s constitution, members of the country’s religious minority groups are hoping...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Russian Church Losing Appeal Among Believers
Copyright show: No When it comes to spiritual matters in Central Asia, the Russian Orthodox Church is having trouble competing. The church’s experiences in Kyrgyzstan highlight how it is losing ground...
View ArticleGeorgia: Female Bishop Offers Model for Religious Tolerance
Copyright show: No Thirty-seven-year-old Rusudan Gotsiridze is not a man with a beard, and never wears a skufia, a traditional Christian vestment. Nonetheless, she is an ordained bishop living in...
View ArticleGeorgia: Orthodox Church Looks Askance at Proliferation of Yoga Studies
Copyright show: No A growing number of Georgians are turning to yoga to shake off the stress of daily life. But their quest for inner calm and smaller waists is generating hostility from the powerful...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Hajj Questions Highlight Opaque Nature of Muftiate
Copyright show: No Perceptions of corruption penetrate just about every aspect of life in Kyrgyzstan, including the spiritual side. For years, the Hajj – the pilgrimage to Mecca required of every able...
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