KOREA: Fear and ignorance will not help us deal with the ethical impact of science
INDIA: Party work not religion gets Marxist elected
KOREA: Religious have mixed views over whether they should have to pay taxes
KOREA: Government appeals to leaders for combined effort in wake of teen suicides
SRI LANKA: Inter-religious forum identifies obstacles to creating lasting peace after civil war
KOREA: But survey reveals credibility of religions in general is inferior to doctors and teachers
INTERNATIONAL: At Assisi, Pope Benedict XVI met with Mahatma Ghandi’s grandson - a “low profile” figure of great evocative importance, who brought the spirit of the “Great Soul” with him to the celebration of religions, writes Giacomo Galeazzi for the Vatican Insider.
CHINA: A 20-year-old nun set fire to herself this week outside a nunnery in a mainly ethnic Tibetan part of Sichuan in China, calling for religious freedom in Tibet and for the return of the Dalai Lama, said a report in The West Australian.
VATICAN CITY: Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists are among those attending a multi-faith meeting being hosted by Pope Benedict on Oct. 27 in Vatican, reports the Indian Express.
KAZAKHSTAN: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a new religious law aiming to combat religious extremism, but rights advocates fear it will restrict religious freedom, various news reports said.
CHINA: A three-part series on the BBC World Service, Heart And Soul - God In China, examines religious faiths in China and their roles in the country.
INDONESIA: Expediency is behind Indonesian government’s reluctance to check the extremism that is fueling terrorism, according to Compass Direct News.
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