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Former Islamic cleric could be Malaysia's kingmaker
Unlikely election alliance between PAS and UMNO could result in the country taking a stronger Islamic direction
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Indonesian women's group not sweet on sugar firms
Two state-run sugarcane companies are allegedly seizing farmers' land illegally, robbing thousands of their livelihoods
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Thai court issues arrest warrant for UK rights activist
Andy Hall accuses authorities of judicial harassment after appeal court no-show
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Thousands mourn loss of Indian missionary archbishop
Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara remembered for his work among indigenous people
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Pakistani Christian killed for spurning Muslim suitor
Catholic group condemns 'horrific act of brutality' as man who set her alight is taken into police custody
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Voter worries arise ahead of Philippine polls
Church group says electorate need educating on old-style voting system after rehearsal ends in fiasco
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Myanmar churches shelter fleeing civilians in Kachin
About 3,000 civilians have been recently displaced since the military stepped up its offensive against the KIA
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Pakistan's top judge to hear Asia Bibi's death sentence appeal
Catholic mother's lawyer has high hopes her conviction will be struck down by Supreme Court
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Priest heats up climate change campaign in Pakistan
Dalit anger challenges Indian government's future
Indonesia's hard-line Muslims target presidential poll
Five years on, Rana Plaza victims still feel pain
Indonesia's poorest see little benefit from economic growth
The Australian nun who makes Duterte's blood boil
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Celibacy and the priestly ministry
What are India's civilizational values?
Timor-Leste's stolen children come home
Letter from Rome
Working dangerously in the Lord's vineyard
China's religious freedom white paper is doublespeak
Killing our planet, our home, slowly
Why Pope Francis doesn't fit
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Former Indonesian first lady named on most influential list
South Korean church frets as baptisms decline, flocks grey
Indonesian priest recognized for military service
Violence against young people widespread among Filipinos
Pope appoints new auxiliary bishop in Sri Lankan capital
Vietnam jails human rights lawyer for 15 years
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Social justice
Voter worries arise ahead of Philippine polls
Church group says electorate need educating on old-style voting system after rehearsal ends in fiasco
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Women/children
Timor-Leste's stolen children come home
Despite their grief, 'lost' kids stubbornly refuse to forget their identity as they struggle to reconstruct their past
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Religion/culture
Indonesia bites back as campuses spew out radicals
Minister vows to sanction lecturers, students involved with extremist groups as social media helps breed 'terrorist' networks
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Women/children
Indian nuns help indigenous women break free of shackles
The Sisters of Holy Spirit are teaching long-muted women to empower themselves and others in Madhya Pradesh
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Religion/culture
Letter from Rome
Importing foreign priests is not the answer to the Catholic Church's vocations crisis
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Former Indonesian first lady named on most influential list
Sinta Nuriyah Wahid recognised by 'Time' for promoting tolerance and democratic values
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Pakistan's top judge to hear Asia Bibi's death sentence appeal
Catholic mother's lawyer has high hopes her conviction will be struck down by Supreme Court
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Women/children
Death penalty 'won't stop' India's child rape crisis
Church leaders dismiss emergency law as knee-jerk reaction as archbishop calls for society to change mindset of offenders
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Religion/culture
Priest in India arrested over alleged lewd text to teen
Rajasthan priest's vicar general said text message has been taken out of context
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Education
Myanmar's Tamil Catholics reclaim their identity
Nuns teach Tamil language to youngsters in a summer program aimed at preserving the minority's culture and traditions
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Religion/culture
Protestant five-year plan for Chinese Christianity
Translated document outlines strategy for Sinicization that will adapt religion to China's socialist society
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Draconian blasphemy laws seen as holding Indonesia back
Demand mounts to repeal regulations as fears grow that Muslim-majority country could become a 'failed state'
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Religion/culture
French missionaries 'sow good seeds' in Vietnam
Church leaders thank Missions Etrangeres de Paris for helping Vietnamese clergy to study in Paris
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Human rights
US human rights report slams Bangladesh
Activists and church officials accuse government of lying over worsening situation and culture of impunity
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Social justice
The Australian nun who makes Duterte's blood boil
Sister Patricia Fox says she fell in love with the Filipino people, especially their resilience and sense of humor
