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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand, Finland, Myanmar:
Finland’s education ministry has proposed ending religious instruction in primary schools and replacing it with a single shared worldview subject for all pupils, citing equality concerns and rising education costs as student numbers decline. [1]
AFP The United Nations Human Rights Office on Thursday said basic freedoms in Sri Lanka were under threat, as the country gears up to elect a new president in September. [2]
Recent incidents of anti-Muslim religious nationalism in Sri Lanka and Burma, ostensibly in defense of the Theravada Buddhist faith held by the majority, have opened fresh wounds. [3]
COLOMBO / VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in coming days to underscore his concern for inter-religious dialogue, poverty and the environment. [4]
BANGKOK, 22 May 2013 – Her Royal Highness Princess Srirasmi, the royal consort to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, yesterday deputized for the Crown Prince at the opening of the international conference of Buddhists, held as part ... [5]
The powerful Philippine Catholic Church has long taken a quiet approach to the country's secular rulers. Not any more. [6]
AFP Pope Francis appealed Wednesday for religious unity to counter extremism and intolerance, as the longest tour of the 87-year-old’s papacy got into full swing in Muslim-majority Indonesia. [7]
ACEH SINGKIL, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province said on Sunday several Christian churches would be shut down this week, just days after a mob burned down a church, killing one person and injuring several others. [8]
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Finland’s education ministry has proposed ending religious instruction in primary schools and replacing it with a single shared worldview subject for all pupils, citing equality concerns and rising education costs as student numbers decline.
AFP The United Nations Human Rights Office on Thursday said basic freedoms in Sri Lanka were under threat, as the country gears up to elect a new president in September.
Recent incidents of anti-Muslim religious nationalism in Sri Lanka and Burma, ostensibly in defense of the Theravada Buddhist faith held by the majority, have opened fresh wounds.
COLOMBO / VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in coming days to underscore his concern for inter-religious dialogue, poverty and the environment.
BANGKOK, 22 May 2013 – Her Royal Highness Princess Srirasmi, the royal consort to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, yesterday deputized for the Crown Prince at the opening of the international conference of Buddhists, held as part
The powerful Philippine Catholic Church has long taken a quiet approach to the country's secular rulers. Not any more.
AFP Pope Francis appealed Wednesday for religious unity to counter extremism and intolerance, as the longest tour of the 87-year-old’s papacy got into full swing in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
ACEH SINGKIL, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province said on Sunday several Christian churches would be shut down this week, just days after a mob burned down a church, killing one person and injuring several others.
Thailand’s 300,000 Roman Catholics prayed today for the repose of the soul of former pope Benedict XVI who died at age 95 on new year’s eve at his Vatican monastery retreat.
YANGON — Pope Francis said religious differences need not be a source of division and distrust during his speech in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on Tuesday.