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Islam
 
Mayor imposes Islamic dress code on state workers

| 13/01/2004
| indonesia
 
Universities and schools dens for fundamentalism

| 10/01/2004
| INDONESIA
 
Martial law proclaimed against Islamic threats in tourist area

| 09/01/2004
| Thailand
 
Capital punishment appeal by Bali terrorist rejected by Supreme Court

| 07/01/2004
| indonesia
 
Weapons seized, tension builds in Sulawesi and Moluccas

| 06/01/2004
| Indonesia
 
New Constitution Signed

| 05/01/2004
| AFGHANISTAN
 
Tantawi (Al-Azhar) agrees with French on prohibition of veil
by Samir Khalil Samir, sj
| 02/01/2004
| EGYPT – ISLAM
 
Earthquake solidarity, new East-West relations
by Bernardo Cervellera
An interview with Hon. Roberto Toscano, Italy's ambassador in Tehran
| 30/12/2003
| IRAN
 
Iranian bishops and faithful make efforts to help quake victims

An interview with Msgr. Angelo Mottola, apostolic nuncio to Tehran
| 29/12/2003
| IRAN – VATICAN
 
Pope prays and seeks help for Iran's earthquake victims

| 28/12/2003
| Vatican
 
Christmas among guerrilla fighters and kidnappings
by Sonny Evangelista
| 24/12/2003
| philippines - christmas
 
Security alert for churches and urban centers at Christmas time

| 19/12/2003
| indonesia
 
Mission "Possible" in world's most Islamic country
by Piero Gheddo
| 19/12/2003
| INDONESIA
 
"Christians under Saddam suffered persecution"
by Lorenzo Fazzini
An interview with Msgr.  Jean Benjamin Sleiman, Latin rite archbishop of Baghdad
| 17/12/2003
| IRAQ
 
"The serpent's head has been crushed: Our fears are finally over".
by Bernardo Cervellera
An interview with Msgr. Rabban al Qas, bishop of Amadiyah (Northern Iraq)
| 15/12/2003
| IRAQ
 
Saddam Hussein captured

| 14/12/2003
| IRAQ - BREAKING NEWS 2:00 P.M.
 
Courses on democracy begin for Iraq's tribal heads and Imams

| 13/12/2003
| Iraq
 
Jerusalem's Grand Mufti says Wailing Wall belongs to Islam

| 13/12/2003
| Israel - Palestine
 
Iraqi war crimes tribunal raises fears and concerns

| 12/12/2003
| IRAQ
 
Iraqis united against violence

| 10/12/2003
| iraq
 
"I hope the United States and their allies don't leave Iraq"
by Lorenzo Fazzini
Interview with Msgr. Jean Benjamin Sleiman Latin rite archbishop of Baghdad
| 10/12/2003
| IRAQ
 
Six Islamic militant groups banned by government

| 06/12/2003
| PAKISTAN - INDIA
 
Two Protestants and two Hindus killed in Sulawesi Islands

| 05/12/2003
| INDONESIA
 
Newly elected Patriarch of Baghdad seeks support from entire Christian world

| 05/12/2003
| Iraq - Vatican
 
Chaldean synod elects new patriarch

| 04/12/2003
| iraq
 
With the coalition's help, Christians and Muslims build foundations for secular state in Iraq
by Pierre Balanian

Interview with Msgr. Rabban Al-Qas, Chaldean Bishop of Amadiyah

| 02/12/2003
| iraq
 
Attacks do not stop Seoul and Tokyo from deploying troops in Iraq

| 01/12/2003
| SOUTH KOREA – JAPAN
 
Pope urges great world religions to preach non-violence, forgiveness, reconciliation

| 30/11/2003
| Vatican
 
Shiites take on the country's future

| 29/11/2003
| Iraq
 
Synod of Chaldean bishops convoked to elect new Patriarch

| 29/11/2003
| VATICAN – IRAQ
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Pope: ‘No to rearmament, yes to encounter between peoples of Asia-Pacific’.
The appeal at the Angelus at the end of the Mass celebrated at the Port Moresby stadium. The message to the Papuan faithful: ‘You are not isolated, the Lord is close here too’. In the extreme frontier of Vanimo the meeting with ...
| 08/09/2024
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 
Sr. Alma Castagna: The Pope of mercy to heal the wounds of East Timor
by Dario Salvi
An Italian Salesian nun who has been in the country for more than 30 years tells AsiaNews about the expectations of a people that has not yet fully emerged from the ordeal that led to independence. Education and health unresolved problems, the urgent ...
| 08/09/2024
| ECCLESIA IN ASIA
 
Fr Magnis-Suseno: strength and trust from the Pope, so as not to turn inward
by Giorgio Bernardelli
The Jesuit, a well-known member of the Indonesian Church, speaks about what Francis will say tomorrow in Jakarta to the authorities and the local Catholic community. The most important issues today are “friendship between religions and care for ...
| 03/09/2024
| INDONESIA
 
Beijing recognises 94-year-old Tianjin Bishop Melchiorre Shi Honghzen
  In the latest development of the Agreement between China and the Holy See, authortities recognise the ‘underground’ prelate long under arrest for refusing to join the Patriotic Association as leader of the local Catholic community. Archbishop ...
| 27/08/2024
| CHINA - VATICAN
 
Cox's Bazar, Fr. Gomes: My mission as ‘Good Samaritan’ among Rohingya refugees
by Sumon Corraya
Seven years after the great flight of hundreds of thousands of members of the Muslim minority from Myanmar, the situation in Bangladesh's reception centres is still an emergency. The account of a Jesuit, who has been involved in aid and shelter work ...
| 26/08/2024
| BANGLADESH - MYANMAR
 
With Hasina out of the way, the opposition is back, a new challenge for the student movement
After a provisional government was announced, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has re-emerged on the political scene. Its leader, Khaleda Zia, is free and her son seems poised to run. Hindus and Christians have been attacked, but this was not part of ...
| 06/08/2024
| BANGLADESH
 
Army chief proclaims interim government after Prime Minister Hasina resigns
by Sumon Corraya
This morning Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country aboard a military helicopter after protests broke out again. Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman addressed the nation announcing that he had held talks with several political parties. ...
| 05/08/2024
| BANGLADESH
 
While high profile prisoners of conscience go free, many others are forgotten
by Vladimir Rozanskij
The prisoner swap brought back memory of Navalny’s fate, sparking outrage at the parallel drawn between the innocent versus the guilty, the spies and the murderers. Pavel Kushnir recently died in prison of the consequences of hunger strike. Last ...
| 05/08/2024
| RUSSIA
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