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Ukraine: Religious Organizations Increasingly Violate Journalist Rights
In early January 2019, an event remarkable for the Ukrainian faithful
happened – the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was granted independence. Before that,
there were three largest...
Serious Drawbacks in Ukraine’s Adopted ‘Church’ Bill
On January 17, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) passed the bill No. 4128 on new amendments regarding the subordination (denomination) of religious organizations and the...
Papal visit boosts UAE effort to redefine concepts of tolerance
The United Arab Emirates is projecting itself as a leader of inter-communal and inter-faith harmony with the first ever visit by a Catholic pope...
Ayatollah Khomeini: Strategist, practitioner and mastermind of the Islamic revolution in Iran
The year 2019 marks 40 years to the Islamic Republic of Iran. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic revolution won in Iran. The last...
Ethnic and Religious Division in the Central African Republic: Crafting a New Nation?
The Central African Republic (CAR) has continued a path of failed establishments of democracy entangled in conflict. While the Séléka group aspired to resolve...
Patriarch Theophilus to decide whether to concelebrate Liturgy with the new Ukrainian Church hierarchs
On the Orthodox Christian feast of Theophany, the 19th of January, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will visit Jerusalem. As part of this trip,...
The Evolving Orthodox Triangle Constantinople – Kiev – Moscow
Churches think in centuries and are not bound to short-term political mandates. On January 5, 2018 the Patriarch of Constantinople implemented his decision to...
X-rays Help to Uncover Who Painted a Centuries-old Masterpiece in Albania
Albanian researchers have used X-rays to discover who painted a delicate, centuries-old masterpiece of Saint George, one of Christianity’s most famous saints. Their methods...
The rise of Eurasia: Geopolitical advantages and historic pitfalls
Asian players are proving to be conceptually and bureaucratically better positioned in the 21st century’s Great Game that involves tectonic geopolitical shifts with the...
Afghanistan’s Rigid Cultural Norms; A Serious Challenge for Girls’ Education
The Afghan government, headed by Hamid Karzai, the first elected president of Afghanistan after the collapse of Taliban’s government in 2001 and its international...