WorldWide Religious News
Asia/Pacific - Afghanistan
- Afghans protest US church's plans to burn Quran
Rahim Faiez (AP, September 6, 2010) - War doesn't break for Islam's holiest month
Denis D. Gray (AP, August 19, 2010) - Taleban hang 7-year-old boy to punish family
Jerome Starkey ("The Times," June 11, 2010) - 2 Christian aid groups suspended in Afghanistan
Rohan Sullivan (AP, May 31, 2010) - Afghan peace cleric Rahman Gul shot dead in Kunar
("BBC," May 17, 2010) - Afghanistan's Sikh heroine fights for rights
Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi ("BBC," February 11, 2010) - Change in Pakistan requires respect, reconciliation, and religious freedom
Chris Seiple ("Christian Science Monitor," February 9, 2010) - Synagogue-dweller is Afghan Jewry's last gasp
(AP, October 4, 2009) - Sex-starved Afghans can deny food to wives: Report
("PTI," August 16, 2009) - Shia books thrown in Afghan river
("BBC," May 26, 2009) - U.S. military destroys soldier's Bibles
By Fred Jackson ("OneNewNow.com," May 5, 2009) - US Military in Afghan Missionary Scandal
("IslamOnline.net," May 4, 2009) - Taleban 'kill love affair couple'
("BBC," April 14, 2009) - Taleban-style law for women in Afghanistan is dropped after outcry
By Tom Coghlan ("The Times," April 7, 2009) - Manager of private TV network arrested over dancer's skimpy costume
("AsiaNews," March 25, 2009) - Despite opposition, Afghan Christians worship in secret
By Danna Harman ("The Christian Science Monitor," February 27, 2009) - Afghan court upholds sentences in Quran trial
By Rahim Faiez and Heidi Vogt (AP, February 15, 2009) - 2 Afghans face death over translation of Quran
By Heidi Vogt (AP, February 6, 2009) - Afghan journalism student sentenced to 20 years
By Amir Shah (AP, October 21, 2008) - Taliban gunmen kill Christian aid worker in Kabul
By Amir Shah (AP, October 20, 2008)
