Indian religions
Thai Court To Charge Disgraced Ex-Monk With Rape
A Thai court was set Thursday to charge a disgraced ex-monk with raping an under-age girl, fraud and money laundering...
China Pressures Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
China piled pressure on Botswana on Saturday over a scheduled visit to the southern African country by the Dalai Lama,...
Thailand To Check Monks’ Bad Habits With ‘smart ID Cards’
Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest...
Sri Lanka’s Fugitive Monk Surrenders
A radical Buddhist monk wanted in connection with a string of hate attacks in Sri Lanka surrendered Wednesday after...
Minister Under Fire For Attack On Sri Lankan Rights Lawyer
Sri Lanka's justice minister faced calls for his resignation Tuesday after accusing a human rights lawyer of misleading...
NY Exhibition Asks What Creation of World Sounded Like
When the universe was born, what did it sound like? The question underlies an inventive and challenging new exhibition...
Myanmar Anti-Islam Monk Says Barred From Facebook
A Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his extremist diatribes says he has been banned from using...
Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...
Yangon Authorities Sue Muslims For Praying In the Street
Yangon authorities on Friday sued three Muslim men for holding Ramadan prayers in the street, after the local school...
Faced With Ban, Myanmar Hardline Monks Change Name
Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced Sunday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist...
Myanmar’s Hardline Monks Gather Despite Ban
Hundreds of monks and supporters of Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement gathered in a Yangon monastery...
Portrait of Myanmar’s ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ Chills Cannes
Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up...
Myanmar Top Buddhist Body Muzzles Hardline Group
Myanmar's top Buddhist body has ordered hardline group Ma Ba Tha to remove all public displays, according to a document...
Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People
The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...
Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People
The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...
Dalai Lama Visits Disputed Monastery, Angering China
The Dalai Lama will Saturday address devotees at the monastery near India's border with China where he took shelter on...
Shorn of Their Locks, Thai Women Join Rebel Monk Ranks
Scissors fly as Thai families surround their daughters to shear off tufts of hair until they are nearly bald -- a...
Dalai Lama Meets Indian Guard From 1959 Flight From Tibet
The Dalai Lama has come face to face with an Indian soldier who guarded him almost 60 years ago as he fled from Tibet...
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Protecting Heritage
The United Nations Security Council on Friday strengthened its protection of global cultural heritage sites threatened...