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Claiming to be afraid that too many religious groups are “actively propagandizing their religious views,” a committee of the Russian parliament is considering a bill that would restrict who can pass out religious literature. Supporters of the law claim that the regulations merely clarify existing restrictions in Russia’s controversial 1997 Religion Law. For 70 years, the…

  The Muslim-dominated government of Malaysia may have called off a plan to stamp serial numbers on 35,000 impounded Bibles — but the problem is not yet resolved, says a young activist. The Christian Federation of Malaysia is praying about whether to accept a compromise offer that the Bibles be released if the CFM agrees to stamp them…

Tension continues to spread throughout Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province after public announcements that an American preacher burned a Koran. Police struggled to control a mob attempting to destroy a Full Gospel Assembly church in Lahore after clerics in local mosques denounced the incident. Two separate mobs from different mosques chanted anti-government and pro-Islamic slogans as they burned tires in front of…

  On Ash Wednesday, 95-year-old Bishop Andrew Hao Jinli of Xiwanzi, who shepherded believers in the illegal, underground Catholic church in northeastern China, died of natural causes.  Security forces were mobilized to block the faithful from paying last respects or attending his funeral.     China allows adult Catholics to worship in state-sanctioned Patriotic Catholic Churches,…
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