By IfrahThe recent spate of attacks on religious minorities, their temples including ISKCON and other Sufi Shrines in Bangladesh has unveiled a growing crisis that threatens the country’s religious ...

The 19th International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony, featuring Buddha teachings in Pali, commenced in Bodh Gaya on December 2, ...

The Maldives' conversion to Islam was a gradual process influenced by its geographical location, cultural exchanges, and ...

Plans for an Orthodox church in Myanmar’s commercial capital are a sign of deepening ties between the junta and Vladimir ...

An expansive exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum brings together Asian bronze works spanning 4,000 years of history.

Thailand’s royal barge processions are an ancient tradition and a rare spectacle. This year’s regal flotilla carried special ...

The following article of our “Wikipedia Religious Un-Reliable Sources” series focuses on Buddhism as an example of how ...

In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth ...

Malaysian media, telecoms and oil mogul Anada T Krishnan has died at age 86, his companies reported on Thursday.

Human rights activists accused Communist-run Vietnam of infringing on freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to five ethnically Khmer Buddhist monks and four religious ...

Vietnam faces accusations of violating religious freedom after sentencing six Khmer Buddhist monks and three activists to ...

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity in the alleged ...