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Tag: Christianity

Posted inOpinion

Cyprus: From holiday island to ‘holy island’

by Andrea Busfield October 22, 2021October 22, 2021

In December, Pope Francis will visit Cyprus, making him the second Roman Catholic pontiff to travel to the eastern Mediterranean island – the first being Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Primarily Greek Orthodox, Cyprus is home to a small but vibrant Latin community of more than 2,400 people who can trace their roots to the […]

Posted inOpinion

Silenced in China: the Covid ‘truth-tellers’

by Tao Zhang July 19, 2021July 19, 2021
Posted inOpinion

The Pope’s visit rekindles Iraqi pride

by Ellen Laipson March 8, 2021March 8, 2021
Posted inGallery

Asia’s servants of the Gods

by Tom Coyner August 2, 2020August 2, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Time for different religions to pray together

by Fawad Kaiser April 8, 2020April 8, 2020
Posted inWorld

Did they miss the French Revolution?

by Edward R Dougherty February 12, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, World

In search of an alternate Chinese system of trade

by Francesco Sisci December 16, 2019April 4, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Hong Kong protests: It’s monotheism, stupid

by Scott A. Shay October 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inLebanon, Middle East, World

Mashrou’ Leila a sacrificial lamb of Lebanon church

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, the national Mosque of Indonesia. Photo: iStock.
Posted inWorld

Is Christianity losing to Islam? 

by Paul Seabright June 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Who are Sri Lanka’s Christians?

by Mathew Schmalz April 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China cracks down on ‘Western’ religion

by Asia Times staff March 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Symbols of the three religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam With a German flag. Image: iStock
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Berlin hopes Mosque tax will give rise to ‘German Islam’

by Faisal Al Yafai January 10, 2019
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a Christmas midnight mass at Saint Catherine's Church, in the Church of the Nativity, traditionally recognized by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Nasser Nasser / Pool
Posted inEuropean Union, Israel, Middle East, World

Bethlehem’s mayor conveys message of hope

by Anton Salman December 26, 2018
فلسطينيون مسيحيون في إحتفالية إضاءة شجرة أعياد الميلاد في مدينة غزة في 22 ديسمبر/كانون الأول. صورة: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto
Posted inEgypt, Israel, Middle East

For Gaza’s Christians, no route to Bethlehem

by Mohammed Dahman December 25, 2018February 18, 2020
The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Malaysia, Middle East, Syria, World

What is unique about anti-Semitism?

by Scott Shay November 15, 2018
The 16th century Chapel of St George in the centre of Kormakitis. Photo: Jonathan Gorvett
Posted inCyprus, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey

Maronites of northern Cyprus dwindling in bureaucratic limbo

by Jonathan Gorvett November 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Pope Francis and South Korean President Moon Jae-in exchange gifts during a private audience at the Vatican on October 18, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Alessandro Di Meo
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, France, Italy, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Pope will visit North Korea if officially invited

by Andrew Salmon October 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Scott Shay draws a bright line between monotheism and what he calls idolatry – the elevation of what is not God to the status of God.
Posted inAT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Not by bread (or rice) alone

by David P. Goldman September 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Many Sikhs live in the US, with about 50,000 of them living in Washington state. Photo/AFP/Files
Posted inGermany, India, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Sikhs, Christians detained in US say they faced ‘religious persecution’ in India

by Asia Times staff June 20, 2018February 18, 2020

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