Nicholas Sarkozy, the President of France is suggesting a law that would ban all face covering veils in public places, a law that would even apply to visitors. As such wealthy Saudi women shopping on the Champs Elysee would have to have bare faces. There has been much criticism from Muslim groups, but not enough…

The Chinese Government is frowning upon the Tibetan monks who are helping the recent earthquake victims in Qinghai province. They’ve been helping dig through the rubbles brought survivors food and also helped erecting tents. The government which has a long history of suspicion and antagonism towards religion in general and Tibetan Buddhism in particular has…

Certain Buddhist leaders in South Korea are uncomfortable with Protestants. It’s not a religious argument it’s just competition for the hearts of North Koreans. Several Protestant sects have been developing links between North and South, discreetly of course, as secretly as they can so that one day when the two countries are united, they can…