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Violence Worsens in Bangkok's "Insurrection"
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 5:31 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Violence worsened on Monday (Dec. 2) between anti-government mobs using a hijacked bulldozer, fire engine, garbage truck and homemade explosives to attack police who responded for the first time with rubber bullets after the prime minister rejected ... More >>
Thailand Protesters Demand Appointed Regime
Monday, 2 December 2013, 6:53 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The authoritarian leader of an increasingly violent anti-government protest met Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday (Dec. 1) and told her to resign so a dictatorial provisional regime could run Thailand and stop voters electing ... More >>
Bangkok Crippled & Government Offices Seized
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 7:05 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- In the biggest anti-government street protest in years, tens of thousands of people crippled Bangkok on Monday (Nov. 25), storming and occupying the foreign and finance ministries, and swarming around military, police and other ... More >>
World Council of Churches Supports Gay and Intersex People
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 4:44 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
A ten-day meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) ended in South Korea after expressing support for the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, reunification of the war-torn Korean peninsula, African rape victims and ... More >>
Twitter Prisons for Tweeting in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
Friday, 1 November 2013, 11:44 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
In Kuwait, a Shia Muslim man's 10-year prison sentence has been upheld by the Court of Appeals which found him guilty of "insulting" Islam and the Sunni Muslim monarchies of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia when he posted statements on Twitter. More >>
Saudi Arabia's King, Islamists & Police Stop Women Who Drive
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 6:10 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Police in Saudi Arabia stopped and fined at least 16 women who intentionally drove cars on Saturday (Oct. 26) after the monarchy and Islamist clerics refused to support demands to give drivers' licenses to females. More >>
Dalai Lama Supports Medical Marijuana But Not "Crazy" Use
Saturday, 19 October 2013, 12:11 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Dalai Lama said he supports the use of medical marijuana, but if a person smokes the plant to get "a crazy mind, that's not good." More >>
Singapore's Haj Pilgrims to Mecca Are Younger, Spending More
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:31 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Muslims in prosperous Singapore are spending more money when they travel on a religious haj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, compared with previous years when they scrimped and saved, and they are also now going when they are younger. More >>
10 Years in Jail for "Naked Dancing" in Saudi Arabia
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:33 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
A Saudi Arabian court sentenced four men to prison for up to 10 years, plus up to 2,000 lashes with a whip, after they were convicted in what the local media dubbed as the "naked dancing" case, Al-Sharq newspaper reported. More >>
Saudi Arabian Women Driving Cars Won't Damage Their Ovaries
Monday, 7 October 2013, 12:19 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Saudi Arabian women scored a hilarious boost to their campaign for the right to drive when an Islamist cleric became an international laughingstock for insisting ovaries suffer damage if women hold a steering wheel because it "pushes the pelvis upwards." More >>
India's Hindu Temples Possess Gold Worth Half of Fort Knox
Saturday, 5 October 2013, 12:31 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- India's Hindu temples possess donated gold which may equal half of America's Fort Knox bullion, but some are rejecting demands by the government to reveal the value of their sacred stockpiles. More >>
Russia's Anti-Koran Verdict and a "Crazy American Pastor"
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:02 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Top Muslim leaders in the Council of Muftis of Russia warned President Vladimir Putin it was wrong and dangerous for a court to order the banning and destruction of a Russian translation of the Koran, and compared it to "crazy American pastor" Terry ... More >>
Iran Tweets Greetings to Jews & Does Not Deny Holocaust
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 1:35 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Iran's foreign minister says the newly elected government does not deny the Holocaust, is not anti-Semitic and tweeted Rosh Hashanah greetings to all Jews, but is still against political Zionism. More >>
Buddhist/Hindu Funerals: Upright Fetus or Burning Horizontal
Friday, 20 September 2013, 9:42 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Rich or poor, king or commoner, when some Buddhists and Hindus die their funeral can include bending the corpse into an upright fetal position, or burying the body and later burning the bones in a "double funeral". More >>
Sexual Violence Against Women is Pervasive in Asia-Pacific
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 12:01 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Sexual violence by men and teenagers raping and beating females, especially their wives, is "pervasive" in the Asia-Pacific region, a United Nations survey reported on September 10. More >>
Bangkok TV Soap Opera Attracts Muslim Anger and Scrutiny
Monday, 2 September 2013, 9:53 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
A TV station in Buddhist-majority Thailand has agreed to allow government-approved "Islamic experts" to revise a soap opera script after a small but vocal Muslim group complained that the show misrepresents their religion. More >>
Hindu Woman Who Became a Christian Suffered After Dying
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 4:05 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Hindus and Christians in eastern India refused to allow the burial funeral of a woman who converted from Hinduism to Christianity, and her body remained in dispute until police found a neutral site on government property. More >>
Muslim Malaysia Jails Woman for Washing Dogs during Ramadan
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 10:19 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia have jailed a dog trainer for uploading a video of herself washing and feeding dogs while an Islamic call to prayer plays as the soundtrack, but she denies insulting the religion which could result in five ... More >>
Unveiling Female Muslim Teachers So Students See Their Lips
Friday, 2 August 2013, 11:15 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
The Philippines, Asia's only Catholic-majority country, has ordered Muslim women to remove their facial veils when teaching the government's experimental curriculum of Arabic language and Islamic values, because students benefit by "seeing the teacher's ... More >>
Sex, Drugs, Murder & Money Dismay Thailand's Buddhists
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 11:19 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Saffron-robed Buddhist monks' involvement in sex, drugs, murder and corruption is being increasingly exposed in Thailand, thanks to YouTube, resulting in shock, dismay, condemnation and criminal investigations. More >>
