Religious Diversity News - The Pluralism Project

Continuing Story: Olympics 2008 (Domestic & International)

U.S.: Chinese Targeted Religious Groups Before Olympics (China)
Sep 19, 2008–CNN  

Muslim Sprinter Wins Olympic Sprint Dressed Head to Toe in Hijab (Bahrain)
Aug 19, 2008–The Daily Mail  

Olympic Religious Center Panned (China)
Aug 16, 2008–The Washington Post  

Op-Ed: "China Might Practise What Confucius Was Preaching" By: Errol P. Mendes (China)
Aug 16, 2008–The Ottawa Citizen  

Buddhism Gets Political, Sometimes Violent, Over Tibet (China)
Aug 15, 2008–Religion News Service/Religion and Ethics Newsweekly  

Evangelist Worries About Religious Intolerance in China (China)
Aug 13, 2008–Duluth News Tribune/AP  

Bush Steps Up Pressure on China with Call for Religious Freedom (China)
Aug 11, 2008–The Independent  

Hijab Shines in Beijing Olympic (China)
Aug 11, 2008–Islam Online  

Beijing Curbs Religious Rights (China)
Aug 10, 2008–The Washington Post  

Olympic Athletes Can’t Cross Line in Displays of Faith (China)
Aug 9, 2008–The Washington Post  

Dalai Lama Challenged by New Generation of Buddhist Activists (China)
Jul 31, 2008–CNN  

US Commission Urges Bush to Speak Out on Religion in China (China)
Jul 31, 2008–Ecumenical News International  

Radical Islam Stirs In China's Remote West (China)
Jul 28, 2008–The New York Times/Reuters  

CHINA Catholic Priest Carries Olympic Torch In Taiyuan (China)
Jun 27, 2008–Union of Catholic Asian News  

China Demolishes Mosque Over Olympic Row (China)
Jun 24, 2008–Times of India/Reuters  

China Braces for High-Security Torch Leg in Muslim West (China)
Jun 16, 2008–Associated Free Press  

Report: China Funding Campaign to Eliminate House Churches (China)
Jun 11, 2008–Christian Post  

Christian Leaders Petition China to Allow Protestant Chaplains at Olympics (China)
Jun 1, 2008–Ecumenical News International  

Rabbis' Call to Boycott Olympics Prompts Backlash (United States)
May 9, 2008–USA Today/Religion News Service  

Activists: China Persecuting Buddhist Monks in Tibet (China)
Apr 30, 2008–AP  

China 'to Meet Dalai Lama Aides' (China)
Apr 25, 2008–The Independent/Reuters  

Graffiti Spray-Painted on Zenkoji Temple (Japan)
Apr 21, 2008–The Buddhist Channel/The Yomiuri Shimbun  

Press Statement from Vajrayana Buddhist Council of Malaysia on the Impending Olympics Torch Run in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Apr 19, 2008–The Buddhist Channel/Vajrayana Buddhist Council of Malaysia  

Tibet Monks Held over 'Bomb Plot' (China)
Apr 13, 2008–BBC News  

Monks Disrupt Media Tour in China (China)
Apr 10, 2008–The New York Times  

Resentment Simmers among Muslim Minority in China (China)
Apr 10, 2008–San Francisco Chronicle/AP  

Sikhs Take out Anti-Indian AD in Washington Times (United States)
Apr 10, 2008–Panthic Weekly  

Religious Freedom Panel Urges Bush to Boycott Beijing Games (United States)
Apr 7, 2008–Pew Forum/RNS  

Monks Lead Pro-Tibet Demonstration in Raleigh (North Carolina)
Mar 30, 2008–The Buddhist Channel/WRAL.com  

Curbs on Protest in Tibet Lashed by Dalai Lama (China)
Mar 17, 2008–The New York Times  

Tibetan Exiles Set off from India on Symbolic March Home (China)
Mar 10, 2008–Times of India  

China Official Explains Religion Policy (China)
Feb 20, 2008–AP  

Beijing's Only Kosher Restaurant Mulls Second Branch Ahead of Olympics (China)
Jan 31, 2008–Haaretz/AP  

China Cracks Down on Tibetan Buddhism Ahead of Olympics (China)
Jan 25, 2008–The Buddhist Channel/Radio Free Asia  

Beijing Denies Bibles, Other Religious Items Banned from Olympics, but Excludes Falun Gong (China)
Nov 8, 2007–San Diego Union-Tribune/AP  

Bibles Allowed in China Olympic Village (China)
Nov 8, 2007–The New York Times/AP  

China's Pre-Olympic Religious Crackdown (China)
Sep 14, 2007–ABC News  

US Reports on Religious Freedom (United States)
Sep 14, 2007–BBC News  

Beijing, Critic of Religion, to Build Religious Worship Center in Olympic Village (China)
Sep 4, 2007–International Herald Tribune/AP  

Germany's Merkel Prods China on Rights (Germany)
Aug 28, 2007–The New York Times/Reuters  

Indian Tibetans March to Shame Olympics Host China (China)
Aug 8, 2007–Yahoo! News/Reuters  

Religion an Unanticipated Visitor to China for Olympic Games (China)
Feb 25, 2007–The Press-Enterprise