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Tension grows in Malaysian religious controversy

By Tue, Aug 09, 2011 7:21PM UTC View Comments

Religious police accuse Christians of attempting to convert Muslims, reports Asia Sentinel Always-tense relations between Malaysia’s religious communities continue to be strained again over a raid on Aug. 3 by officials of the Selangor Islamic Religious Department on a Methodist church in the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Petaling Jaya where they said Malay Muslims were...

Technology for interfaith dialogue among Filipino students

By Sun, Jan 23, 2011 1:45AM UTC View Comments Manila students talk peace with counterparts in Zamboanga City via a videoconference. Photo from the UK Embassy.

A non-governmental organization this week held the latest of their videoconferences between mostly-Christian high school students in Manila and their counterparts in predominantly-Muslim schools in Mindanao. The Jan. 18 videoconference between students of Esteban Abada High School in Sampaloc, Manila, and Zamboanga State College of Marine Science and Technology in Zamboanga City is part of NGO...

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