Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo called on Sri Lanka’s Muslims to reject extremism as the country marked the anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people.
The Vatican has released a statement urging Christians and Muslims to be “bearers of hope” on the occasion of the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan last week.
Minority leaders including a Catholic Church official have welcomed a decision by Bangladeshi police to censor popular Islamic gatherings in order to stop radical clerics from delivering inflammatory and indecent speeches.
China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs ordered that only trips organized by the state-sanctioned Islamic Association of China will be permitted.
An Islamic political party in Indonesia said Tuesday that Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could spark a civilizational clash because of his calls for an Islamic “reawakening” amid the establishment of the Hagia Sophia as a mosque.
Indonesia has cancelled the hajj pilgrimage this year for people in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation due to concerns over the coronavirus, the religious affairs minister has said.
The social action arm of the Church in Cambodia turned over donations of hygiene and medical supplies to Muslim and Buddhist communities in Phnom Penh on May 18.
India’s lockdown restrictions aimed at suppressing COVID-19 has led to some Muslim and Hindu clerics using live-streaming apps and video call services during funerals.
Indonesian authorities and religious leaders have responded favorably to Pope Francis' invitation to join in a global prayer against the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, May 14.
Pakistan’s government has declined to include the Ahmadi religious group in its National Commission for Minorities, drawing attention to the group whose Muslim self-identification is rejected by many Muslims.
The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue has called on Muslims and Christians around the world to protected places of worship during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.