Across South and Southeast Asia, countries have very different religious makeups, yet there are commonalities in how they practice and think about religion, according to a new Pew Research Center ...

The peoples of the Silk Road in its early decades followed many different religions ... and especially in Persia and Central Asia, many people were adherents of Zoroastrianism, a religion founded by ...

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans have come out tops in Southeast Asia for being most likely to see different faiths as compatible with their country’s culture and values, as a measure of religious tolerance.

This pattern reflects the varying worship practices of different religious groups. For example, about half of Asian American Protestants (53%) say they attend religious services monthly but don’t ...

Meanwhile, Muslims in Southeast Asia similarly see Islam as intrinsically ... And while 9 percent of Singaporeans who were raised in a different religion or no religion now identify as Christian ...

In this sense, Buddhism, which has historical roots in several Asian countries, has been defined by members of different faiths not so much as "a religion one chooses to follow", but more as "a ...

There, while the rain droned on, they earnestly discussed three topics: religion, Asia, and their future. Before the storm ended on that summer day in 1806, they had decided to dedicate themselves ...

Francis arrived at Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia, in the morning ... “Even my wife has a different religion, she is Muslim, while I am Catholic,” he told CNN.