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A major scandal has rocked Thailand's Buddhist clergy, with at least 11 monks accused of sexual misconduct and extortion.
Theravada Buddhism has been the spiritual backbone of Thai identity for more than two millennia, and still shapes national ...
BANGKOK: Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith. Thai ...
Following a wave of monk scandals, Paetongtarn Shinawatra pledges bold reforms to restore Buddhism’s damaged public image.
Fadnavis said that, anyone has won an election using a fraudulently obtained SC certificate, their election will be declared null and void.
Fadnavis further announced the state’s intention to introduce stringent legal provisions to curb religious conversions ...
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said if a person belonging a religion other than Hinduism, ...
The primary story of Shiva is that of an ascetic who sits atop a stone mountain but who eventually becomes a householder, ...
The case of Wirapol Sukphol, the infamous “jet-set monk” who was sentenced to over 100 years in prison for fraud, money ...
China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...
Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, amid a nationwide scandal over an ...