http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/ Religious and Spiritual News en leonid@spirithit.com admin@spirithit.com Copyright © 2005 SpiritHit.com hourly 2 2005-05-05T17:52:00-05:00 http://news.spirithit.com/images/rss/spirithit.gif http://news.spirithit.com/ 137 24 Indonesia -- As ships and helicopters rush aid to the victims of Monday's 8.7 earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island, shocked survivors from hard-hit… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/indonesian_quake_survivor_says_many_killed/ 2005-03-30T18:56:01-05:00 Medan, Indonesia -- Over 1,000 people were reportedly killed in a huge earthquake that hit off northwest Indonesia, triggering tsunami warnings and sending waves of panic across the Indian… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/indonesia_quake_up_to_2000_feared_dead/ 2005-03-29T22:18:00-05:00 A magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra Island late Monday evening near the area where a similar earthquake triggered a tsunami last December that killed 300,000 people across… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/massive_earthquake_strikes_near_indonesias_sumatra_island/ 2005-03-28T20:49:01-05:00 Jitra, Malaysia -- Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi, hit out at critics of the concept of Islam Hadhari (Civilizational Islam), saying it is derived from the core principles and… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/badawi_rebuffs_critics_of_islam_hadhari/ 2005-05-05T17:52:00-05:00 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Twelve of the country’s 13 states have approved the standardisation of five Shari`ah laws, a minister in the Prime Minister's Department told the House… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/malaysian_states_standardize_shariah_laws/ 2005-04-15T20:02:01-05:00 Australia's sole representative to the conclave of cardinals who will choose Pope John Paul II's successor says he does not believe the pope's death will result in an era of "radical… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/conservative_cardinal_foresees_no_radical_change_at_vatican/ 2005-04-04T18:58:00-05:00 Malaysia -- Why do people come from far and wide to view relics which are nothing more than the remnants of spiritual masters? Indeed why do they circumambulate these relics in a ritual… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/sacred_buddhist_relics/ 2005-03-29T23:29:01-05:00 Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Missionary activities are not merely religious in nature but are also politically motivated activities aimed at harming social peace among Sri Lankans, says C. Liyanage… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/sri_lankan_minister_warns_missionaries/ 2005-03-29T22:49:00-05:00 Colombo, Sri Lanka -- A new Buddhist International Relief Organization will come into effect, early next year, Dr. Hema Goonatilake, Coordinator, Buddhist Resource Centre, Sri Lanka, told… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/launch_of_a_new_buddhist_global_relief_agency/ 2005-03-23T17:30:01-05:00 Banda Aceh, Indonesia -- Thai monks and Thai people living in Indonesia are extending financial assistance to help restore the livelihood of Buddhist tsunami survivors in Indonesia's… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia_pacific/more/thais_extend_assistance_to_buddhists/ 2005-03-16T16:26:00-05:00