Transforming from a 12-year-old farmer boy into a monastic student and then a novice monk is my unforgettable memory. I have been interested in writing about Buddhism in Cambodia since I enrolled in a ...

Cambodia hosted a summit on Islam and Buddhism, the first such inter-religious program held in the Buddhist-majority nation to promote ethnic and religious harmony. The day-long summit, organized by ...

On his return to Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Senn said talks were adjourned, not abandoned. In his final report from Cambodia, Michael Lally looks at the Buddhist religion, which was effectively ...

“Almost 90% of ex-monks have a strong [family] and individual education to be a good person in society,” Phin said. He added that the monks’ role in Cambodia extends past educational development in ...

While his scholarship is commendable, his interpretation of “militant Buddhism” fails to contextualize the Sri Lankan case ...

Major Religions: Buddhism: 97.9%, Islam: 1.1%, Christianity: 0.5%, Other: 0.6% Gaspar da Cruz, a Portuguese friar of the Dominican Order, brought Catholic faith to Cambodia during 1555-1556. Friar ...

Echoing this view, MWL Secretary-General Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa expressed optimism about the conference’s impact, given Cambodia’s long-standing experience in inspiring interfaith harmony, ...