ReligionThe 2000s

Religion in the 2000s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 2000s — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 2007 to 2009. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
2007
Latest
2009

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. — Asia:

    Myanmar

    The Saffron Revolution

    Buddhist monks lead mass protests against the regime that are violently suppressed, drawing renewed international condemnation.

    Era: Independence, Ne Win, and Decades of Military Rule

    Sources: Myanmar since 1988 · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. — Asia:

    Kyrgyzstan

    Sulaiman-Too inscribed by UNESCO

    The sacred mountain of Sulaiman-Too above Osh, with its petroglyphs, places of worship and reconstructed 16th-century mosques, became Kyrgyzstan's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognized for its blend of pre-Islamic and Islamic belief.

    Era: The Silk Road, the Tian Shan and the Mongol Age

    Sources: Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain · UNESCO World Heritage Centre