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