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My wife Judy and I were eager to visit Bosnia, where our son is studying the return of displaced peoples, to meet his friends and a particular Bosnian family that has been so kind to him. And, too, we wanted to understand better what had brought this beautiful country to war, setting Catholics, Serbian Orthodox, and Muslims against each other.

"The United Nations says there is a significant rise in religious extremism and intolerance throughout the world. 'No religion is free from extremism,' declares Abdelfattah Amor, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance.

It Seems Reasonable that when you want a yard of fabric, it's good to know what a yard is. By the same token, when you want to understand religious fundamentalism and extremism, it's good to know what religion is.

Since September 11, 2001 , the world has been hearing a lot about Islamic fundamentalism. Yet fundamentalism itself is a general term that applies to more than just an extreme part of the world of Islam.

For many years, Indonesia was under Dutch rule, and among the Dutch settlers was Carl Winkel , who presently lives in the United States. He was living in Jakarta at the time of Indonesian independence.

Talk to Indonesian Christian Scientists about The Herald of Christian Science, and sooner or later, Adele Blok's name will come up. Perhaps more than any other single person, she brought the study of Christian Science to Indonesians, specifically.

Many people think of the 1960s as a time of political and social turmoil, even revolution in various nations. For example, in 1965 in Indonesia, a plot by some army officers threatened President Sukarno's government; from 1966–1969 the most active phase of the Cultural Revolution took place in China; and in the United States growing resistance to the Vietnam War and the struggle of African Americans for civil rights all had a significant impact.

By the 1960s, the Latin American and European continents were well served by a variety of editions of The Herald of Christian Science. The time had come for nations in the vast Asian subcontinent to receive the Herald.

Letters, e-mails, and phone calls continue to pour in from friends and members who are building on the ideas from 2002 Annual Meeting & Conference of The Church of Christ, Scientist. The meeting explored three overarching messages: the universality of Christian Science; Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as a resource for everyone; and Mary Baker Eddy's design for a Church to respond to today's demand for spiritual answers.

The four walls of our home in Iran were the limit to cultural education for my sisters and me. What I came to learn about my country's culture and traditions I learned in the West from those Iranian friends I came to know as my family.