Religion

The anti-Muslim pastor at the heart of a fiery debate about plans to burn the Muslim holy book acknowledged Thursday there’s still a chance he’ll call off his controversial attempt to mark the anniversary of […] […]

Nazis used to burn books. That was noted in 1989 when some British Muslims in Bradford burned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, and again in 2006 when some Muslims torched the Danish cartoons of the […] […]

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to “listen to those better angels” and call off his plan to engage in a Qur’an-burning protest this weekend. Obama told ABC’s Good Morning America in an […] […]

MULTAN, Pakistan—A small American church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran is stirring outrage in Muslim nations, with lawyers protesting in Pakistan and Bahrain’s government calling the burning a shameful attack on interfaith relations. […] […]

VATICAN CITY—The Vatican on Wednesday denounced as “outrageous and grave” plans by a Christian minister in Florida to burn copies of the Quran to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary. The Vatican office responsible for relations […] […]

A FLORIDA evangelical church says its plan to burn the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 will go ahead, despite fears it may endanger US troops in Afghanistan. The church has vowed to honour the […] […]

A TOP official at Cairo’s Al-Azhar university is warning that a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Koran risks destroying ties. “If the government fails to stop this, this will be the latest […] […]

TWO Algerian men face up to two years in jail after they were arrested for allegedly eating in the middle of the day during the holy month of Ramadan. Police picked up the young men […] […]

Iran has reportedly sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani – the 43-year-old Iranian woman who faces execution after being convicted of adultery – to 99 lashes in prison for “spreading corruption and indecency” after allowing an unveiled […] […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church’s plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Quran. […] […]