Religion

Every night when Sudesh Muthu goes to sleep, he wraps his dreadlocks into a ball and places them in the middle of the bed. He remains in the same position until he wakes up the […] […]

Malaysian Islamic authorities have been evicting unmarried Muslim civil servants from government-owned housing if they are caught with their partners alone in a private place, according to a news report. Several Muslims have been evicted […] […]

ROUGHLY one in five Americans wrongly says President Barack Obama is a Muslim amid a furor over a planned mosque near New York’s Ground Zero, according to two new US opinion polls. And roughly 30 […] […]

WASHINGTON—While Americans are bitterly debating the proposed building of a mosque near New York’s ground zero, Muslims have been praying for years less than 80 feet from where another hijacked jetliner struck. The Pentagon chapel […] […]

President Barack Obama forcefully endorsed building a mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center, saying that America’s founding principles demand no less. The site is near where almost 3,000 people died on […] […]

DUBLIN – Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has told priests that the Vatican has rejected the resignations of his two auxiliary bishops after their reported involvement in the Catholic Church’s cover-up. The Vatican’s rebuff deals a […] […]

MANILA, Philippines—Hundreds of Muslim guerrillas have undergone combat training and sought more weapons in the southern Philippines to bolster their military muscle in case planned peace talks with the government falter, a military report said […] […]

LINFEN, CHINA—Old Wang was fast asleep in his bed when the mob arrived.  It was 3 a.m. one Sunday last September.  People shook me and told me. ‘Get up. Get outside. Hurry up!’ ” What […] […]

NEW YORK – A conservative advocacy group founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson is suing to try to block a planned Islamic community centre and mosque near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror […] […]

A Lutheran pastor in Minneapolis who opposes homosexuals being allowed to lead congregations says he is attracted to men but says he’s not a hypocrite because he never acted on his urges. The Reverend Tom […] […]