Religion

The numbers are shocking: 12,000 people killed in a cycle of violence between Christians and Muslims stretching back more than a decade. The location: Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, lying on the continent’s […] […]

Web sites are buzzing over claims that remains from Noah’s Ark may have been found on Turkey’s Mount Ararat. The finders, led by an evangelical group, say they are “99.9 percent” that a wooden structure […] […]

PARIS – A Muslim Frenchman at the center of a firestorm over polygamy said Monday that keeping mistresses is the French way of life. The man’s case came to light after his wife was fined […] […]

Jennifer McCreight/Handout American university student Jen McCreight created Boobquake to protest a statement made by an Islamic cleric claiming female immodesty caused earthquakes. An Islamic cleric’s suggestion that immodestly dressed women cause earthquakes has drawn […] […]

Tim Fraser for National Post Manjit Singh Mangat was stabbed with a kirpan during a dispute at a Brampton, Ont., temple. “There were 20 people who ganged up on me,” he says. In the parking […] […]

A French woman who was driving while wearing an Islamic full-body veil was stopped by police in the city of Nantes and fined 22 euros (29 dollars), Europe 1 radio reports. The police officer stopped […] […]

At least half of all Christians in sub-Saharan Africa believe Jesus will return to Earth in their lifetime — part of a pattern that indicates the region is among the most religious places in the […] […]

I grew up in the Christian faith and strongly believe in God. However, I would never deemed it necessary to hurt or harm any other person/s who do not believe in my faith.  I would […] […]

An Illinois man is suing the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI for allegedly covering up sexual abuse by a priest at a Catholic school in Wisconsin.  The lawsuit demands the Vatican release the names of […] […]

The bishop of Augsburg in southern Germany has offered to resign following accusations that he hit children, officials and media reports say. Bishop Walter Mixa was reported to have told the Pope in a resignation […] […]