religion and belief

Muslim school student loses U.K. court bid over prayer rituals ban

A Muslim pupil lost a U.K. court challenge Tuesday against a top London school's ban on prayer ritua...

Pope uses gay slur in Italian in private meeting with bishops: reports

The alleged incident is said to have happened on May 20, when the Italian Bishops Conference opened ...

In Mecca's sweltering heat, Muslims start this year's Hajj pilgrimage

In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on ...

Muslim mob torches police station in Pakistan, lynches man for alleged blasphemy

A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, June 20, 2024 broke into a police station, snatch...

Mostly Egyptians among more than 1,000 dead in haj amid scorching temperatures: Reuters tally

More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hamm...

U.S. lawmakers assure Hindus against discrimination and Hinduphobia

Prominent American lawmakers have pledged their support to Indian Americans to fight against Hinduph...

Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims

A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content ...

Pakistan's Punjab to ban social media platforms for 6 days during Muharram to control 'hate material'

After blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the government in Pakistan's Punjab provin...

Janmashtami festival celebrated in crisis-hit Bangladesh

Followers of the minority Hindu faith held prayers and took out processions in Bangladesh on Monday ...

Pope Francis, imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque make joint call to fight violence, protect planet

Pope Francis joined the grand imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque in pledging to work together t...

Pakistan court sentences Christian woman to death in blasphemy case

A court in Pakistan on Thursday (September 19, 2024) sentenced a Christian woman to death in a blasp...

Pope denounces abuse cover-ups as he wraps thorny Belgium visit

Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children, during an open-air mass ...

Internet ‘vigilantes’ behind the rise of online blasphemy cases in Pakistan

Aroosa Khan’s son was chatting on WhatsApp but suddenly found himself the target of “vigilante” inve...