A crowd of some 2,000 people assembled outside the mosque demanding its destruction.
An Iranian Islamic cleric has denounced western politicians for decriminalizing homosexuality, saying that such politicians are worse than animals.Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, an influential scholar, while interpreting the Sharia law in a speech in Iran's Qom city, said that homosexuals are inferior to dogs and pigs, a Khabar Online report said.
The 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, spoke to a rapt crowd of 12,000 at San Diego University on Thursday morning. He stressed the importance of compassion and the oneness of humanity.
Livingstone, a self-described Socialist who has often been at odds with the mainstream Labour Party, has a history of espousing far-left views.
A controversial British peer of Pakistani origin, who allegedly announced a £10-million bounty for the capture of US President Barack Obama and his predecessor George Bush, has been suspended from the UK's Labor Party.
The extreme fatwa on Islamic adult breastfeeding is back again, with the Kuwaiti clerics examining and defining it in the context of husband and wife relations.
I am highly superstitious and I strongly believe that there are things in heaven and earth that simply cannot be explained (or denied) by modern science and technology.
Australia's Catholic Church has drawn fire from worldwide religious groups, after a high-ranking Catholic official publicly labeled Jews as intellectually and morally inferior, the Telegraph said.
The link between Nazi Germany and ancient India, however, goes deeper than just the swastika.
Christians from around the world gathered in thousands to commemorate the joyous occasion of Easter, staring with the ceremonial vigil service Saturday night.
Easter is celebrated all around the world by Christians as a day of Christ's resurrection after his crucifixion on Good Friday and by many other cultures as day to honor Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring.The moveable feast of Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon which happens on or after March 21, following the northern hemisphere's Spring Equinox.The celebrations all over the world normally include attending church, coloring Easter eggs, Easter bunnies, chocolate...
Tim Tebow will be the special guest at an Easter service in Texas that is expected to draw a crowd of nearly 30,000.
The Jewish holiday of Passover takes place each Spring based on the Hebrew Calendar and lasts eight days (seven if you are in Israel). The focal point of the holiday is the Seder(s) [translation:order, arrangement] which takes place on the first two nights of the holiday, but Passover extends for an entire week. Keep reading to learn the holiday's history and how to observe Passover at home.
Pope Benedict XVI rebuked a group of schismatic Austrian priests who have questioned Vatican authority on clerical rules.
The embattled Wisconsin governor, who faces a recall election on June 5th, discussed his faith and how his potential ousting could affect the Tea Party movement.
It is that time of the year when Chinese families across the world gather at the graves of their relatives to observe the Qingming Festival or the Tomb Sweeping Day.
Preparations are underway across the world among Jewish communities to celebrate the holiday and festival of Passover, commemorating the story of Exodus or the departure of the Israelites from ancient Egypt as described in the Hebrew Bible.
The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has said that it is looking into claims that a priest inadvertently showed gay pornographic images during a PowerPoint presentation to the parents of children who were set to receive their first communion.
The Harkis were Algerians who fought to preserve colonial rule in France during the war of independence
Thousands of Christians from around the world receive the symbolic palms Sunday in honor of the holyday Jesus rode into Jerusalem.
Cuba's communist government has accepted Pope Benedict XVI's request and declared this year's Good Friday a holiday.
Authorities in Algeria cited security concerns and reasons of public policy for the denial of the burial on their soil.
The saga of French Muslims took an ugly turn earlier this month when Islamic militant Mohamed Merah was identified as the gunman in mass killings in Toulouse that appeared to have been driven by bias.
In what some call a win for religious freedom, Kentucky's General Assembly passed an Amish buggy bill on Tuesday that would exempt them from affixing orange safety triangles on the back of their carriages.
A twelve-year-old Jewish boy was assaulted by youths shouting anti-Semitic slogans -- including “dirty Jew” -- in southeast Paris.
“The Sign: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection” is published by Viking on March 26. This book unlocks 2,000 years of history by giving the first comprehensive, tangible, secular cause for early Christian belief in the Resurrection, Viking editorial director Joel Rickett said in a statement on the Book Seller. “Only a brilliant art historian with an insatiably curious mind could have made this astonishing breakthrough.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba on Monday. The three-day trip marks the second time that the head of the Catholic Church has visited the island nation since the Communist Revolution of 1959.
Pope Benedict XVI is kicking off his three-day visit to Cuba today after traveling to Mexico for three days, where he denounced the drug violence sweeping the country.
Himmler, responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people, was also a highly complex and fascinating man. He was obsessed with India and Hinduism.
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony is already known around the world as a war criminal who has terrorized sub-Saharan Africa for decades with his army of abducted child soldiers thanks to the massively successful Kony 2012 project and viral video campaign launched by controversial humanitarian group Invisible Children.
