RELIGION

Quran burning pastor Terry Jones gives birth to new non-Taliban violence in Afghanistan as seen in Friday riots against U.N. where civilians were instigated by preachers.

Afghans rioted in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday.

Another fresh and unusual political crisis is brewing in one of the wealthiest and most stable Arab states. Kuwait's cabinet has resigned in order to avoid having to answer certain questions from parliament, according to Reuters.

Conservative Muslims in the UK are outraged by a young Pakistani woman’s bid to become the Muslim to represent Britain in the Miss Universe contest.

Ehrman reads a feminist subtext into his new arguments to prove bible forgery. He cites the letter to Timothy attributed to apostle Paul. He says the letter was written by someone long after Paul's death, and with a vested interest to diminish the status of women.

Despite fears of Westboro Baptist Church protesters crashing Liz Taylor's funeral, the service occurred without a hitch.

From lecturing handpicked group of young western women on Islam to his fear of flying over waters, and from virgin bodyguards to maniacal imperial delusions, Muammar Gaddafi’s traits are as strange and funny, or even more so, as his weird dress sense. The following are some of his idiosyncrasies, peculiar hatreds, strange loves and manifestations of borderline psychosis:

In its usual offensive and abrasive style, Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket Taylor's funeral over her work as an active and adamant AIDs advocate.

A new study claims that religion may be on the way out in some parts of Europe, largely because it isn't as useful to adherents as it once was.

Egypt’s former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, has been charged by a court of contributing to the killing of protesters who demonstrated against the regime of the toppled President, Hosni Mubarak, state media MENA reported.

The Judeo-Christian God may have been married, according to a British theologian, who says the Almighty, also known as 'Yahweh', had a wife - a goddess named 'Asherah'.

Even as the 'anti-gay' app was removed from the Apple App store, Senators have raised concern over a Police/DUI-evasive app. From Joint-Maker to Baby-Shaker, here is a list of Top 10 most controversial Apple Apps:

Rabbi David Horowitz of PFLAG National (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) has written an open letter to Steve Jobs urging Apple to remove an app from Exodus International, which says the app is a refuge for people looking for help in their journey out of homosexuality and will help cure people of their homosexuality.

Apple is once again in the center of the heated gay debate after it approved an iPhone app created by Christian group Exodus which has been designed to be a useful resource for men, women, parents, students, and ministry leaders.

Yemen clash death toll rises to 47

Yale researchers have discovered prejudice is a trait humans have retained from their evolutionary predecessors.

Maldives hopes to get some of these mosques listed as UNESCO's World Heritage Sites to bring them in international spotlight.

As Congressman Peter King conducts hearings on Islamic radicalization in the U.S., the nation’s growing Muslim community is coming under the microscope.

The House Committee on Homeland Security has begun the first of a series of hearings, with the first on Thursday on The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response.

The Egyptian Army has cleared protesters out of Tahrir Square in Cairo after having arrested 100 men carrying knives and other weapons who were planning to attack anti-government demonstrators.

Was America founded as a Christian nation? A novel - titled The Secret Treaty - by Wayne Josephson claims to answer the most hotly debated question in U.S. history.