Religion Today Archives

Suspected terrorists from the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group set off four bombs that hit two churches in Kano city on Monday night, killing at...

Eritrean authorities are punishing 39 high school students for their Christian faith, excluding them from a graduation ceremony and subjecting them...

According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the world has not seen an outflow of refugees "at such a frightening rate since the Rwandan...

The steady flow of Iranian Christians facing arrest and imprisonment on spurious charges continues.

A new report shows that a woman's average age at first marriage is now nearly 27, the highest in more than a century. The overall marriage rate has...

Despite a promise by the Sudanese government to grant its minority Christian population religious freedom, church leaders there said they are beset...

A German homeschooling family has lost another round in their effort to avoid deportation, apparently leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as their last...

Christians in two villages in North Sinai, Egypt have fled for their lives after a priest was gunned down and a Christian businessman was abducted...

Churches are beginning to add a stipulation in their bylaws that their ministers perform only traditional marriages on their premises, in response...

How bad is the military environment? Reports of the influence of Mikey Weinstein, who met with officials at the Pentagon and has called religious...

A jury of six women found George Zimmerman not guilty Saturday evening of second-degree murder. Ending nearly three weeks of deliberations, the...

Republican lawmakers and conservative activists concerned that religious expression in the military is "under attack" are rallying behind a measure...

A fledgling organization that opposed the Boys Scouts of America's decision to accept openly gay Scouts announced Tuesday it will launch an...

Middle Eastern Christians are experiencing one of the most significant periods in their history. Regime changes in Egypt and Iran and sectarian...

In scattered locations across Egypt, mobs of hard-line Muslims enraged over the deposing of the country's Islamist president last week attacked...