Religion Today Archives

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws led to the murder of two Christians and a death penalty sentence for a Christian mother of five in 2010, topping Compass’...

Christians are apprehensive after police said they would be held responsible if they continue preaching over loudspeakers and anything went wrong...

On the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, we're honored to share several personal stories of hope and faith from some who...

Many have questioned the painfully slow nature of the recovery, wondering what happened to the massive amounts of aid pledges and rebuilding funds.

At first glance it can be difficult to see much change from a year ago, when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti. But faith-based aid...

“Lovinsly will always know he is one of the lucky ones,” Marjorie says of her one-year-old son, who was born just moments after Marjorie's house...

Belarus's history of political repression has come with religious restrictions as well. I witnessed this -- as well as political violence -- when I...

When Open Doors released its annual World Watch List this week, the list looked very similar to 2010's list, with North Korea again topping the...

The case of Asia Noreen, the first Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges, suffered a major setback when her most...

Salman Taseer, a senior member of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, was shot in a popular shopping district of Islamabad by one of his own...

At least 21 people were killed and scores were wounded on Saturday when a bomb outside a church in Alexandria, Egypt, exploded as congregants were...

Raza Anjum, Muslim city councillor from Saffron-Walden in the United Kingdom, is scheduled to meet soon with Pakistan's prime minister in order to...

Officials and residents of Katin village destroyed rice paddies farmed by 11 Christian families previously living in the village. The destruction...

One of the two main political parties of the indigenous people in Bangladesh’s southeastern hill tracts prevented Christians from celebrating...

Tensions continued to mount in the Christian community in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in northern Nigeria, following the killing of a Baptist...