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An atheist foundation that seeks to foster charitable giving among nonbelievers is encouraging members to donate to a religious charity -- and the...

A Coptic Christian blogger arrested in Egypt on false charges of insulting Islam, then held for almost two years without charge under the country’s...

The country that is home to the world's largest Muslim population celebrated its 65th Independence Day yesterday amid a widespread sense of...

The vulnerability of Christian girls to sexual assault in Pakistani society emerged again last month as a Muslim landowner allegedly targeted a...

Taliban takes responsibility, but medical organization unsure of killers' identity.

Call for repeal of the controversial blasphemy laws in the country.

I could feel the Palestinian-Israeli tensions when our bus reached a checkpoint leading into Bethlehem. It was a daunting scene, considering it was...

According to "liberal estimates," the number of Maldivian Christians or seekers "cannot be more than 15," said one source. "Even if you engage any...

Ten workers affiliated with a Christian aid group were murdered in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan after providing eye care to people in a...

Tensions mount as congregation asserts right to worship.

On Saturday, several hundred people overflowed the sanctuary of Bethel Baptist Church in Wilmington, Del., as they gathered for a memorial...

Some believe what happened at the Reformation Hope orphanage on Jan. 12 was a miracle. And some now regard what has happened since that awful day...

Two Christian women in Bangladesh’s northern district of Jamalpur said village officials extorted relatively large sums of money from them – and...

Less than a month after an Orissa state legislator was sentenced to seven years of prison for his part in anti-Christian mob violence in 2008, he...

A dozen masked men shot five Christians to death as they came out of their church building on July 15, two months after a banned Islamic extremist...