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A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt entering his second year of prison without charge is being pressured to convert to Islam in exchange for his...

India’s Christian minority is growing increasingly concerned over the mushrooming of newer and more deadly Hindu extremist groups.

Three masked members of a militant Islamist group in Somalia last week shot and killed a Somali Christian after she declined to wear a veil as...

Religious freedom experts called for more specifics in the State Department's policies on international religious liberty, but welcomed a new...

Christians in Indonesia have had their church building permit revoked after Islamists intimidated local villagers into withdrawing their approval...

Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death say they...

"This is Katrina times four," said Larry Shine, as his cleanup team worked to help Manila residents recover from flooding that covered nearly 80...

A group of Hindu extremists in Madhya Pradesh earlier this month beat a pastor unconscious and chewed off part of his ear, pelting him with stones...

The Vatican on Tuesday announced plans to open its doors to Anglicans upset with their church's growing acceptance of homosexuality and women...

Approximately 700 students from Arastamar Evangelical Theological Seminary (SETIA) are facing eviction at the end of the month from a campground...

After three prosecution witnesses testified yesterday that they didn’t even know two Christians on trial for “insulting Turkishness and Islam,” a...

A convert from Islam in Somalia’s self-declared state of Somaliland has staged a hunger strike to protest his transfer to a harsh prison in a...

Since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Madhya Pradesh in December 2003, Christians in the state have suffered...

A Florida judge ruled Tuesday that Rifqa Bary will return to Ohio, albeit in foster care. But the cultural debate surrounding Rifqa's case rages...

Lopez Entzin and 19 others accused of the Acteal massacre have been released for crimes they did not commit, yet they are still stuck at a half-way...