Religion Today Archives

Following a brutal raid on six Christian brothers and their café because they had opened for business during Ramadan, a judge sentenced them to...

Metropolitan Kirill, interim head of the Russian Orthodox Church since the death of Patriarch Alexy II last month, was elected to the permanent...

Christians United for Israel's David Brog spoke with Crosswalk.com about the precarious issues Israel faces, including the tense situation...

Saudi authorities have reportedly arrested a 28-year-old Christian man for describing his conversion and criticizing the kingdom’s judiciary on his...

A standing committee assigned to consider a draft “Bill for the Prohibition of Forcible Conversions” presented its report to Parliament on Jan. 6,...

Iran's "continuously high" wave of arrests increases, as three Christians arrested Wednesday are being held without charges and without disclosing...

Five Christians charged with “blasphemy” against Islam were released on Monday (Jan. 19) after reconciliation meetings between Christian and...

An estimated 200,000 pro-lifers marched in Washington, D.C. Thursday, marking the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized...

Three Christians incarcerated in military prisons for their faith have died in the past four months in Eritrea, including the death on Friday (Jan....

Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army has reportedly torched a church crowded with worshippers holding a prayer vigil in the Democratic Republic of...

Israel and Hamas are both claiming victory in the 22-day conflict in the Gaza Strip that left more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.

The Federal Minister for Minorities, Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, has said that Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws 'will be abolished.'

A serious crackdown on churches in Rangoon, the former capital of Burma, is taking place with local authorities in the city ordering at least 100...

Two Christian girls were forced to “convert” to Islam after they were allegedly abducted and raped by some four Muslim men in November.

A conservative breakaway congregation in Binghamton, N.Y., that split with the Episcopal Church cannot keep its church building, a state Supreme...