An Israeli government decision to shelve a plan that would have allowed women to pray with men at the iconic Western Wall in Jerusalem has triggered acrimony from Jewish groups in Israel and the United States.
Religion is reasserting itself as an important part of individual and national identity in many of the Central and Eastern European countries where communist regimes once repressed religious worship and promoted atheism, a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, has praised the Albanian Government's policies and practices to promote and protect interreligious harmony and co-existence in the country.
Thousands of Lutherans and other Christians from around the world have gathered in Namibia and celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with the Namibian president and a representative of Pope Francis in the colorful crowd.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has pledged his support and payers for persecuted Christians around the world, as well as to members of other religions persecuted for their beliefs.
Thousands of Indonesians have gathered outside Cipinang prison in East Jakarta to express solidarity with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama who, just hours earlier, had been serving as the governor of Jakarta.
During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Coptic Christians have organized daily meals for their Muslim neighbors in Cairo to show communal solidarity after recent deadly attacks by Islamist extremists.
ACT Alliance, together with a range of other ecumenical actors, issued a joint statement for World Refugee Day 2017 calling the unprecedented global refugee crisis "an opportunity to grow together."
U.S. President Donald Trump is a man who seems able to rile those how might support him and even those who have. Trump is now facing anger and could face problems from his own base as his administration increases its attempts to deport Iraqi Christians, whom he had undertaken to protect from what has been referred to as extermination in the Middle East
U.S. President Donald Trump is a man who seems able to rile those how might support him and even those who have. Trump is now facing anger and could face problems from his own base as his administration increases its attempts to deport Iraqi Christians, whom he had undertaken to protect from what has been referred to as extermination in the Middle East
An extremist man from a group of anti-secular Jews known as haredi has been indicted by an Israeli court for attempting to attack the head of the Israel Defense Force Manpower Directorate, and for issuing threats against him., highlighting a conundrum facing authorities around the conscription of young people into the armed forces.
