Sept. 11 hearing postponed for Ramadan: lawyer
A preliminary hearing for five men accused in the 9/11 attacks has been postponed for 10 days due to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Czechs pass $3.6-billion religious property restitution
Czech lawmakers passed a bill Saturday on the restitution of assets worth up to 2.95 billion euros ($3.6 billion) seized from 17 religious denominations by Czechoslovakia's communist regime in 1948-89.
Debate over circumcision ruling rages in Germany
A German court decision branding the Muslim and Jewish rite of circumcising baby boys a criminal act has left disbelief, outrage and serious legal questions in its wake.
US calls on Iran to release Christian pastor
The United States on Monday called on Iran to release Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was imprisoned in 2009 and condemned to death for converting from Islam to Christianity.
PHOTO: Nazarbayev opened new mosque in Astana on Capital’s Day
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, opened Zhazret Sultan mosque in Astana on the Capital’s Day.
Church of England set to vote on women bishops
The Church of England is set to take a final vote on Monday on whether to ordain women bishops, after years of wrangling between traditionalists and liberals.
Pope appoints German archbishop to lead orthodoxy watchdog
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday appointed German archbishop Ludwig Mueller, a conservative theologian with liberal leanings, to head up the Vatican's powerful orthodoxy watchdog.
Scientologists 'creepy,' says Murdoch on Tom Cruise
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch weighed in on the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce story Sunday, saying he thinks Scientologists are "creepy" and possibly even evil.
'Nuns on the Bus' taking America by storm
Signing autographs along the way, a group of Catholic nuns is taking a road trip across America to stand up for the poor.