Dhaka: A Hindu priest was hacked to death on Friday at a temple in Bangladesh, police and senior administrative officials said. Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people, has seen a surge in violent attacks in few months on liberal activists, members of minority Muslim sects and other religiousContinue Reading
Washington: Next Tuesday marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. At a time when religions are so often in conflict with each other, a house of worship in Washington D.C. stands out as a place of unity. Every Friday inside a historic church, there is a call toContinue Reading
A Christian priest and two members of the country’s security forces have been killed by suspected Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula’s turbulent north.Continue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Wednesday called for a moment of silent prayer for all those affected by a suicide attack in Istanbul’s international airport which killed dozens of people and injured some 150 others. “Yesterday evening, in Istanbul, a brutal terrorist attack was committed, which has killed and injuredContinue Reading
Moscow: Christians in Russia won’t be allowed to email their friends an invitation to church or to evangelize in their own homes if Russia’s newest set of surveillance and anti-terrorism laws are enacted. The proposed laws, considered the country’s most restrictive measures in post-Soviet history, place broad limitations on missionaryContinue Reading
Rome: Italian actor Bud Spencer, who starred in a string of spaghetti westerns and comedies with Terence Hill, died on Monday (June 27) in Rome aged 86, his family confirmed. “With our deepest regrets, we have to tell you that Bud is flying to his next journey,” his family saidContinue Reading
Hindu community has condemned the reported damaging of ancient Otomi Indian religious site deep in the forest in Hidalgo State of Mexico. American Hindu religious leader Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was really sad to learn about the reported toppling of stone altars; scatteringContinue Reading
Jesuit Refugee Service plans to withdraw from Sri Lanka by the yearendContinue Reading
Turkey has suffered several bombings in recent months linked to Kurdish or Islamic State group militantsContinue Reading
Although the number of casualties may not cross the world-attention threshold, the story of what happened in al-Bayda-1, a settlement outside Alexandria, is indicative of a pattern faced by minority Christians in Egypt when failure of the rule of law and religious prejudice become the order of the day. OnContinue Reading
