Pakistan's Muslim extremists chop off man's hands for refusing to convert to Islam
A Pakistani Christian man's both hands were chopped off allegedly by some Muslim men for refusing to convert to Islam, media reports said today.
Jul 13, 2016, 21:01 PM IST
Christians should ask gay community for forgiveness for past treatment: Pope Francis
Pope Francis has said Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people and seek their forgiveness for the way they have been treated.
Jun 27, 2016, 09:21 AM IST
World needs Christians: Pope Francis
The world needs Christians because it needs their "courage, hope, faith and perseverance", Pope Francis tweeted on Tuesday.
May 17, 2016, 22:32 PM IST
People of all faiths shouldn't challenge CPC leadership: Xi Jinping
Ordering officials to resolutely guard against "overseas infiltrations" into China in the name of religion, President Xi Jinping has asserted that people of all faiths in the country should not challenge the leadership of the ruling Communist Party, the state media reported today.
Apr 24, 2016, 16:57 PM IST
Modi govt seeks data on recruitment of minorities in govt jobs
The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday asked all Central ministries to give data on recruitment of minorities during 2015-16 and provide reasons for any decline in percentage of such recruitment.
Apr 12, 2016, 22:26 PM IST
Nuclear armed Pakistan poses a major terrorist threat: Donald Trump
Ahead of the crucial Nuclear Security Summit, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has claimed he alone can solve the problem of Islamist terrorism with a nuclear armed Pakistan posing a "vital" issue.
Mar 30, 2016, 20:02 PM IST
Taliban faction taunts Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif after Easter Day bombing
The Pakistani militants who bombed a Lahore park on Easter Sunday, killing 70 people, taunted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday, declaring their war had come to his doorstep.
Mar 29, 2016, 12:29 PM IST
Nawaz Sharif vows to eradicate terrorism from Pakistan
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday vowed to eliminate terrorism from his country.
Mar 28, 2016, 23:47 PM IST
Pope Francis urges better security for religious minorities in Pakistan
Pope Francis on Monday appealed to Pakistani authorities to step up security for religious minorities after the "abhorrent" suicide bombing targeting Christians which killed scores in Lahore.
Mar 28, 2016, 17:10 PM IST
Islamic State committed genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims: United States
The Islamic State militant group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shi`ite Muslims, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change U.S. policy toward the group.
Mar 17, 2016, 21:02 PM IST
'Devastating' Islamist violence is uniting Christians: Pope
Today, the Pope said the Ethiopian church "had been a church of martyrs since its inception”.
Feb 29, 2016, 21:07 PM IST
Man tonsured, paraded on streets for 'converting' Hindus to Christianity, forcibly making them eat 'beef'
Of late, religious conversion and beef have been in the news for different reasons..
Jan 30, 2016, 07:15 AM IST
7.5 lakh Muslims, Christians re-converted to Hinduism in last 10 years: Praveen Togadia
Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia on Friday claimed that his organisation had re-converted more than five lakh Christians and 2.5 lakh Muslims to Hinduism in the last ten years.
Jan 08, 2016, 23:37 PM IST
Move to fire US professor who said Muslims, Christians worship same God
Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian university outside of Chicago, said on Tuesday it was taking steps to fire a tenured political science professor after she wrote in a Facebook post that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
Jan 06, 2016, 16:56 PM IST
US Prez Barack Obama weeps as he unveils gun control measures
Barack Obama summoned the memory of the 20 elementary school children killed three years ago in Newtown, Connecticut.
Jan 06, 2016, 00:20 AM IST
RSS says Ram temple will be built but refuses to spell out timeline for it's construction
A senior RSS leader on Monday said Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya but refused to spell out the timeline while saying that it should happen peacefully with Muslims and Christians also joining in the endeavour.
Jan 05, 2016, 00:17 AM IST
After its Muslim outfit, now RSS to launch Rashtriya Isai Manch to woo Christians?
In a bid to reach out to Christian community, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is likely to set up an outfit - Rashtriya Isai Manch. It will be on the lines of RSS' Muslim Rashtriya Manch.
Jan 04, 2016, 12:46 PM IST
Historic Vatican accord with Palestine takes effect
The Vatican`s first accord with the Palestinians -- an agreement that Israel has attacked as counter-productive to the Middle East peace process -- has come into force, the Holy See announced Saturday.
Jan 02, 2016, 22:16 PM IST
'God created Eve with a bone taken from Adam's penis'
Not surprisingly, Zevit’s phallic interpretation of the Biblical story has come under fire from outraged Christians.
Jan 01, 2016, 17:44 PM IST
Census 2011: Muslims in Gujarat ahead in child sex ratio
Also according to the census data, literacy rate among Muslim women in Gujarat is higher than among their Hindu counterparts.
Jan 01, 2016, 16:06 PM IST
