The government is considering a change in the law to exclude the religion of individuals from marriage certificates. This follows demands by minority groups, including Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists, now

The Arab world's most famous actor, Adel Imam, has been sentenced to three months in jail for ‘defaming Islam’ in several roles on stage and screen, the Egyptian comic said on Thursday.

A Cairo court

An Indian American has filed a lawsuit in California suing US comedian Jay Leno for what he calls ‘racist’ comments on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Leno "hurt the sentiments of all Sikh people in a

An ‘explosive’ film containing clips of extremists shooting Christians in the head and an Islamic flag flying over the White House has been shown to NYPD officers as part of their training, raising co

Iran has banned actress Golshifteh Farahani from returning home after she posed topless for a French news magazine.

Farahani posed for Madame Le Figaro magazine as a symbolic protest against strictur

Controversial writer Salman Rushdie may not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival beginning on Friday, informed sources said on Tuesday, as a leading Muslim scholar asked him to apologise for hurting

Writer Salman Rushdie’s India visit to attend this weekend’s Jaipur Literature Festival looks uncertain, with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot telling Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesda

It was confusion all around at the Sabarimala temple and its premises on Saturday evening as thousands of pilgrims offered prayers as twice ‘lights’ were seen lit up the Punnambalamedu at around 6.40

Students appearing for SSC and Inter Board exams in the coming months will be debarred for one to eight years if they write the names of Gods or draw any religious symbols on answer scripts.

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A 60-year-old bishop in Los Angeles has given his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI after it was disclosed he was the father of two teenage children, the Vatican said.

Benedict has accepted the resig