Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have sued Augusta State University in Georgia on behalf of a counseling student who claims the university told her to deny her Christian beliefs in order to graduate.

Jennifer Keeton, 24, who is pursuing a master's degree in counseling, said she was ordered to ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain's parliament has rejected a proposal to a ban women from wearing in public places Islamic veils that reveal only the eyes.

The proposal was debated late Tuesday; 183 lawmakers opposed the ban, 162 lawmakers voted for it and two abstained.

The nonbinding proposal had been put ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country's universities to prevent what it sees as a threat to its secular identity, as similar moves in Europe spark cries of discrimination against Muslims.

The Education Ministry issued the ban Sunday, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa — not Mecca — while praying.

Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it made a mistake when issuing an edict in March saying the holy city in Saudi Arabia ...

Two major broadcasters have refused to air an advertisement urging Americans to protest the building of a mosque and Islamic cultural center just blocks from the ruins of the World Trade Center.

NBC and CBS refused to broadcast the 60-second ad, which is sponsored by the National Republican Trust, a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of opponents and some supporters of a mosque planned near ground zero attended a raucous hearing Tuesday about whether the building where the Muslim place of worship would be created warrants designation as a city landmark and should be protected from development.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick ...

In a follow-up to its "Leaving Islam?" bus campagin, Stop the Islamization of America has launched a "pro-freedom" cab ad campaign in Chicago against honor killings.

The campaign aims both to offer safety to girls in trouble and to raise awareness nationwide about a little-acknowledged problem. "Honor Killing Victim" is ...

PARIS (AP) — France's lower house of parliament has approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite serious concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates.

There were 336 votes for the bill and just one against at the National Assembly. Most ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When senators were tripping over one another to run for president in 2008, a number of them turned to a Senate adviser to discuss campaign challenges and opportunities. It didn't matter that their opponents were talking to the same ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — You might call it Sarah Palin's introduction to the cubs.

A biography of the former Alaska governor and self-described "mama grizzly" is set for release in September by Christian book publisher Zondervan.

"Speaking Up: The Sarah Palin Story" is one in a series of biographies aimed ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI on Friday named a senior Vatican official to run the scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ after an eight-month investigation of the order.

The Vatican announcement said Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, an Italian who heads the Holy See's financial office, will serve as papal delegate ...

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Like most North Koreans, Son Jong-nam knew next to nothing about Christianity when he fled to neighboring China in 1998. Nearly 11 years later, he died back in North Korea in prison, reportedly tortured to death for trying to spread the Gospel in his native land, armed with 20 ...

NEW ORLEANS | Where would Jesus drill?

Religious leaders who consider environmental protection a godly mission are making the Gulf of Mexico oil spill a rallying cry, hoping it inspires people of faith to support cleaner energy while changing their personal lives to consume less and contemplate more.

"This is ...

LONDON (AP) — The Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion.

If that happens, it would appear to be a ...

Holy wars are breaking out all over New York.

Three separate plans to build Muslim worship centers in New York City have proved more difficult and contentious than expected, igniting protests by local residents and anti-jihad activists and prompting charges of "Islamophobia" and bigotry.

The three projects raise different sets ...

NEEDHAM, Mass. | Old and new intersect at First Parish Church in Massachusetts, which holds 18th-century timber in its walls and displays proof of its 21st-century energy efficiency with an "Energy Star" plaque by the door.

"Energy Star" status, more commonly associated with dishwashers and refrigerators, is now available to ...

A controversial billboard that a secularist group put up on Billy Graham Parkway in North Carolina was defaced over the weekend by spray painters who inserted the words "under God" on the sign.

The original sign, one of several placed across the state, read "One Nation Indivisible," making the point ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An ideologically split Supreme Court ruled Monday that a law school can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that won't let gays join.

The court turned away an appeal from the Christian Legal Society, which sued to get funding and recognition from the University of California's ...

VIENNA, Austria | Historically a potent symbol of Catholicism in Europe, Austria has in recent years been known more as the center of a taboo-breaking movement to liberalize the church.

Now, reformers here are ramping up their campaign for change amid worldwide outrage over the priest sex-abuse scandal.

And while ...

The son of one of the founders of Hamas is turning his back not only on the organization that now controls Gaza, but the religion that so animates the followers of the group his father helped create. 

Speaking on Wednesday night to the Endowment for Middle East Truth, a pro-Israel ...