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Shi'a Muslims gather at the Imam Abbas shrine in Karbala, Iraq, to mark Ashura.

Lamaa’s mother is calling for the execution of TV personality Faihan al Gameri for the murder of their daughter.

Bishop Tawadros will be enthroned as Egypt's 118th Coptic pope on 18 November.

Egypt's conservative groups have approved the introduction of Bible verses that do not conflict with Islamic principles.

About 3 million Muslim pilgrims from around the world gathered at the holy city of Mecca on 24 October to undertake their annual pilgrimage, the Hajj 2012.

Two Coptic Christian children held by police in Egypt after Imam accuses them of urinating on copy of Islamic holy book.

Muslims around the world observed Eid al-Fitr on 17 August with prayers and celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.

Fearing job loss, the 30-year old accountant who works in Dubai marries his fiancé in Egypt over Skype.

Ramadan, the first day of the Islamic holy month of the same name, was observed across the world with a sighting of the crescent moon, in the west sky at sunset on Friday

The Cairo-based Maria TV is being managed and run exclusively by women who wear the Islamic veil or niqab.

Every time we have a major football competition like Euro 2012 or the World Cup we have to put up with a lot of talk in the media about the British and English flags finally being "reclaimed from the far right".

A leather-bound Gospel of Barnabas, discovered in 2000, has come up with claims to cause collapse in Christianity worldwide, reports Iran's Basij Press.

Muslim groups and civil rights activists across the US are furious and have demanded the immediate resignation of the New York Police Department commissioner, Ray Kelly, after reports of secret surveillance of some mosques by the NYPD emerged.

Hajj Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia's holiest city exhibition features wealth of historic and artistic items.

The decision was taken following several complaints from local residents.

Some local Islamic leaders have even demanded that the writer should not be allowed to visit India.

The Biswa Ijtema, also known as the World Muslim's Congregation, is one of the largest congregations of the followers of Islam.

Israeli Knesset member Anastassia Michaeli threw water over her Arab colleague, Raleb Majadele, following a row.

Some of the Muslim MPs had consumed the meat which was served in the restaurants with the assurance that it was “halal”.

Female television hosts and newscasters in Egypt can now appear on air wearing a veil, which some of them argues is their religious right, and not a compulsion. An Egyptian court in Alexandria ruled Sunday that female state television hosts have the right to choose whether or not to wear a veil, saying that a veil does not "stand between the woman and her work and does not pose any obstacles for the working women," but rather "conserves her dignity."

Israeli security forces arrested prominent right-wing activists in the West Bank early Thursday, reports Haaretz.

With scuffles over the Muslim call to prayer, controversy over women's rights and accusations about freedom of expression being stifled, what is happening to diversity and tolerance in the state of Israel?

Indonesian sharia police are "morally rehabilitating" more than 60 young punk rock fans, who were holding a charity concert in Aceh province on Sumatra Island.

The new policy was announced following complaints from citizenship judges that it was difficult for them to ensure if burqa-clad people are actually reciting the oath.

Khurram Masih, who stays in Majeed Park, Shahdara Town, Lahore, faces charges under Section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code for allegedly burning pages of the Koran.

America has attempted to reinstate diplomatic ties with Iran for the first time in more than three decades by launching a "virtual" U.S. Embassy Tehran. The Iranian government has blocked internal access to the website.

An Australian has been sentenced to a year in prison and 500 lashes after being convicted of blasphemy in Saudi Arabia.

The current nude magazine controversy goes hand-in-hand with the new publicity shoots of the fourth season of television show "Swayamvar 4" featuring Veena Mailk in "Veena Ka Vivaah" (Veena Malik's marriage).

A suicide bomber has attacked a shrine in Afghan capital Kabul during the Shia holy day of Ashura.