RELIGION

Academy Award-winning filmmaker tells IBTimes UK about his latest documentary, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In the House of God.

Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney speaks to the IB Times UK about his latest film, Mex Maxima Culpa: In the House of God

Yemeni man claims to have found copy of the Koran deep inside a cave and test reportedly shows it is genuine.

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

Local media reports that flyers warning of death threats have been issued in certain Christian-dominated areas.

Hajj Commission says it did not deport female pilgrims but the Nigerian government pulled them back.

Islamic clerics place bounty on filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula saying whoever kills him will get gold equal to his body weight.

Harry Potter author's new book, The Casual Vacancy, describes a Sikh female student as hairy.

Paolo Gabriele, accused of leaking sensitive Vatican documents, is likely to be convicted as he had already confessed.

French minister Manuel Valls says foreigners in the country must respect its laws and values.

Yoga is a trans-cultural and trans-continental phenomenon, which has nothing to do with Hinduism or any other religion

The women, on their way to Mecca, were required to bring a male with them.

Campaign groups believe the true number of child sex abuse cases is much higher than the church admits.

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo which caricatures religious figures of all faiths, has gone ahead with publishing its cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in defiance of the recent worldwide Muslim protests.

Karen King, professor of religion at the Harvard Divinity School, unveils a 4x8-cm papyrus fragment that reads "Jesus said to them, my wife," suggesting Jesus had a wife.

The Jewish new year is a time for spiritual and physical renewal, symbolised by ten days of reflection and shared feasts.

Pope Benedict XVI concludes his three-day visit to Lebanon with an open-air mass on Beirut waterfront.

The violence and protests continue today in Sudan, Turkey, Lebanon and Cairo over an alleged anti-Muslim film. With reports just in, that protesters have attacked, the US and Germany Embassies in Sudan and smoke can be seen rising from the buildings.

An emotional debate about religious freedom in Germany has raised its head again, following the controversial ruling in June by a court banning circumcisions in Cologne which has outraged Jews and Muslims.

Meet the real life exorcist, Hermes Cifuentes, known as Brother Hermes in Colombia, who claims to have performed more than 35,000 exorcism rituals in the past 25 years.

Founder of Moonies, or Unification Church, founded worldwide religious movement on anti-Communist paranoia and strong political ties.

Moonies enter 13-day period of mourning for Rev Moon, self-styled messiah.

Police yet to determine the cause of the killing, but they are probing a blasphemy angle.

Angry Muslims demand arrest of girl accused of burning verses from Koran in public.

Berlin demonstrators claim to be exercising freedom of speech, while Muslims see actions as deliberate provocation.

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.

Hundreds of Hindu devotees turn up at Gokarna Temple on Bagmati River, to celebrate Kuse Aunsi - the Nepalese celebration of fatherhood.

As most vitamins contain pork gelatin, the pharmacist decided to make halal vitamins for Muslims.

A place completely isolated to the outside world, this is the underground compound of the radical Islamic sect in Kazan, Russia that was raided last week.