The horrifying video of what is believed to be a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street was smuggled out of the country and given to Students for a Free Tibet, which has released it to the media and posted it on YouTube.
The recent death of 15 eunuchs, or "hijras", in a fire in New Delhi has cast a spotlight on this little-known and often marginalised community.
India's community of eunuchs, transvestites and transsexuals mourned Monday for 15 of their numbers killed in a deadly blaze at a ceremony in New Delhi.
A disgraced former archbishop of Boston who resigned in 2002 following a scandal involving the sexual abuse of children by priests has retired from his job as head of a major Roman basilica.
Activists in Jerusalem are campaigning against gender segregation and the censorship of women in the public sphere, as enforced by ultra-orthodox Haredi Jews.
A new U.S. reality TV show claims to give a unique glimpse of the American Muslim community, exploding stereotypes along the way.
A media report on Sunday revealed that the organisers of the 2012 London Olympic Games will, in a gesture designed to promote the country’s multi-cultural stance, allow Sikh athletes and spectators to wear ceremonial daggers.
The Vatican is taking legal action against Italian clothing company Benetton over the use of an ad picture showing Pope Benedict XVI kissing a leading imam as part of a new global campaign.
Italian fashion label Benetton has withdrawn a picture showing the Pope kissing a leading imam from its new advertising campaign after the Vatican issued a fierce condemnation.
The Queen has attended a service at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 400th year of the King James Bible.
Slain al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has been described by the new al Qaida chief al-Zawahiri as 'sensitive' man.
On Sunday, the Queen laid a wreath at London's Cenotaph, in the Whitehall, as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies across the UK. Remembrance Day is an annual British and Commonwealth tradition that honors the contribution of soldiers from these nations in past wars and conflicts.
Vatican insiders revealed that Pope Benedict XVI is suffering from arthritis, a degenerative disease of the joints, which makes it difficult for him to walk.
With 11.11.11 now upon us and the world still turning, the latest doomsday theory has been firmly placed in the crack-pot pile.
An Indian court has found 31 Hindus guilty of killing dozens of Muslims by setting fire to a building in Gujarat state in 2002, in one of India's worst outbreak of sectarian violence in recent years.
A Vatican newspaper has touted Tintin as "a Catholic hero".
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will have leaders representing nine faiths to celebrate and create the most diverse Games experience. With 261 days for the mega event, the nine faith leaders toured the Olympic Park on Tuesday.
Maxwell Zachs wants to become Britain's first transgender rabbi and is set to feature in a new television show.
The High Court has ruled that the Catholic Church can be held legally responsible for priests charged with child abuse.
Prince under strict instructions from Gila Bend mayor not to mess around with the town’s young women
Sixteen people were crushed to death and many others severely injured in a stampede at a religious ceremony on Tuesday in India.
The killer of schoolgirl Milly Dowler has converted to Islam and has changed his name in jail, it has been reported.
Sunday marked the Eid al-Adha feast, celebrated throughout the world by millions of Muslims.
Malaysian authorities have banned a controversial guide to Islamic sex published by the notorious Obedient Wives Club, the Wall Street Journal reports.
With the hajj under way, Muslims from around the world reflect on their religion and beliefs, and while Muslims performing the Hajj are mostly adults, the pilgrimage is often explained from a young age.
Historical prejudices about Jews, and their relationship to money and power, are on the rise in the United States, says a nationwide poll.
As the Hajj is underway, millions of Muslims have now reached Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage which is also one of the five pillars of Islam.
23-year-old Dimitri Bogotich, who has been sentenced to 69 months in prison for leading a violent racist group, said he joined the group while serving as a soldier in the Israel Defence Forces.
Life for All, a Lahore-based activist group, has published case studies of all those accused under the blasphemy law in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Occupy protesters camping outside St Paul's Cathedral may stay for good, say the anti-capitalists pitched there.
