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Indian bishop accuses Hindus and Muslims of \'love jihad\' against Christian women
Indian bishop accuses Hindus and Muslims of 'love jihad' against Christian women

Mar Mathew Anikkuzhikkattil says that Christian women are being lured away from the faith by offers of marriage.

Magna Carta: Justin Welby joins the Queen, David Cameron to mark historic anniversary
Magna Carta: Justin Welby joins the Queen, David Cameron to mark historic anniversary

Queen Elizabeth led celebrations on Monday to mark 800 years since the sealing of the Magna Carta.

Think Muslim, think terrorist: Poll reveals British attitudes toward Islam
Think Muslim, think terrorist: Poll reveals British attitudes toward Islam

More British people associate the word "Muslim" with terror and terrorism than with any other quality, according to an Islamic Relief survey.

More priests needed as Catholicism witnesses boom in Asia and Africa
More priests needed as Catholicism witnesses boom in Asia and Africa

A new study on worldwide Church trends says there is a great need for parishes and priests as the global Catholic group continues to grow rapidly.

Gay Anglican priest begins discrimination case against Church
Gay Anglican priest begins discrimination case against Church

An Anglican priest who was barred from a job as a hospital chaplain because he is in a same-sex marriage begins his discrimination case against the Church at an employment tribunal today.

Islamic State teenager said to be UK\'s youngest suicide bomber
Islamic State teenager said to be UK's youngest suicide bomber

A 17-year-old who left northern England to join Islamic State was reported to have become Britain's youngest suicide bomber when he blew himself up in a car in northern Iraq.

Kay Warren shares about early years of \'marital hell\' as she and Rick renew their vows
Kay Warren shares about early years of 'marital hell' as she and Rick renew their vows

The founders of Saddleback Church renewed their vows this weekend just before their 40th anniversary but Kay also shared about the challenges they faced in their early years.

Abolish religious assemblies in schools, says new report
Abolish religious assemblies in schools, says new report

Religious assemblies in schools should be abolished, a new report says today.

David Cameron on Magna Carta: Reputation of human rights \'distorted and devalued\' in Britain
David Cameron on Magna Carta: Reputation of human rights 'distorted and devalued' in Britain

Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Monday that the principles of liberty, justice and democracy enshrined in the Magna Carta underpin his plan to overhaul human rights laws.

Sudan president Omar al-Bashir barred from leaving South Africa
Sudan president Omar al-Bashir barred from leaving South Africa

A South African judge barred Sudan's indicted president from leaving the country on Sunday, in a deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country bias in the International Criminal Court.

\'Hello Earth\': Comet lander Philae wakes up after months of hibernation
'Hello Earth': Comet lander Philae wakes up after months of hibernation

As if waking up from a long, deep slumber, the world's first ever comet lander has once again made contact with its team back on Earth after months of hibernation.

Senior Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar \'killed\' in US air strike in Libya
Senior Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar 'killed' in US air strike in Libya

A veteran Islamist militant, blamed for masterminding an Algerian gas field attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa, has been killed in a US air strike inside Libya, Libya's recognised government said on Sunday.

In post-gender Europe, lines between men and women are being blurred
In post-gender Europe, lines between men and women are being blurred

Europe is shaping up to be a post-gender world, but in some progressive countries, the movement is pushing the gender boundaries into blurring the lines between men and women.

New human species may develop if space colonisation happens, experts say
New human species may develop if space colonisation happens, experts say

Astronomy professor Chris Impey from the University of Arizona believes that human beings will morph into another species once they leave the familiar environment of the Earth where they used to live in.

\'I trusted God,\' rescued Texas teen says after 15 hours lost at sea aboard paddle-less kayak
'I trusted God,' rescued Texas teen says after 15 hours lost at sea aboard paddle-less kayak

A teen from Texas on a missionary work was rescued off the coast of Honduras Thursday morning after missing aboard a kayak for 15 hours

US tries \'lily pad\' strategy against ISIS, sends more military advisers to Iraq
US tries 'lily pad' strategy against ISIS, sends more military advisers to Iraq

The US government has finally figured a way to defeat the terrorist campaign of the Islamic State in the Middle East-- and that is to reuse the "lily pad" strategy that did not work against the Taliban in Afghanistan.