RELIGION

Australia also deported a suspected French extremist who arrived in the country two days after last month's attacks in Paris.

The addition of Yom Kippur puts the U.N. official holiday list at 11.

To curb the growing number of attacks by Boko Haram female suicide bombers, West African leaders are seeking to bar women from wearing Islamic veils in public.

A backlash erupted in a Virginia school district after students were asked to practice Arabic calligraphy and write a Muslim statement of faith.

For Mexicans and Catholics around the world, the day marks the celebration of a miraculous event dating back to 1531.

A Senate committee voted Thursday in favor of a nonbinding measure saying that barring entry based on religion is un-American.

An Alabama chapter of the Ku Klux Klan is said to have distributed recruitment fliers about fighting "the spread of Islam."

The term Islamophobia has become common only recently, although anti-Muslim and anti-Islam views are hardly new.

As the U.S. has stepped up an airstrike campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria, the Dalai Lama says dialogue is the only way forward.

These Hanukkah prayers will make sure you are all set to light a menorah this holiday season.

From the Book of Exodus to the "miracle" that followed a massacre.

Hanukkah starts Dec. 6 and runs until Dec. 14. Here are a few things to know about the holiday.

“We condemn this horrific and revolting attack and offer our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of all those killed or injured,” said Hussam Ayloush, CAIR-LA executive director.

Jewish organizations in Paris had vowed to hold public Hanukkah ceremonies, including a live concert beginning at sundown Sunday to honor the Jewish holiday. 

Hannukah, The Festival of Lights, will be observed by Jews worldwide starting on the evening of Dec. 6.

Pope Francis has shaken up the Catholic Church since he took office, and now he has turned his attention to long-standing allegations of financial corruption.

The rabbinate says it helps Jewish soldiers in the military find strength through religious inspiration to bolster their “sense of mission.”

Pope Francis aims to heal the Christian-Muslim divide and stem violence in Central African Republic. But there’s speculation over what the pontiff can achieve within his short visit to the war-torn country.

The attention the 14-year-old received after being arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school ultimately forced the family to leave the U.S., they say.

The Church of Scientology was shut down in Moscow after a court decided it was not covered by a freedom-of-religion clause.

"We will never forget what they did here, and we will have our revenge,” said a Yazidi whose family members were found in a mass grave in the northern Iraq town.