RELIGION

A statement from the Church of Scientology slammed Leah Remini for her comments on the 20/20 interview and said she acted like a "spoiled entitled diva."

Senegal’s President Macky Sall said imams must be trained to promote “tolerant Islam” and the Muslim majority nation should have the “courage to fight this excessive form.”

Because foods are already packaged, using separate containers for stocking "halal" and "haram" items shouldn't be required, Wan Ji Wan Hussin asserted.

Mormons in same-sex marriages and their children are now subject to excommunication, a stricter standard than the church previously enforced.

Researchers at the University of Chicago found that children from nonreligious households were more altruistic than those who came from faith-based homes.

Fifty-eight journalists were fired days after the outlets were placed under new court-ordered management, in the lead-up and aftermath of Sunday's parliamentary vote.

The news comes two days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party secured a landslide victory following five months of political standoff.

Government investigators found some inmates used tobacco to pay off Islamic extremist inmates in several U.K. prisons.

Described as the fastest-growing religious movement in the Americas, the cult of Santa Muerte is about seeking safe passage to the afterlife.

The graphic from the African nation's army includes Abubakar Shekau, the alleged leader of the militant group.

Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive religious cleric who lives in a gated-farming community in Pennsylvania, has been placed on a most-wanted terrorist list along with leaders of the Islamic State group.

The winner of this year's Sakharov prize is serving a 10-year prison sentence over his writings, which criticized Saudi Arabian religious authorities.

Among the decreasing number of South Koreans who trust religion, a new survey says Catholicism remains the most supported faith.

"The rescued persons, which comprised eight males, 138 females and 192 children, have since been evacuated," Nigeria’s military spokesman said Wednesday.

Violence has left about 50 Palestinians and 10 Israelis dead in the past month at the holy site called the Noble Sanctuary by Muslims and the Temple Mount by Jews.

Orthodox Ashkenazic synagogue Poile Zedek in New Brunswick is over 100 years old and was named a historical building in 1995.

Donald Trump was asked whether he would follow a British proposal to close some mosques as a counterterrorism measure. "I would do that, absolutely, I think it's great," he said.

The UN is concerns about a proposal by some Arab nations to classify the Western Wall -- one of the holiest sites in Judaism -- as part of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is a controversial movement that has called for the establishment of a state based on the Islamic model of a caliphate but has rejected violence.

The U.S. military reportedly will carry out surveillance and intelligence missions against Boko Haram inside Nigeria as part of its deployment to West Africa.

Evolving with the times, a 122-year-old interfaith event now embraces religions that have traditionally been excluded.