Nigeria's Maj. Gen. Iliya Abbah was chosen to lead the 8,700-strong Multinational Joint Task Force to fight militants.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya saw the Nigerian leader's failure to visit sooner as a snub.
The Chinese Communist Party has been recently cracking down on religious cults.
The satanic statue was unveiled on Saturday in a location that was kept secret from attendees until the last minute.
China's Communist Party, obsessed with social stability, brooks no challenge to its rule. It has cracked down on cults, which have multiplied in recent years. Demonstrations have been put down with force and some sect leaders executed.
The Talmud lists five tragedies inflicted on the Jewish people on the 9th of Av.
"Fear is being disguised as respect," Rushdie says.
The shootings in Chattanooga by a young Muslim man have sparked a debate within the American Muslim community.
The French satirical magazine’s editor says he won't be drawing any more cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Every day appears to bring with it another terrorist attack, but exactly who are the militant groups behind them?
Chadian authorities instituted a ban on the head-to-toe Islamic veil last month following a series of suicide bombings.
The order allows religious groups to refuse gay marriages if they have a "sincerely held religious belief" that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Traditional Chinese religions like Taoism and Buddhism aren't as popular as Islam and Catholicism among younger people.
More than 14 million worshipers and pilgrims have flocked to the holiest city in Islam so far this Ramadan.
A decade ago, four British Muslims detonated homemade bombs on three underground trains and a bus in London.
Scientology leader David Miscavige now has his dad's forthcoming memoir to deal with after the damning doc "Going Clear."
Singapore has already pledged $200,000 to the humanitarian fund, which will help the thousands of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi migrants.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Ten Commandments statue on the state grounds must be removed.
Israel and Jordan have reportedly been in secret talks about the possibility of reopening the Temple Mount to non-Muslim visitors.
The Dalai Lama shared his thoughts about various global issues on the closing day of the Glastonbury music festival in the U.K.
President Francois Hollande is dealing with new security fears less than six months after an attack by Islamist gunmen at Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish food store in Paris.
A survey from the Public Religion Research Institute looks at American attitudes about patriotism and America’s moral standing.