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The comments come a year after a UN report was strongly critical of the church's record on child protection.

The pair was part of a cult called the Church of Almighty God. In recent years, China has come down hard on illegal religions.

Days before India's capital votes in a crucial local election, a church was vandalized in the fifth such incident in the city since November.

Authorities are investigating whether Christians were forcibly converted to Hinduism in a Wednesday ceremony organized by Vishnu Hindu Parishad.

The child was questioned by police in Nice after he allegedly expressed "solidarity" with the gunmen who attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo.

President Obama said that it was the government's responsibility to uphold religious freedom in a diverse country like India.

The satirical magazine will be available online for as long as stocks last.

Lutz Bachmann, who founded Pegida in September, is under investigation for incitement to racial hatred.

Lutz Bachmann, who heads the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, has been criticized for a photo of him styled like Adolf Hitler.

That's how young French Muslims feel after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.

The video purports to show the Islamist militant group's leader claiming the attack on the Nigerian town that killed thousands of civilians.

Lawmakers said the pencils symbolized free speech after the attack against the French satirical magazine.

"Pretending it's not here won't make it go away," Jindal said.

The clashes were triggered after a Hindu boy was allegedly kidnapped by a Muslim girl's family, and was subsequently found dead.

Early reports indicate about 80 people, most of them children, were kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Sunday morning.

The march had been banned in the wake of separate protests over Charlie Hebdo's depictions of the Prophet Muhammad.

Pope Francis dedicated his Mass both to the young and to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,000 in the country in 2013.

Ten people are now believed to have been killed during protests in Niger, where anger erupted over cartoons published by Charlie Hebdo.

"Today's march is a strong signal, a warning to Boko Haram," Chad's prime minister says Saturday.

In a full-page newspaper ad, the Church of Scientology says an upcoming HBO documentary on the faith contains false information.

In the wake of the "Je Suis Charlie" solidarity, the arrest of a French comedian over a Facebook post is drawing charges of hypocrisy.