RELIGION

Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jews of ancient Persia from destruction.

A district attorney is investigating the death of a two-week old boy on Sept. 28 2011 at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn after contracting herpes, following an Orthodox, ritual circumcision.

“Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom” hits bookstores in September.

Republican presidential frontrunner takes five out of 10 states but Rick Santorum stays in the running.

Rick Santorum has been projected winner of the Oklahoma primary.

Idaho could potentially offer Rep. Ron Paul his first primary win in the 2012 Republican race.

With respect to Hitler and Nazism, the links to India and Hinduism were deeper and more profound.

Drew Brees is livid at the Saints for trying to franchise him.

Kirk Cameron made headlines over the weekend after he appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight and called homosexuality unnatural and destructive. Cameron's comments were slammed by GLAAD and many celebrities, but the Evangelical Christian has also received an outpouring of support, particularly from those defending his freedom of speech.

The Bihar Mahavir Mandir Trust held a foundation-laying ceremony on Monday for a $20 million Angkor Wat replica project in India's Bihar state.

Though India's Festival of Colors doesn't officially start until March 8, Lathmar Holi attracted thousands of revelers over the weekend to the small villages of Barsana and Nandgaon.

A whopping 2,895 Buddha statues and fragments have been excavated recently in northern China’s Hebei province.

The Islamist group has announced a war on Christians and will launch a series of coordinated attacks in order to annihilate the entire Christian community living in the northern parts of the country.

India has enjoyed generally benevolent relations with the Jewish state.

Hundreds of people from across India gathered at Barsana, a small village near Mathura in India, to play Lathmar Holi.

Full of big hair, big jewelry and big personalities, GCB is stirring up trouble in the Christian community.

Got 48 hours to explore Singapore? The Asian financial and business centre has undergone a makeover in recent years and it is now also a playground for Asia's rich where sleek skyscrapers meet quaint shops.

Calling it a sickness to this world, members of the formless 'hacktivist' group of computer programmers known as Anonymous informally declared war on religion on Friday, March 2, hacking the websites of three Christian organizations all based in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. The homepages for Bethel Outreach International Church, Charlotte International Church, and Crossfire Ministries were all replaced with the 30-minute long YouTube video, Richard Dawkins: An Atheist....

Christians fear a radical Islamist government will take over once Assad is gone.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle were eager to make the Blunt Amendment debate a very public battle. The fight was close, and the arguments were loud. Here are some standout quotes from the days leading up to the final 51-48 vote.

A study says Roberts Court justices are better educated than their predecessors, have spent more time in academia and serving on the federal appeals courts. But is that kind of experience necessarily a good thing?