RELIGION

Islamist sect Boko Haram, whose attacks have killed hundreds in oil-rich Nigeria, will continue its campaign until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member was quoted as saying on Saturday: We have our sights set on [bringing sharia to] the whole world, not just Nigeria.

uring the second world war, the Norwegian president Vidkun Quisling, ordered the registration of 2,100 Jewish Norwegians.

Boko Haram threatened Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan this week. Speaking in an audio message that was posted online, rebel leader Imam Abubakar Shekau said that he was willing to martyr himself to make Jonathan see.

A group of ultra-superstitious people in the Indian city of Nirmal in the state of Andhra Pradesh have killed a teenage boy, 14, in a belief that the sacrifice would help obtain hidden treasure in the region. The gruesome gang crime was committed on Thursday, which was India’s 63rd Republic Day.

The Chinese New Year celebration is expected to increase strong demand for gold in Asia, according to industry experts.

Mexican fast-food chain Taco Bell will begin serving breakfast, and not just to people who wander in at 3 A.M.

The average Muslim convert in the U.K. is described as a “27-year-old white woman.”

A coalition of veterans say retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin's inflammatory rhetoric is incompatible with Army values, and only puts our troops in danger.

Alaska Airlines announced on Wednesday that it would discontinue its decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with meals.

By her own standards, Dalit queen Kumari Mayawati's birthday celebrations were low-key this year because of the assembly elections. The huge crowds of gaping admirers were missing this year.

President Barack Obama sure does have a knack for contradicting himself.

A lawsuit was filed in California against comedian Jay Leno, over a Mitt Romney joke, which showed a picture of the religion's holy Golden Temple of Amritsar as the presidential candidate summer home. The plaintiff, Indian-American Randeep Dhillon, called it a racist slur against Sikhs.

An Indian couple's fight with the Norwegian government appears to be coming to an end after authorities have agreed to handover the children to their grandparents in Kolkata, India.

The Westboro Baptist Church, known for its infamous God Hates Fags slogan and unwelcome funeral pickets, has announced that it will protest at the funeral of renowned Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno.

Jay Leno Outrages Sikhs With Joke Referring to Golden Temple

The nude photo of Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani has enraged several members of the Muslim community, particularly since one of the more principal tenets of Islamic fundamentalism has always been to ban women from any degree of nudity. The decision by Farahani, therefore, is a bold one and one that has, predictably, sparked controversy across the world. However, she isn't the first Islamic actress who has shed her clothes and her inhibitions. There are at least 3 others who have already ...

The comment by the U.S. comedian Jay Leno on the Golden Temple of Amritsar, which is the holiest Sikh shrine, has been condemned by India.

After global protests on Wednesday which saw darkened Websites like Wikipedia and BoingBoing and a “virtual” strike by Google, on Friday SOPA, a creature of the U.S. House of Representatives, and PIPA, in the Senate, were essentially smothered.

Best-selling Indian writer Chetan Bhagat on Saturday criticised the support leant to authors whose books are banned for offending religious communities, a day after Salman Rushdie cancelled his trip to Jaipur citing death threat warning.

Three Muslim men in England were convicted of hate crimes for saying that homosexuals should be put to death.

Healthcare plans are required to cover birth control without charging any co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, President Obama announced on Friday.