RELIGION

Clashes have erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square between Egyptian soldiers and protesters, resulting in at least one death and dozens of injuries.

A gunman barged into a classroom and opened fire in Tasso da Silveira School in Rio de Janeiro, killing 11 students.

Theoretical astrophysicist Martin J Rees has received the 2011 Templeton Prize for inspiring questions that reshape crucial philosophical and theological considerations that strike at the core of life.

Malcolm X, who ranted against the White men most of his life, had apparently had no qualms in sharing carnal pleasure with one of them, it has emerged. Malcolm was bisexual and had an affair with a white male, according to a biography of the legendary black radical activist of the 1960s.

In the Ivory Coast, Western powers are backing Muslim leader Ouattara against his Christian opponent Gbagbo.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Sunday condemned the burning of a Quran in the United States, days after demonstrators retaliated by killing workers for the United Nations and protests in cities around the country have escalated into violence.

The burning of a copy of the holy book Koran in the U.S. continues to trigger protests in the northern Afghan province o Kandahar, with more than 10 people, including seven UN staff, killed here so far over the incident.

One day after a dozen people were killed in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan in a protest related to the burning of a Quran by a U.S. pastor, eight more people died in Kandahar in a similar protest.

Raw footage of violence in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, in retaliation to the Quran/Koran burning held by pastor Terry Jones, was posted online by Tolo TV. The video is embedded.

Quran burning pastor Terry Jones gives birth to new non-Taliban violence in Afghanistan as seen in Friday riots against U.N. where civilians were instigated by preachers.

Afghans rioted in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday.

Another fresh and unusual political crisis is brewing in one of the wealthiest and most stable Arab states. Kuwait's cabinet has resigned in order to avoid having to answer certain questions from parliament, according to Reuters.

Conservative Muslims in the UK are outraged by a young Pakistani woman’s bid to become the Muslim to represent Britain in the Miss Universe contest.

Ehrman reads a feminist subtext into his new arguments to prove bible forgery. He cites the letter to Timothy attributed to apostle Paul. He says the letter was written by someone long after Paul's death, and with a vested interest to diminish the status of women.

Despite fears of Westboro Baptist Church protesters crashing Liz Taylor's funeral, the service occurred without a hitch.

From lecturing handpicked group of young western women on Islam to his fear of flying over waters, and from virgin bodyguards to maniacal imperial delusions, Muammar Gaddafi’s traits are as strange and funny, or even more so, as his weird dress sense. The following are some of his idiosyncrasies, peculiar hatreds, strange loves and manifestations of borderline psychosis:

In its usual offensive and abrasive style, Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket Taylor's funeral over her work as an active and adamant AIDs advocate.

A new study claims that religion may be on the way out in some parts of Europe, largely because it isn't as useful to adherents as it once was.

Egypt’s former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, has been charged by a court of contributing to the killing of protesters who demonstrated against the regime of the toppled President, Hosni Mubarak, state media MENA reported.

The Judeo-Christian God may have been married, according to a British theologian, who says the Almighty, also known as 'Yahweh', had a wife - a goddess named 'Asherah'.

Even as the 'anti-gay' app was removed from the Apple App store, Senators have raised concern over a Police/DUI-evasive app. From Joint-Maker to Baby-Shaker, here is a list of Top 10 most controversial Apple Apps: