Dec 25 - By Matt Sedensky, AP Writer
The clown walked into church like he owned the place. Complete Story...
Oct 7 - By Ibrahim Barzak, AP Writer
A prominent Palestinian Christian activist was found dead on a Gaza City street Sunday, sending a shudder of fear through a tiny Christian community feeling increasingly insecure since the Islamic Hamas seized control last summer.
Jul 4 - By Associated Press
Several hundred people rallied Wednesday to demand an end to what they said was the persecution of Christians in the Middle East that has forced thousands to flee the region.
May 29 - By Eileen Ng, AP Writer
Malaysia's top civil court Wednesday rejected a woman's appeal to be recognized as a Christian, in a landmark case that tested the limits of religious freedom in this moderate Islamic country.
May 27 - By Eileen Ng, AP Writer
Lina Joy has been disowned by her family, shunned by friends and forced into hiding — all because she renounced Islam and embraced Christianity in Muslim-majority Malaysia.
Dec 11 - By Anne Plummer Flaherty, AP Writer
An evangelical Christian group, under fire for a promotional video featuring active-duty military officers praising the organization, said Monday it was given permission by the Defense Department.
Nov 26 - By Suzan Fraser, AP Writer
Next door to a store selling artificial limbs in a run-down area of Turkey's capital, the Protestant church sits on the ground floor of a dreary apartment block, with barred windows and kitchen chairs for pews.
Nov 23 - By Associated Press
Two men who converted to Christianity went on trial Thursday for allegedly insulting "Turkishness" and inciting religious hatred against Islam, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Jul 1 - By Sam Hananel, AP Writer
A Christian-themed movie about a football coach's faith in God is finding an audience in Congress — not so much for its inspirational message, but for the PG rating it received.
Jun 29 - By Associated Press
Strumming guitars and banging bongos, Christian pilgrims journeyed to Israel's dusty border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday to offer support to Israeli troops participating in the military action.
Apr 4 - By Associated Press
President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday defended his government's handling of the case of an Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for rejecting Islam for Christianity.
Mar 29 - By Daniel Cooney, AP Writer
The Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity received asylum in Italy Wednesday, despite requests by lawmakers in Afghanistan that he be barred from fleeing the conservative Muslim country.
Mar 28 - By Amir Shah, AP Writer
Afghanistan's parliament demanded Wednesday that the government prevent a man who faced the death penalty for abandoning Islam for Christianity from being able to flee the country.
Mar 27 - By Amir Shah, AP Writer
An Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity quickly vanished Tuesday after he was released from prison, apparently out of fear for his life with Muslim clerics still demanding his death.
Mar 27 - By Daniel Cooney, AP Writer
An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has appealed for asylum in another country, the United Nations said Monday after hundreds of Muslims marched against a court's decision to dismiss his case.
Mar 26 - By Associated Press
A court on Sunday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
Mar 26 - By Associated Press
An Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity has been moved to a notorious maximum-security prison outside Kabul that is also home to hundreds of Taliban and al-Qaida militants, officials said Sunday.
Mar 24 - By Amir Shah, AP Writer
The Afghan government faced heavy international pressure Friday to reconsider the charges against an Afghan man who faces a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity — and reports emerged that the man might be freed soon.
Mar 23 - By Daniel Cooney, AP Writer
Senior Muslim clerics demanded Thursday that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity be executed, warning that if the government caves in to Western pressure and frees him, they will incite people to "pull him into pieces."
Mar 19 - By Associated Press
An Afghan man is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death on a charge of converting from Islam to Christianity, a crime under this country's Islamic laws, a judge said Sunday.
Feb 28 - By Zinie Chen Sampson, AP Writer
A Virginia school district didn't violate a teacher's free-speech rights by removing Christian-themed postings from his classroom walls, a federal judge has ruled.
Feb 9 - By Associated Press
A new survey shows Protestant megachurches continue to grow quickly and draw younger Americans and families through contemporary programming and conservative values.
Feb 8 - By Gary Gentile, AP Business Writer
The online matchmaking service eHarmony.com Inc. has a new tool for married couples — and it isn't to help them cheat.