Religion

Report finds threat levels rising in China and India amid government crackdown and rise of religious nationalism

Teenage knifeman reportedly tried to enter while mother was undergoing ‘purification ceremony’

Hindu traditionalists believe women of menstruating age should not be allowed in the Sabarimala temple

How Christians around the world mark the run-up to the nativity

CNN poll reveals quarter of European think Jews have too much influence in business and politics and one fifth blame them for anti-Semitism

The German firm’s smallest hatch has been given a hi-tech upgrade

Christian farm worker acquitted after eight years on death row for allegedly insulting Islam

Sinead O’Connor is the latest high-profile figure to become a Muslim

As Ireland votes on whether to remove blasphemy from the constitution, The Week looks at where it is still an offence

Human Rights Council rejects France’s niqab ban and calls for review of controversial legislation

Accepting Kim Jong Un’s invitation would ‘legitimise’ oppressive regime, warn analysts

Food that’s good enough to frame and art that’s good enough to eat at the InterContinental Park Lane

Ukraine granted own independent Orthodox Church despite threats from Moscow

New report suggests replacing RE classes with ‘Religion and Worldviews’

LGBT groups express dismay as pair given six strokes for violating sharia law

Catholic Church forbids breaking seal of secrecy but there may be ways to bypass decree

Archbishop breaks cover and calls for pontiff to resign as ideological battle lines are drawn

Pontiff to touch down in radically changed Catholic country amid sexual abuse ‘perfect storm’

Noise complaint over call to prayer sparked anti-Buddhist riots in 2016

Clerical cover-up presents ‘crucial test’ for papacy following earlier failures

Police open probe into Mustafa Graf’s sermon at mosque attended by the Manchester Arena bomber

Dutch court rules followers cannot wear colander on her head for official photos

The British astronaut is not the first to question whether the universe was created by a higher power

Infant’s father claimed medicine was a ‘cult’ and ‘God is sovereign over disease’

Shift in Catholic teaching could have a global impact

Shin Ok-ju held as former members of Grace Road Church tell of violent beatings

Televangelist Paula White says Christ ‘would not have been our Messiah’ if he had broken immigration laws

Campaigners call for end to ‘worthiness interview’ questions about sex

Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party gets green light for competition from nation’s counterterrorism agency

Controversial law comes amid backlash against arrival of Muslim migrants

Televangelist Jesse Duplantis said God promised him a Falcon 7X

Tight result expected as pro-choice campaigners look to have the edge

Believers can now request prayers or find a church through their personal assistant device

Conviction of Birmingham woman marks first successful prosecution of its kind in UK

Philip Wilson becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted of concealing abuse

Number of godless congregations growing across the Western world