ISTANBUL — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that four days of protests and clashes in the streets of Turkey’s major cities were the work of extremists, led by political ... Read more
ISTANBUL — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that four days of protests and clashes in the streets of Turkey’s major cities were the work of extremists, led by political ... Read more
CHANTELOUP-LES-VIGNES, FRANCE — “A dark day for the Republic,” read the portentous statement by a former French government official. “It puts secularism in question,” ... Read more
Gov. Phil Bryant of Mississippi has long wanted children to pray at public schools. This week, with his grandmother’s worn Bible on his desk, he signed a bill that gets him closer to that goal. ... Read more
It may be a little late for the holiday of Purim, but this coming Tuesday, in Eastland, Tex., Gay Hart will be baking hamantaschen — the traditional doughy, triangle-shaped pastries accented with dollops ... Read more
BEIRUT — A controversial draft law to overhaul Lebanon’s electoral system gained traction Tuesday when a parliamentary joint committee supported it, raising the possibility that voters will in future ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation that would allow the use of federal money to rebuild churches and synagogues damaged by Hurricane Sandy, despite concern ... Read more
MANILA — After a stinging, high-profile defeat in December, Catholic groups in the Philippines are organizing an effort to influence congressional elections that could put the church’s political ... Read more
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Backed by two conservative groups, Stanford Law School has opened the nation’s only clinic devoted to religious liberty, an indication both of where the church-state debate has ... Read more