The contents of the ship and the event of the wreck provided insights into the construction of ships and trade routes of the ...

For non-Muslims, it is perhaps the most visible, and often most controversial, symbol of Islam. From Texas to Paris, it has gained new prominence and been at the center of workplace ...

Employers in European Union countries can ban employees from wearing visible symbols of religion such as Islamic headscarves and Christian crosses, a top European court ruled Tuesday. The European ...

Of the 64 countries in this category, about half have Christian symbols (48%) and about a third include Islamic religious symbols (33%), with imagery on flags from the world’s two largest religious ...

About 1,300 years ago, this 85-foot-long ship sank less than 100 feet off the coast of Israel. Now, archaeologists excavating the vessel have found pottery containing fruit and fish bones on board ...

Arabic, Muslim symbols ordered taken down in China’s capital. Campaign in Beijing marks a new phase in drive aimed at ensuring religions conform to mainstream Chinese culture.

A French panel said Thursday that it favors banning Islamic head scarves and other religious symbols, including Jewish skullcaps, in schools. Several girls have been expelled from public schools ...

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS, captured Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities, militants began singling Christians out. The symbol that marked their homes and ...

In seeking to ban the Islamic State flag, the government has unwittingly landed on a good example of the dangers of outlawing symbols based on religion, culture or history.

His ink includes several religious symbols: "Deus Vult" ("God wills it") on his bicep—a slogan from the First Crusade—a cross and sword referencing the Bible verse Matthew 10:34, which he ...

The May 18, 2004 memorandum introduced a list of symbols and outfits "the wearing of which leads to immediate recognition of one's religious affiliation" (Islamic headscarf, kippah, large cross).