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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Islam and French Secularism: ... Jewish, and Protestant schools receive state subsidies, and will be exempt under the new law regarding religious symbols. Currently, ...

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.

The crescent moon has a famously lofty place in Arab and Islamic culture. A symbol of transformation, it signals the ...

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).