Taliban exploits Afghan riots over Koran burning

One clear beneficiary has emerged from the wave of deadly riots that swept Afghanistan after members of a Florida evangelical church...

Islamists in Egypt seek change through politics

Nageh Ibrahim once spoke of slaying infidels and creating an Islamic state that would stretch from the Nile Delta to the vast deserts of...

Wiesel offers students first-hand account of Holocaust

Twenty-one Chapman University freshman listened intently this week as Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Nazi death camp survivor Elie Wiesel...

Pastor of church that burned Koran calls Afghan mob killings 'very tragic'

The Dove World Outreach Center is a small nondenominational church in Florida that reportedly has no more than a few dozen members. The...

Pakistani Islamist survives second assassination attempt

A hard-line Islamist leader known as an outspoken opponent of the United States narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by a suicide...

KCET-TV said to be in talks to sell landmark studio to Church of Scientology

Financially strapped KCET-TV is in talks to sell its landmark Sunset Boulevard studio to the Church of Scientology, according to people...

Pakistan handles Islamic extremism with kid gloves

Loud and combative, Fauzia Wahab is unafraid to denounce mullahs or defend deeply unpopular America. In recent weeks, however, the liberal...

Coffee importers' efforts grounded in faith

Sometimes, a cup of coffee is more than just a cup of coffee.

Villa Park Councilwoman Deborah Pauly ignites controversy with speech at Islamic charity event

They call Villa Park "The Hidden Jewel." Bound on all sides by the city of Orange, this 2.1-square-mile city is something of a well-kept...

Shiva Sisters offer kind words, practical help for Jewish families at times of loss

The early arrivals got the good seats, 115 folding chairs facing the pool. Other guests grabbed standing-room-only spots under giant...

Disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan prompt questions of faith

What hath God wrought?

Libyan held in uprising denies Al Qaeda link

It was to be a face-to-face encounter with one of the captured Al Qaeda militants accused by Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi and his associates...

A day of rest enters the Digital Age

Television writer-producer Jill Soloway turned off her electronic devices for 24 hours last Saturday and spent the morning playing with...

O.C. Islamic leaders call for district attorney to drop charges against student protesters

Orange County Islamic leaders gathered in Anaheim over the weekend to show support for a group of college students facing criminal charges...

In this high-plains town, an unlikely link to radical Islam

For over 30 years, Peggy Ford Waldo has carefully catalogued the history of this high-plains town of lofty grain elevators and vast, pungent...

Taking a shot at an intriguing but challenging subject

When the new science of photography was developed in the 1830s, the world became instantly accessible in a way it never had been before....

Pakistan's only Christian Cabinet member assassinated

Gunmen killed the only Christian member of Pakistan's Cabinet on Wednesday in Islamabad, the second assassination this year of a top...

Cardinal Roger Mahony passes leadership of L.A. Archdiocese to Jose Gomez

Cardinal Roger Mahony walked slowly across the sanctuary of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, leaning softly on his shepherd's...

Telling the remarkable stories of Sephardic Jews

This spring marks 70 years since Nazi Germany invaded what was then Yugoslavia, ultimately deporting and exterminating most of the Sephardic...

Roger Mahony leaves a mixed legacy

In 1995, a book by a veteran Vatican-watcher took a crack at the ultimate Roman Catholic parlor game: Guessing the identity of the next...