Talia RalphMay 9, 2013 12:49

Disney has withdrawn its bid to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," or "Day of the Dead," after a heavy barrage of criticism from those who celebrate the traditional holiday.

North Korea may have imprisoned American Kenneth Bae for being a Christian missionary

Jessica PhelanMay 7, 2013 07:52Updated May 7, 2013 14:53

"We have several of us getting ready to spread the gospel from Pyongyang to Jerusalem," Bae told his church in 2011.

Germany: Beate Zschaepe trial begins

Paul Ames and Samantha StainburnMay 6, 2013 11:36

BRUSSELS — The case is raising uncomfortable questions in Germany over how a neo-Nazi terror gang was able to carry out 10 murders between 2000 and 2007 without the security services even suspecting that the group existed. Police only discovered the cell when Zschape turned herself in.

Hungary's far-right Jobbik party holds anti-Jewish rally in Budapest

Talia RalphMay 4, 2013 12:50

The Jobbik party are protesting against Budapest's hosting of the World Jewish Congress.

Hungary's far-right Jobbik party holds anti-Jewish rally in Budapest (PHOTOS)

Talia RalphMay 4, 2013 12:51

Hungary's far-right Jobbik party drew around 1,000 supporters to an anti-Jewish rally in Budapest Saturday, ahead of the World Jewish Congress meeting in the capital.

Talia RalphMay 3, 2013 14:31

Were Justin Bieber's Turkey concert pauses culturally sensitive, or selfish?

Justin Bieber reportedly stopped his concert in Turkey for Muslim prayer calls, but some 'beliebe' differently.

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Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber (C) arrives at Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul on May 1, 2013. Teen star Justin Bieber caused somewhat of a scene at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport when he attempted to skip passport control as he entered the country, forcing security officials to refuse to allow him to leave the airport. Bieber's concert took place at Istanbul Technical University’s sports arena on May 2, 2013. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

Justin Bieber was hailed as a culturally sensitive pop icon for reportedly pausing his Thursday night concert in Turkey twice for azhan, the Islamic call to prayer. But a Turkish daily paper has a different story.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Tracing the roots of terror

Dan PeleschukMay 3, 2013 06:01

MOSCOW — As investigators patch together Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s final years, the suspected Boston bomber's trajectory has increasingly begun to mirror that of many of his contemporaries in Russia's volatile, predominantly Muslim North Caucasus.

Suu Kyi spokesman: “There is no Rohingya”

Patrick WinnMay 2, 2013 06:01

YANGON, Myanmar — From the depths of obscurity, Myanmar’s highly beleaguered Muslim Rohingya ethnicity has become something of a global cause célèbre. The United Nations deems the roughly 1 million population group one of the world’s “most persecuted” minorities. In a report last week, Human Right Watch deployed some of the most potent language at its disposal in describing their mistreatment: “ethnic cleansing” and “crimes against humanity.” The online pro-Rohingya call to arms #RohingyaNOW was, for a brief blip in March, Twitter’s highest-trending phrase.

Most Muslims want sharia to be the ‘law of the land’: Pew study

Samantha StainburnApril 30, 2013 19:45

The study also reveals that sharia means different things to different Muslims.

Jews make annual pilgrimage to Tunisia

Amy SilversteinApril 27, 2013 16:51

"Thank God this year is as it should be, not like in the last two years. I came then, but out of solidarity. There were no real festivities."