Pouring into a room used for religious purposes, people dressed in their Sunday best meshed with groups in colorful saris or ...

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have ...

In the early centuries of recorded history, Hinduism emerged as the dominant global religion. Rooted in the Indian subcontinent, it held the largest following for much of ancient and medieval history ...

However, people born into Islam or Hinduism rarely change religions or stop believing, finds a survey of 36 countries by Pew ...

Nearly a quarter of the world’s people live in the geographic area known as South Asia, making it one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. Representing a multiplicity of religions, ...

Buddhist dates apply to holidays in most of East Asia; Tibet and Sri Lanka celebrate those holy days on different dates. In addition to its five main religions, India recognizes days for Jainism ...

Reform bill will have a sweeping impact on properties donated for charitable purposes, as well as historic Islamic religious ...

the majority of adults who have left Christianity say they no longer identify with any religion. In some Asian countries, small shares of those raised Christian now identify as Buddhist. This includes ...

Commissioner Mohamed Elsanousi acknowledged that Central Asian countries are “still struggling with providing religious freedom for everyone.” He suggested that this, in part, stems from fear.

India has rejected an annual report released by a US panel on religious freedom as “biased ... treatment of religious minorities in the south Asian country. The report released by the United ...