NEW YORK – A federal appeals court has upheld New York City’s policy on school holiday displays, which allows symbols of Jewish and Muslim holidays but prohibits Christian nativity scenes.

Being both Muslim and Christian — “I don’t know how that ... she has dangled a heart-shaped leather object etched with the Arabic symbol for Allah. “For me, that symbolizes who I am ...

Qaraqosh, Iraq • Pope Francis urged Iraq’s Christians on Sunday to forgive the injustices against them by Muslim extremists ... making it a symbol of recovery efforts. Iraq’s Christian ...

IYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — It liberates. It represses. It is a prayer. It is a prison. It protects. It obliterates. Rarely in human history has a piece of cloth been assigned so many roles.

For instance, the Muslim practice of involving the whole ... draw a clean dividing line between Christians and non-Christians, but as a symbol of the gospel and the unity of the church, it also ...

An 85-foot-tall artificial Christmas tree stands erected in Baghdad as a symbol of solidarity with Christians this holiday season, says the Muslim businessman who built it. Yassi Saad said he ...

A Christian girl, a Muslim boy and Jewish boy each brought ... Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan – described him as “a symbol of human fraternity, cultural coexistence and interfaith ...

The “hand of Fatima” is a Muslim symbol, perhaps pagan before that, and possibly Christian. According to one interpretation, the five fingers are meant to represent the five pillars of Islam ...

The incident occurred just weeks after a council granted a 30-year lease to the local Muslim Community Association ...