A lawmaker in India said Hindus that convert to any other religion deserve death.
A figure of a soldier praying next to a cross, which was part of a war memorial, was removed from a public park in North Carolina earlier this month.
As people protested against the Charlie Hebdo killings and rallied for freedom of speech, French premier Manuel Valls declared war on radical Islam.
Dutch Sheets says that God has called upon him and other right-wing Christians to channel their activism towards taking control of the government.
The year 2012 saw a six-year high in religious hostility.
Florida’s ban on gay marriage ended and court clerks were quick to issue marriage licenses and conduct wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples.
One in five Americans don’t associate themselves with any religion but in the 114th Congress, only one person identifies herself as non-religious.
This year, lawmakers in Kentucky will debate legislative matters inside Capitol rooms that are decorated with ‘In God We Trust’ signs.
A university in China banned Christmas, describing it as a kitsch foreign celebration that does not benefit the country’s own traditions.
On December 24, in the capital city of the Islamic Sultanate of Brunei, police ordered business owners to remove Christmas decorations or face arrest.