Funeral diplomacy was masterfully deployed during Ayatollah Khamenei's state funeral, where Iran used curated Quranic verses ...

Texas Board of Education voted 9-5 to approve a required reading list including Bible passages for the state's over 5 million public school students.

Critics say mandating Bible reading for over 5m students breaches constitutional separation of church and state ...

A major interdisciplinary volume examines how religious freedom, human dignity and cultural heritage continue beyond death. A ...

Different Quranic verses were recited as delegations from various countries and non-state entities paid their last respects ...

The most heated debate involved the Saudi Arabian delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed bin Abdulkarim.

Texas public schools will require students to read Bible stories under a reading list approved by the state’s education board.

Texas' State Board of Education has approved a first-of-its-kind statewide reading list that includes Bible passages, marking one of the most sweeping conservative efforts to bring more religious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person handing out a Bible in Texas. The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list ...

The list includes picture book versions of "David and Goliath" and "Daniel and the Lion’s Den" for elementary students and excerpts from the Book of Job for high schoolers.