• 'Very Strong' Christmas Ad Prompts AFA to Suspend Gap Boycott

  The conservative American Family Association called off its boycott of Gap Inc. products Tuesday after encouraging Christians for the past two weeks to bar them from their Christmas shopping lists.

• Hundreds Riot in Egypt Over Muslim Rape Claim

  Hundreds of angry Muslims, and by some accounts thousands, attacked Coptic Christians in a southern Egyptian town this past Saturday over an allegation that a Christian man kidnapped and raped a Muslim girl.

• Brazil's March for Jesus Draws 1.5 Million Evangelicals

  The annual "March for Jesus" event in Brazil drew more than 1.5 million evangelical Christians Monday.

• Ban Ki-moon Urges Faith Leaders to Impact Climate Deal

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged religious leaders on Tuesday to push their governments to take bolder action on climate change at a key U.N. summit next month.

• 15,000 Bibles in Malaysia Seized Over 'Allah' Reference

  Malaysian authorities have seized more than 15,000 Bibles that refer to God as “Allah” in recent months, said church officials Thursday.