Well, the debt deal may have passed through the House of Representatives, but Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., still thinks that it’s a “sugar coated Satan sandwich” that goes against all major religions.

Security is getting heavy in western China after 20 people were killed in a violent attack the government is blaming on Muslim extremists.

170 Progressive Jewish leaders met with the White House yesterday to attend policy briefings and talk about economic and social issues.

Ramadan is in full swing this week with both President Obama and Secretary Clinton offering well-wishes for those observing the Muslim holy month.

In other places, however, celebrating Ramadan has been a less congenial affair: Syrian troops killed almost 100 anti-government protestors in the past 2 days, allegedly in an attempt to prevent protests from breaking out as people flock to mosques for nightly prayers.

Meanwhile, famine victims in the horn of Africa are being threatened by Ramadan offensives. But even as the Pope calls for the world to remember their plight, observant Muslim refugees warn they don’t have enough food to break their daily fasts.

A new Gallup poll says that Muslim Americans are more optimistic about their future than any other religious group in the U.S.

Church bombings are increasingly becoming an issue in Iraq: just as a Baghdad court sentenced three men to death for church bombing that killed 68 in October of last year, at least 20 people were wounded in another another church bombing in Kirkuk early Tuesday morning.

A new study finds that Jews and Africans share genetic ties.

Alabama church leaders have filed a lawsuit against the state’s new immigration law.

A new study says that women are apparently slowly falling away from religion.

Mormons are preparing to film a movie about Jesus’ life by building a replica “little Jerusalem” in Utah.

— Jack Jenkins