A mother of four was killed for her Christian faith on Jan. 7 on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia by Islamic extremists from al Shabaab militia, a relative said.

Al Shabaab insurgents control much of southern and central Somalia and have embarked on a campaign to rid the country of its hidden Christian population.

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Devout Christian hotel owners who refused to allow a gay couple to share a double room acted unlawfully, a judge at Bristol county court ruled today. The judge allowed for the possibility of an appeal.

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Women living in areas controlled by Somalia's Islamists say they are increasingly the target of more draconian rules meted out by the rebels bent on enforcing their ideologies, Reuters reports.

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The daughter of the man whose property became the home of Canada's Bountiful polygamous community testified Monday that her father eventually renounced the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, which had taken control of the community.

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Religion News Roundup, including: False prophet Harold Camping wants the world to end; Nuns in exorcism case released from prison; and Christian therapist who claims she can help gay men go straight faces being struck off. Also: a popular Bible app, some newly published religion books, and much more.

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A French couple being evicted from a farm in South Africa allegedly shot dead a policeman, wounded another, then chased a third policeman and the farmer's sons in a bakkie through the bush for four kilometres.

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Churches in Pakistan have expressed frustration over the government's refusal to amend a controversial blasphemy law, as urged by the Pope and protesting civil rights activists.

"We are disappointed by the stand taken by the Prime Minister," said Joseph Francis, director of CLAAS (Centre for Legal Aid Assistance & Settlement), which has defended dozens of Christians and Muslims charged under the law.

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