The Ministry of Justice has blocked a study examining why so many convicts and prisoners in the UK are converting to Islam and turning to extremism.

Pope Francis challenged a group of young people to examine their willingness to change for God on Saturday, insisting that they must “deny themselves” in order to truly be free.

The tiny Orang Rimba tribe in Indonesia converted to Islam in January in order to qualify for government benefits, which the tribesmen said are sorely needed to cope with the erosion of their way of life.

An Iranian immigrant has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death because she converted to Christianity.

Jenna Jameson and her fiancé will be the subjects of a new reality television series that will document the former porn superstar’s conversion to Judaism.

The first stories about ISIS desecrating churches and turning them into torture chambers, where Christians were slaughtered or forced to convert to Islam, began surfacing at the end of 2014. A new report from Christian Freedom International found the persecution of Christians was even more brutal and widespread than believed, with centuries-old Christian communities across the Islamic State war zone completely wiped out.

Salim Mikdad’s 480-strong congregation turned up for services at his church in Rwanda last Tuesday, only to be informed the church was now a mosque and they were all converting to Islam.