11th May 2008 : Two weeks ago, The Observer revealed how 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father after becoming infatuated with a British soldier in Basra. In this remarkable interview, Abdel-Qader Ali explains why he is unrepentant - and how police backed his actions. Afif Sarhan in Basra and Caroline Davies report

3rd May 2008 : 27/4/08 : Devotees believe this ritual is good for the health of the child.

18th Apr 2008 : This half-hour programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 this morning. It features several 'child preachers' including Samuel (now 8 years old) who was in that Channel 4 documentary "Baby Bible Bashers" ( http://richarddawkins.net/article,2279,Cutting-Edge-Baby-Bible-Bashers,Atheist-Media ). The radio programme is available via the BBC's 'listen again' service here:

15th Apr 2008 : Even as he told reporters on his flight to America that he was "deeply ashamed" over the church sex abuse scandal, Pope Benedict was accused by victims of protecting some 19 bishops accused of sexually abusing children.

14th Apr 2008 : A mile beyond the town of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, where the highway is being widened to four lanes, traffic slows down for roadworks. But the workmen who lounge by their bulldozers have their eyes on something else - a cluster of makeshift shelters where girls, several under 18 and at least two younger than 15, can be seen strolling or sitting, in view of the dusty carriageway.

18th Feb 2008 : BAFTA award-winning director Amelia Hann uncovers the unsettling and often disturbing world of child evangelism, following pint-sized preachers Samuel Boutwell from Mississippi, crowd-pleasing Terry Durham from Florida and Brazilian sensation Ana Carolina Dias who began preaching at just three years old and regularly commands TV audiences of millions.

21st Jan 2008 : Last year, I met a drawn, defeated 14-year old girl who had been possessed by Satan, until he and his Armies of Evil were tortured out of her.

20th Dec 2007 : For the Love of Christ

Justin Fatica yells, threatens and humiliates teens into finding Jesus. You got a problem with that?

Justin Fatica has a cross to bear, and last year he did it in front of more than 60,000 American teens. The 27-year-old self-proclaimed prophet is hellbent on "raising up warriors for the Lord," and finds his recruits on the fraying edges of the MP3 generation. In "Hard as Nails," an HBO documentary by David Holbrooke (producer of the documentary "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" and son of former U.N. ambassador Richard Holbrooke), Fatica's MO is more akin to the "Scared Straight!" phenomenon of the early '80s than the traditional Roman Catholic sermons he grew up with in Erie, Pa.

29th Nov 2007 : Boy dies of leukemia after refusing treatment for religious reasons
Because of his faith, Dennis Lindberg, 14, didn't want vital transfusions; his biological parents did.

15th Nov 2007 : UIGE, Angola — Domingos Pedro was only 12 years old when his father died. The passing was sudden; the cause was a mystery to doctors. But not to Domingos's relatives.

25th Sep 2007 : ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group was convicted Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin.

27th Aug 2007 : The new public school at 2620 Hollywood Boulevard stands out despite its plain gray facade.

20th Aug 2007 : The parents of a Sikh girl want to convert her to Roman Catholicism to win a place at the school of their choice.

9th Aug 2007 : Curriculum from Castle Hills First Baptist School

24th Jul 2007 : Hameeda Sarfraz, 19, lively eyes sparkling out of a black burqa, was describing the boons of the afterlife.

17th Jul 2007 : In the United States, opposition to the teaching of evolution in public schools has largely been fueled by the religious right, particularly Protestant fundamentalism.

11th Jul 2007 : The Metropolitan Police is offering a £20,000 reward for information which would bring to justice anyone involved in female genital mutilation.

8th Jul 2007 : SAIMA KHAN wants to die a martyr. Life is transient, she told her father in a telephone call last week, and the real glory is to sacrifice it for Allah. Her statement would be alarming at any age, but Saima is only 10.

5th Jul 2007 : I recently had a conversation with a friend who identifies himself as an Atheist. He took a few stabs and guesses at the origin of the universe and the origin of life that were not too far off from pre-existing theories.

25th Jun 2007 : It's not quite "We are the world"

18th Jun 2007 : On the eighth day of her son's life, Julia Query welcomed friends and family to celebrate his birth and honor their Jewish heritage. But there was no crying, no scalpel, no blood, no "mohel" -- the person who traditionally performs ritual circumcisions in the Jewish faith. In fact, Elijah Rose's "bris" differed markedly from the ceremony long used to initiate Jewish boys into a covenant with God: There was no circumcision.

4th Jun 2007 : A short video clip of kindergarten-age boys and girls in Palestine. The boys perform a play dressed as Hamas soldiers.

4th Jun 2007 : However, despite all the effort and rhetoric about protecting children and their rights, there is a severe shortcoming in the global campaign to protect children: the influence of religion and its continuing contribution to many forms of child abuse all around the world.

17th Apr 2007 : AN URGENT APPEAL FOR YOUR HELP TO PROTECT A 12 YEAR-OLD BOY

10th Apr 2007 : A son tells his Catholic mother he's an atheist, and records it.

3rd Apr 2007 : This is a BBC2 podcast teaser for their program "The Most Hated Family in America."

31rd Jan 2007 : Some Shiites believe cutting children honors a 17th-century Muslim leader

30th Jan 2007 : Merck, among other pharmaceutical companies, developed a highly effective vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) — by far the leading cause of cervical cancer in women — but an entire American political movement called "social conservatism" has been desperately trying to prevent its widespread approval — or at least persuade parents not to have their daughters vaccinated — because HPV is a sexually transmitted disease and they therefore believe that a vaccine will be seen as an endorsement of premartal sex..

30th Jan 2007 : The clip is from the HBO Friends of God Documentary currently playing on HBO don't miss it.

15th Jan 2007 : Mark Fox does a character 'kid' voice dubbed "Lil' Markie" for his church concert in this clip.

15th Jan 2007 : This is a clip of a song about Creationism.

3rd Oct 2006 : (Review of the new documentary film 'Jesus Camp') "Raise your hand if you think that God can do anything!"