Sat 24 December 2022: A US Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the Marine Corps to let Sikh recruits maintain beards and wear turbans, rejecting a district court’s decision that said permitting religious exemptions would reduce cohesion, according to court documents. “We reverse the district court’s denial of preliminary injunctive relief for Jaskirat Singh and […]
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Fri 23 December 2022: Setting an example of dedication and devotion, Arbin Tahir, a high school student from Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora has written the Holy Quran consisting of 900 pages with her own hands in six months. According to a report, Arbin is a student of Giariyan Jamaat in 11th standard and has always […]
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Thu 22 December 2022: A Texas-based Hindu charity reportedly held a local fundraiser in Frisco, Texas last month, circulating a flyer that listed “the destruction of illegal Christian churches” as one of its goals. American Family News (AFN) reports a coalition of Texas Christian and interfaith leaders are now calling for congressional lawmakers to investigate the […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: According to Dr. Vincent Candrawinata, a health and wellness expert and researcher at the University of Newcastle, NSW, all obese Santas should be prohibited from shopping malls because they convey the incorrect message and encourage binge eating. According to him, being overweight has nothing to do with happiness, and all amusement […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has banned the abaya (loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women) in exam halls. The Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) announced that young female students will not be allowed to wear abaya during examination period. The ETEC said in […]
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Sun 18 December 2022: Pope Francis revealed for the first time in an interview Sunday that he had signed a resignation letter nearly a decade ago should poor health prevent him from carrying out his duties. Francis — who turned 86 on Saturday — has said in the past that he would step down from the […]
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Oakland-Temple-Hill. (FILE PHOTO) Mon 12 December 2022: Followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), also known as Mormons, are to have their own official place of worship in the Emirate of Dubai, a first of its kind in the Middle East. Plans for the temple were first announced in 2020 by the LDS, […]
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Thu 08 December 2022: During a traditional prayer in the center of Rome on Thursday, Pope Francis cried and referred to the suffering of Ukrainians. The pope had to stop speaking for around thirty seconds after mentioning the Ukrainians because his voice started to shake. His voice was beginning to break as he continued the […]
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Tue 6 December 2022: Indonesia has passed a new Criminal Code that makes sex outside of marriage and cohabitation illegal. The new laws apply to both Indonesians and foreigners and reinstate a ban on insulting the president, state institutions, or Pancasila, Indonesia’s national ideology. The new criminal code, which was approved unanimously by parliament on […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: Proudly Muslim Qatar has taken advantage of the World Cup to reach out to the hundreds of thousands of visiting fans to change minds about Islam or even make conversions. The Gulf emirate is the first Muslim nation to stage a football World Cup and its gas riches have endowed it […]
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