Wed 28 December 2022: “Expo Hajj”, the conference and exhibition of Hajj and Umrah services is all set to be held in Jeddah from 6-19 Jumadi II 1444 H corresponding 9-12 January 2023. The annual event will be organized by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khaled […]
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Sun 25 December 2022: At the Vatican on Sunday, a celebration of the Christmas Festival, which honors the birth of Jesus Christ in Christianity, was led by Pope Francis. This year, 7,000 people watched Christmas Mass held at the Vatican’s famous St. Peter’s Basilica with limited participation for the last two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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Sun 25 December 2022: With a giant evergreen tree, colourful balloons in the streets and selfies in the Church of the Nativity, Christmas tourism has returned to the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem after two years of COVID-related restrictions. Revered in the Christian tradition as the birthplace of Christ, the town of Bethlehem welcomes thousands of […]
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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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