Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic ...
Here are some key religious highlights for 2025. January 6th, 2025 at 10:33 am (Europe\Rome). Updated January 6th, 2025 at 10:52 am (Europe\Rome) The Jubilee Year 2025 officially began with Pope ...
This was a shock to everyone associated with the schools, including leadership, teachers, students, and parents, who were informed of the decision only after it had been made.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed into law a measure prohibiting the wearing of face coverings, including full-face ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 22. President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Zhaparov, signed a new law limiting religious influence, ...
Around 380 million Christians face “very high or extreme levels” of persecution or discrimination worldwide, according to ...
Zara Mohammed tells BBC the difficulties she faced as she ends her time as Muslim Council of Britain leader. Reverend Robyn Golden-Hann now serves at St. Aldhelm's Church in Poole, Dorset. The ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 16. The US Department of the Treasury, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has imposed sanctions on Kyrgyzstan-based OJSC Keremet Bank, Trend reports.
On January 15, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Keremet Bank, a Kyrgyz financial institution formerly known as AsiaUniversalBank and later Rosinbank. The bank, over 97% state-owned, has ...
Image: Pic: Reuters The Maha Kumbh mela, the world's largest religious gathering, is one of the most sacred pilgrimages for Hindus and is celebrated once every 12 years. It is held on the banks of ...
Galen Watts is an Associate Director of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures based jointly at St. Jerome's University and the University of Waterloo. He receives funding from ...
PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival ...