Experience/Lifecycle Events/Expressions

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAYThe International Holocaust Remembrance Day is annually observed on the 27th of January. It’s a solemn commemoration of the Holocaust which is considered to be the darkest period during the Nazi regime wherein millions of Jews...

THE JAIN FESTIVAL PARYUSHAN PARVA LASTS 8-10 DAYS.Aside from Diwali, one of the most important celebrations in the Jain religion is Paryushan Parva. In fact, the celebration is so vital that Jainism is tantamount and otherwise termed as Paryushan because...

Decades before the rise of the Islamic State, members of a persecuted sect began settling in Lincoln, now thought to have the largest concentration in America. Source: Yazidis Settle in Nebraska, but Roots Run Deep in Iraq - The New York Times

Author: Staff Writer Source: BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12621370 To mark the centenary of International Women's Day, radio producer Safiya Sayed Baharun of the BBC World Service profiles three female religious leaders for...

Author: Robert D. McFadden Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/us/02gomes.html?ref=religionandbelief The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a Harvard minister, theologian and author who announced that he was gay a generation ago and became one...

Author: Adrian Goldberg Source: BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12486003 British gay Muslims are joining the global fight for equality and seeking gay Islamic marriage. The BBC's 5 live Investigates speaks to one couple about their 'nikah' - a...

Author: Edward Eveld Source: The Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/18/2665852/scrutiny-of-a-saintly-life… Sister Marie de Mandat-Grancey ministered to the poor and the sick in France and Turkey for decades. She died 95 years ago...

Author: Adam B. Ellick Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/nyregion/13dating.html?_r=1&ref=relig… Muhammad Baig knows exactly what he wants in a son-in-law, but he is also willing to compromise. Mr. Right would be...

Author: Samuel G. Freedman Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/us/12religion.html?ref=religionandbel… In a San Antonio chapel last August, after reciting their wedding vows and exchanging their rings, Sally and Mark Austin...

Author: Sameer Gajjar Source: Hinduism Today/Houston Belief http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/livin… On a cold Saturday morning, I was gathered among...