Zoroastrianism

Author: Marc Bastian Source: Google News Wire Service: AFP http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jgcH4xp2zSoRl5mVJgp8… An important archaeological site in northern Afghanistan that was occupied by humans as far back as the sixth...

Author: Nina Hamedani Source: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May-June_2009/0905064b.html Happy New Year, or Eid-e Shoma Ham Mobarak! Norooz, Persian for “new day,” falls on the vernal equinox and marks the first day...

Author: Naomi Canton Source: Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cric… More than 1,000 Parsis flocked...

Author: Staff Writer Source: PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/march-13-2009/zoroas… KIM LAWTON, guest anchor: On our calendar this week, Bahais and Zoroastrians prepare for their New...

Author: Samuel G. Freedman Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/us/07religion.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntem… When Pouroo Dorabshaw flew to Los Angeles four years ago on a business trip, her mother urged her to visit a family friend...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Cultural Heritage News Agency http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=7553 Iran's Zoroastrian community held the Jashn-e-Sadeh Festival for celebrating the discovery of fire on the 10th of the Iranian month of Bahman (which...

Author: Barbara Karkabi Source: The Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6239025.html Let’s get one thing straight: The Pakistani artist Jimmy Engineer is not and has never been an engineer. But his father and grandfathers...

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Associated Press http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/dec/22/a-link-to-old-times-iran… Iranians recited poetry, shared stories and ate fruits and nuts Saturday during all-night celebrations of...

Author: Deena Guzder Source: TIME Magazine http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1864931,00.html?imw=Y Far removed from Tehran's bustling tin-roofed teashops and Isfahan's verdant pomegranate gardens, the deserts known as Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e...

Author: Russell Working Source: The Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-zoroastrians-08-dec08,0,13… The ancient faith of Zoroastrianism is in decline worldwide, its numbers dwindling after centuries of conquest...