Religion

We all have a general idea of what people like Julius Caesar and George Washington looked like. The images of these historical figures and more have been immortalized with the help of paintings, portraits, and…

Banks and big businesses worldwide are boycotting hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei on account of that country’s new law that sentences gays to death for homosexual acts. P. Morgan Chase & Co., the…

The gigantic, giant hands that support the Golden Bridge in Vietnam offer a truly amazing look. At the same time, the bridge is a route that takes tourists away from the Ba Na hills and is…

Thousands of people watch annual spectacle, which is frowned on by Catholic Church Catholic worshippers have been nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Easter ritual in the Philippines. Four men and a woman, some wearing…

Today, on our planet, more than half of the population lives at $ 2.5 a day. This means that 3.5 billion people almost die of hunger. It seems like nobody is trying to do anything…

For the first time in Vatican history, the pope allowed for the reading of Islamic prayers and Koran readings from the Catholic facility. The readings and prayer came as Pope Francis met with Israeli President…

What started as a joke ended with the future of two altar boys from Spain. They were detained overnight, after having surprised them putting weed in the censer-burner of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.…

185 branches across UK and Ireland now sell halal-only meat Halal refers to objects or actions permissible under Islamic law Pork is forbidden and while other meat can be eaten, it must be sourced, slaughtered…

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair – the old Shah, in…

On my first day of school in Iran we walked down a poorly-lit corridor. I was holding my mother’s hand and crying. She was crying too. On my head I had a black hood, known…