Diwali, the festival of light signifies light prevailing over darkness. In the midst of great turmoil, the world truly needs light to prevail
World Religions
A look at what different religions have to say about the purpose of life
Location: Aurangabad District, IndiaBelief: Buddhism, Jainism, HinduismDate: 600CE The Ellora Caves in the Maharashtra state of southern India are one of the...
A look at the concept of compassion in various world religions: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Hinduism.
@shutterstock Fazal Ahmad, London, UK Petra is one of those unique locations, with homes and temples carved into the rocks. The area may have been settled...
@Shutterstock Mariam Rehman, Los Angeles, USA The Temple of Confucius in Qufu, China, is the largest and most renowned temple of Confucius in East Asia...
@shutterstock Say, ‘He is Allah, the One! Allah the Independent and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.’...
A look at fasting for Orthodox Christians in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia which is observed more stringently than Lent in Europe.
A brief history on one of the largest Islamic structures in the world, Bibi Khanum Mosque, located in Uzbekistan.
@Shutterstock And they were not commanded but to serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, and being upright, and to observe Prayer, and pay...
A collection of quotes from religious scripture on the subject of idolatry, including references in Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and Hinduism.
@Shutterstock Location: Salisbury Plan, UKBelief: PaganDate Established: 2,350 BCE Stonehenge is an ancient collection of huge stones formed in concentric...
Shutterstock Location: Teotihuacan, MexicoBelief: Native AmericanDate Established: 100 CE In the plains of Mexico, almost 50 kilometres northeast of the...
@Shutterstock He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then He settled Himself on the Throne. He knows what enters the earth and what...
And man asks for evil as he should ask for good; and man is hasty. ISLAM, THE HOLY QUR’AN, 17:12 All human beings are sinners; the best of the...