12 monks leap from 7-meter high beam into Lake Biwa as part of Buddhist ritual
Twelve Buddhist monks jumped from a roughly 7-meter-high beam into Lake Biwa on Aug. 1 as part of an annual…......08/08/2017
August summit of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Eastern Catholic Patriarchs will meet before August 15th in Dimane, Lebanon, at the…......08/04/2017
Iranian pilgrims return to haj in Saudi Arabia after boycott last year
Nearly 90,000 Iranians are expected to attend the haj in Medina this year, and were due to start arriving today,…......08/01/2017
Over 300 take part in global Buddhist summit
BENTONG: Over 300 participants comprising monks and representatives from 45 Buddhist organisations gathered at the Dharma Buddhist University (DBU) campus…......07/28/2017
Germany: 162,000 Catholics left Church, 537 parishes closed in 2016
162,093 Catholics left the Church in Germany during 2016—down from 181,925 in 2015, according to statistics released by the bishops’…......07/28/2017
Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia banned 'to protect unity'
Indonesia has banned the Hizb ut-Tahrir group under a controversial presidential decree that gives officials the authority to disband organisations deemed…......07/21/2017
European Court of Human Rights upholds Belgium's ban on burqas and full-face Islamic veils
Belgium’s ban on burqas and other full-face Islamic veils has been upheld by the European Court of Human Rights.......07/14/2017
Unesco makes Hebron old city Palestinian world heritage site
The UN’s world heritage body has recognised the old city of Hebron in the West Bank as a Palestinian world…......07/13/2017
