Cardinals chose a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Thursday, sending up white smoke from the Sistine Chapel on their second day of voting in conclave. Tens of thousands of people packed in St Peter's Square cheered, applauded and wept as the smoke appeared, while the...
Saudi Arabia constitutes center for promoting moderate Islam: North Macedonia Mufti
Skopje – Islamic Union President and Republic of North Macedonia Mufti Sheikh Hafiz Şakir Fetahu stressed that Saudi Arabia has become a center for promoting the values of moderate Islam worldwide and serves as a model, especially in eastern European countries. In a press statement, he noted that the signing...‘Hindu nation’: Religion trumps caste in India vote
Agra, India - Born at the bottom of the Hindu faith's rigid caste system, voters like Anil Sonkar will determine whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power next month. More than two-thirds of India's 1.4 billion people are estimated to be on the lower rungs of a millennia-old social...Arrangements hailed as pilgrims leave Saudi Arabia after Hajj
On Friday, two days after the last major ritual, tens of thousands of people packed roads and boarded buses out of Islam's holiest sites in Mecca, bringing the hajj to a close, the AFP correspondent said. They departed after performing a farewell "tawaf" - circling seven times around the Kaaba,...
UAE’s Abrahamic Family House encloses a mosque, a church, and a synagogue
The project was inspired by the principles in the Document on Human Fraternity, signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb in Abu Dhabi in 2019.There’s an urgent need for mutual respect, solidarity and understanding: UN official
Moratinos has also been designated by the United Nations Secretary-General as the UN Focal Point to monitor anti-Semitism and enhance a system-wide response.
Global talks between religions key to peace and justice
The hopes placed on the event -- attended by prominent religious figures and symbols, including the Grand Imam of Al Azhar and Pope Francis of the Catholic Church -- are big to address modern challenges, support interfaith dialogue and achieve global peace, the UAE-based journalist adds.A million pilgrims arrive in Mecca for Hajj, first since pandemic
White-robed worshippers from across the world have packed the streets of Mecca as Islam's holiest city prepares to host the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic.Sufi dervishes of Egypt keep alive old tradition
In a 500-year-old stone theatre in the Egyptian capital, two young dervishes spin ceaselessly. Slowly, then all at once, they are consumed in a flurry of vivid fabrics.
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