Learn all about the official Bahrain public holidays in 2026. Here is the complete national calendar, including Eid public ...

Ula, i.e., the original direction towards which Prophet Muhammad and the early Muslim community prayed before the revelation directed Muslims to pray towards the Kaaba in Makkah ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close, members of the Muslim community in Cebu continue to observe the period through fasting, prayer, and acts of faith rooted in one ...

The festive mood has been more restrained in parts of West Asia, where ongoing conflict has cast a shadow over celebrations ...

Explore how U.S. and Israeli assassinations have transformed Iranian leaders into martyrs, reinforcing a culture of sacrifice and defiance.

In the first Book of Samuel, the prophet delivers a clear command from God to King Saul: Utterly destroy the Amalekites, a vicious enemy of Israel, and leave nothing alive — not man, woman, child, or ...

Madeline Albright was the first woman to be Secretary of State in the U.S., holding that position from 1997 to 2001 under president Bill Clinton. One thing she learned during her time as America’s top ...

(RNS) — The discipline of grief, like the discipline of fasting, is not about erasing longing, but about carrying it without letting it poison you.

Teachers, athletes and students arrested in new Iran crackdown during US-Israel war - INDEPENDENT PERSIAN: Amirhossein Miresmaeili reports on an increase in security-related arrests in Iran during its ...

More than 1,086 years ago, the twelfth imam in Twelver Shiite Islam, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Askari, entered what is known in prevailing Shiite belief as the “Major Occultation.” Since then, the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are ...

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has remained out of the public’s sight since assuming the post, amid reports that he was badly wounded.