ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS YEAR. The Islamic religious year is highlighted by two major events that are enjoined by the Qurʾān and that are celebrated all over the Muslim world. These are the pilgrimage, or ḥājj, which culminates in...

A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. This means that, because ancient calendars were not very...

"RELIGIOUS Sculpture 2000," an exhibition coinciding with the Catholic University of America's weekend-long Festival of Religious Arts, opened earlier this month in the sunlit atrium of the university's Columbus School of Law. The national juried exhibition, which features 24 artists from around the country,...

Mahakumbha Mela, the world's largest religious festival, will be held in Allahabad, India, in January and February. When it was last held 15 years ago, 15 million pilgrims traveled to Allahabad, making this "the largest-ever gathering of human beings assembled for a single purpose"...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak condemned the conduct of Saddam Hussein's execution and its timing at the start of a Muslim religious festival, saying in an interview published Friday that the hanging made the deposed leader "a martyr."Mubarak told Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot that when it...

Nepalese authorities are reviewing their decision to revoke a 10-year-old girl's "living goddess" title after she broke tradition by traveling overseas, an official said Friday, following a rapturous welcome on her return.Sajani Shakya, who traveled to the United States last month to promote a documentary...