The Ismaili sect split into two branches in 1094. Aga Khan was the leader of the Nizari branch, which believes in a living imam or leader. The second branch – Musta'lian Tayyibi Ismailis – believes ...

Dozens of people have been killed and many others were injured in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious festival in northern India, police said. “Thirty devotees have unfortunately ...

In a statement on Wednesday, International Council for Ifa Religion also opposed the establishment of Sharia Courts in the South-West. Speaking with The PUNCH, the council’s President ...

On the first full day of his second term as president, Donald Trump attended a national prayer service in Washington, where he sat and listened to the bishop of the local Episcopal Diocese.

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The high court’s decisions could affect operations of the nation’s schools. By Jordan Rubin Religion could take on a more prominent role in publicly funded education after this Supreme Court term.

Mahakumbh -- the massive ongoing religious event at Prayagraj, the erstwhile Allahabad -- is not meant for any single caste or religion, it is the great melting pot of all religion, culture and ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday emphasised the importance of preserving African cultural heritage, affirming his respect for the traditional Ifa religion and its role in African ...

Wondering how we arrived at such a place where people feed the divisiveness of society based on race, class, religion and other factors, Howard-Brook admits that even in each of our vaunted faith ...

Here's what the research into that connection has revealed. Religion brings many things to a person's life, including a sense of community. Here, members of the Union Baptist Church of Plateau in ...