The Archangel Michael is so ancient that you can trace his name back to around at least 1600 BCE, a … More
Category: Religion
Jewish population in the West Bank settlements
The Jewish population in the West Bank has increased by more than 330,000 people and eight settlements have been built … More
Plan Dalet to take control of Mandatory Palestine
Plan Dalet was a plan worked out by the Haganah in Mandatory Palestine in March 1948. Its name was from the letter Dalet, the fourth letter … More
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human … More
Tengrism – Türük Tängrisi
Tengrism, also known as Tengriism, Tenggerism, or Tengrianism, is a Central Asian religion characterized by shamanism, animism, totemism, poly-, and monotheism, and ancestor worship. It was the prevailing religion of the Turks, Mongols, Hungarians, Xiongnu and possibly Huns, and the … More
The Promise of World Peace
A Statement by the Universal House of Justice Bahá’í World Center Haifa, Israel October 1985 To the Peoples of the … More
from Ophir
Ophir is a port or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its wealth. King Solomon received a cargo from Ophir every three years, which … More
Tracing the Dispersion
Reconstructing ancient history, even religious history, can be compared to putting together a large, complex puzzle with many of the … More
LDS – “stick of Joseph” – in America
One of the greatest manifestations of the belief that Native Americans were biblical Hebrews is contained in the Book of … More
Birth of the Prophet
Mawlid or Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif (مَولِد النَّبِي mawlidu n-nabiyyi, “Birth of the Prophet”, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic مولد mawlid, mevlid, mevlit, mulud among other vernacular pronunciations; … More
Apocalypse of Baruch
The Apocalypse of Baruch are two different Jewish pseudepigraphical texts written in the late 1st/early 2nd century, after the fall of Jerusalem to the … More
Oath of Vengeance
In Mormonism, the oath of vengeance (or law of vengeance) was an oath that was made by participants in the endowment ritual … More
Eye See – 5778
Rosh HaShanah – September 21, 2017 – ראש השנה Tishrei 1-2 – The Jewish New Year. Marks the beginning of … More
Ur of the Chaldees
Ur of the Chaldees, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of the Ismaelite and Israelite patriarch Abraham. In … More
The Hero Twins of the Maya Creation Story
It was a hot day in Guatemala City in May of 1854. Two European adventurers – Karl Ritter von Scherzer … More
Deny Christofascism
For a religion that claims to have come from a brown-skinned Man that owned little more than the clothes on … More
Al-Ḥasan ibn Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
Al-Ḥasan ibn Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: الحسن ابن علي ابن أبي طالب, 624–670 CE), commonly known as Hasan or Hassan, is the eldest son of Muhammad’s … More
Ahl al-Kisa’ – People of the Cloak
Ahl al-Kisa’ (Arabic: أهل الكساء, Ahl al-Kisā’), or the People of the Cloak, refers to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad; his daughter, Fatimah; his cousin and son-in-law Ali; and … More
the ‘butcher of Karbala’
The Wahhabi sack of Karbala occurred on 21 April 1802 (1216 Hijri) (1801), under the rule of Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad the second ruler of the First … More
1979: the attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca
Saudi Arabia is in a familiar, if unpleasant, position. On June 23, security forces in the kingdom disrupted an impending … More
