Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s ...
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Tahrif is not falsification; it’s different ways of understanding God’s words
The Torah too is claimed by many Muslims to be filled with Tahrif; but Jews say that there are 70 different way of understanding God’s words and the differences are enlightening, and not falsifying.
Rest, reorientation and hope – the pillars of 2025’s Catholic Jubilee year
The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.