Throughout the world are places of special significance to different religious groups. Here's just a sampling of the world's sacred spots. The Holy Land—a collective name for Israel, Jordan, and…
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Israel Releases…
Hale-Bopp CometNASAMother Teresa (1910–1997)Archive PhotosPrincess Diana (1961–1997)Archive Photos1997Two Hutu sentenced to death in Rwandan genocide (Jan. 3). Floods cause wide damage in U.S. West…
Indonesia's New PresidentSurprising Upset in Archipelago's First Free Elections By Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Newly-elected President Abdurrahman Wahid clasps the hand of rival Megawati…
Read about Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the response to the tragedy, and more Memorial Poetry Death arrives among all that sound like a shoe with no foot in it, like a…
(Encyclopedia) Ibn Taymiyya, Taqiyy ad-Din AhmadIbn Taymiyya, Taqiyy ad-Din Ahmadĭbn tīmēˈyə [key], 1263–1328, Muslim theologian and jurist. He lived in Damascus after the collapse of the central…
(Encyclopedia) Ibn TumartIbn Tumartĭˈbən t&oomacr;märtˈ [key], c.1080–1130, Berber Muslim religious leader, founder of the Almohads. He went to the East in his youth and returned convinced that…
(Encyclopedia) NuristanNuristann&oobreve;rĭstănˈ [key] [Persian,=land of light or the enlightened], region on the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush, NE Afghanistan, bordered on the E by Pakistan…
(Encyclopedia) Ashura, holy day in Islam, the 10th day of the month of Muharram. It commemorates the day Noah left the ark and the day Moses was saved by God from the Egyptians, and is a voluntary…
(Encyclopedia) Lavigerie, Charles Martial AllemandLavigerie, Charles Martial Allemandshärl märsēälˈ älmäNˈ lävēzhərēˈ [key], 1825–92, French churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b. near…
