The ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, made the ultimate sacrifice to defend the freedom of religion. The geo-political conditions under the Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb, allowed for forceful conversion of religion. Many innocents were exploited and killed for refusing to convert to Islam. They were denied a fundamental human right. A group of Hindu pundits were […]
Bahá’ís observe the anniversary of the death of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of Bahá’u’lláh and His appointed successor, on Nov 27, 1921 in Haifa, in what is now northern Israel. Work is to be suspened and children excused from school. More Information
Also called All Hallows' Day, a day commemorating all the saints of the church, both known and unknown, who have attained heaven. More Information
Over the course of three days, 8,000 - 17,000 Sikhs were killed and about 50,000 were displaced after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was killed by her two Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. Upon public knowledge of her death, Indian citizens (primarily Hindu nationalists) determinedly murdered, raped, burned, and tortured innocent Sikhs in more than […]
All Souls Day is a solemn celebration in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating all of those who have died and are now in Purgatory, being cleansed of their venial sins and the temporal punishments for the mortal sins that they had confessed, and being made pure before entering into the presence of God in Heaven. […]
"The successes of your neighbor and their losses will be to you as if they are your own."
- T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien
Taoism
