Religion

Fuel shock meets faith: Iran war drives up pilgrimage costs for South-east Asian Muslims

Fauzia Rani (left), the first woman to be involved in running VSS Varusai Mohamed & Sons, joined her father Haji V Syed Mohamed in 2007 to help run the family business.

Keeping quality high for over a century: VSS Varusai Mohamed & Sons fends off cheaper competition

"Once elections become contests of faith, all communities in our society will end up worse off," said PM Wong, who called a press conference as prime minister on Saturday.
SINGAPORE GE2025

GE2025: Parties should make it clear that mixing religion and politics is unacceptable: PM Wong

PM Lawrence Wong arriving at a dinner to celebrate the Taoist Federation’s 35th anniversary and Singapore’s 60th year of independence.

Need to redouble efforts to maintain Singapore’s social cohesion: PM Wong

The Rev Victor Cyrus-Franklin is leading an affordable housing initiative at Inglewood First United Methodist Church.

Church to tackle US housing crisis

Pope Francis is due to preside over the Easter mass in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican before giving the “Urbi et Orbi” blessing on Sunday.

Pope Francis pulls out of Easter event at last minute

Singapore has taken additional security measures in the wake of the conflict in the Middle East, says Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.

Singapore must maintain racial and religious peace, stay vigilant amid Middle East conflict: Shanmugam

Malaysia’s state elections in August saw a far-right Islamist group strengthen its hold on three of six states up for grabs while wresting more seats in the country’s wealthiest state of Selangor.

Malaysia, Indonesia show strong support for strict Islamic laws

The manuscript, which is believed to be more than 1,000 years old, is set to be sold at auction in New York for up to an estimated US$50 million.

Oldest known Hebrew Bible displayed in Israel ahead of sale

A choir looks up at Pope Francis’ speech asking for for forgiveness for clerical child abuse at Knock shrine in Mayo, Ireland. August 26, 2018. Michal Gutowski, an investigator, said that late Polish pope John Paul II, then known as Karol Wojtyla, knew of cases of paedophile priests within the church while still a cardinal in Krakow.

Future pope John Paul covered up child abuse while cardinal: report