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Religious Coming-of-Age - Iran

A sink is seen mounted on a tiled wall with a children's drawing and soap dispenser above it during her Jashn-e Taklif in Shazand, Iran on January 12, 2019. The area is likely used for performing wudu (ablution), a purification ritual before prayer in Islamic practice. Photo by Sina Yaghoobpoor/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Visitors take spicy porridge to break their fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. In addition to the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern style, one of the important traditions during Ramadan in several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is sharing spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, which has deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Workers are preparing spicy porridge to break the fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque courtyard in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. Alongside the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern styles, one significant tradition during Ramadan at several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is the sharing of spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, carrying deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Workers are preparing spicy porridge to break the fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque courtyard in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. Alongside the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern styles, one significant tradition during Ramadan at several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is the sharing of spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, carrying deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Workers are preparing spicy porridge to break the fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque courtyard in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. Alongside the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern styles, one significant tradition during Ramadan at several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is the sharing of spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, carrying deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Visitors take spicy porridge to break their fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. In addition to the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern style, one of the important traditions during Ramadan in several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is sharing spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, which has deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Visitors take spicy porridge to break their fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. In addition to the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern style, one of the important traditions during Ramadan in several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is sharing spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, which has deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Visitors take spicy porridge to break their fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. In addition to the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern style, one of the important traditions during Ramadan in several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is sharing spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, which has deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Workers are preparing spicy porridge to break the fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque courtyard in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. Alongside the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern styles, one significant tradition during Ramadan at several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is the sharing of spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, carrying deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan's Togetherness And Solidarity - Indonesia

Visitors take spicy porridge to break their fast in the Al Mashun Grand Mosque in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 1, 2025. In addition to the mosque's architecture, which often reflects Middle Eastern style, one of the important traditions during Ramadan in several Grand Mosques in Indonesia is sharing spicy porridge. This practice symbolizes togetherness and solidarity, which has deep religious and social meanings. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Primary school students in China's Guangxi practice traditional drum dance

STORY: Primary school students in China's Guangxi practice traditional drum dance DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the students practicing the traditional bronze drum dance STORYLINE: Students at the Wangshang Primary School of Lihu Yao Township of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been practicing the traditional bronze drum dance during the noon break and extracurricular time. It's part of the local education authorities' efforts to promote intangible cultural heritage. The bronze drum dance is popular among Baiku Yao, a branch of the Yao ethnic group in Guangxi. The dance contains many connotations, spanning the Baiku Yao's history, culture, folk customs, and religious beliefs. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

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Strawbird Festival in Japan

Straw-clad holy messengers take part in a religious ritual, Mishima no Kasedori, in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Feb. 11, 2023. The event is recognized by UNESCO as an important intangible cultural practice unique to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Strawbird Festival in Japan

Straw-clad holy messengers take part in a religious ritual, Mishima no Kasedori, in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Feb. 11, 2023. The event is recognized by UNESCO as an important intangible cultural practice unique to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Court orders Ho-no-Hana to pay damages

FUKUOKA, Japan - Katsushige Koga (C), lawyer for the plaintiffs in a law suit against the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, speaks at a news conference April 28 after a court ordered the group and its founder Hogen Fukunaga to pay 27 people 227.2 million yen in damages for swindling them of money in the name of ascetic practice fees.

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Headquarters of Ho-no-Hana religious group

FUJI, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, located in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. A district court ordered the group and its founder Hogen Fukunaga April 28 to pay 27 people 227.2 million yen in damages for swindling them of money in the name of ascetic practice fees.

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Kabul rejects Washington's report on religious freedom restriction

STORY: Kabul rejects Washington's report on religious freedom restriction DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Presidential Palace in Kabul 2. various of Kabul STORYLINE: The Taliban-run caretaker administration has said Washington's report on deteriorating religious freedom in Afghanistan was utterly incorrect. "The religious and civil rights of all minorities in Afghanistan are protected. In this regard, the State Department's report is incomplete and based on false information. All our Sunnis, Shiites, Sikhs and Hindus practice their religion freely. We reject the State Dept. report," the administration's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter on Sunday. In its annual report released recently, the U.S. State Department accused Afghanistan's new rulers of violating human rights, asserting that situation for religious freedom in Afghanistan has been deteriorating since the Taliban's takeover of the country in August last

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Headquarters of Ho-no-Hana religious group

FUJI, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, located in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. A district court ordered the group and its founder Hogen Fukunaga April 28 to pay 27 people 227.2 million yen in damages for swindling them of money in the name of ascetic practice fees.

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Court orders Ho-no-Hana to pay damages

FUKUOKA, Japan - Katsushige Koga (C), lawyer for the plaintiffs in a law suit against the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, speaks at a news conference April 28 after a court ordered the group and its founder Hogen Fukunaga to pay 27 people 227.2 million yen in damages for swindling them of money in the name of ascetic practice fees.