Thailand Religion News

The most important festival in the Islamic calendar, the Eid ul Fitr, will take place on 30th August 2011, marking the end of Ramadan.

Thousands of Islamic pilgrims and worshippers from throughout Europe and the Middle East are this year set to flock to Jordan's famous destination of Petra to celebrate Eid Al Fitr - one of the holiest days in the Muslim year.

DirectRooms.com announces that anyone visiting Hammamet this August may find that some services aren’t running as normal as the city’s Islamic followers fast for Ramadan.

Sugint Dechkul, a small-town lawyer in Thailand’s far-northern Chiang Rai province, had no idea what to make of them.

DirectRooms.com announces the dates of Buddha’s birthday celebration in Jeju, South Korea. The annual event correlates with the first full moon of the lunar month of Vesakha, which this year means that it takes place from the 4th to 10th May.

DirectRooms.com is proud to announce the Pager Wesi celebration in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, starting on the 27th of April 2011.

On 14th February, flowers are exchanged between those addicted to it, but its origins, narcissistically, are one of legend: St. Valentine sent the first card to himself in prison. Conveniently, so did Al Capone, after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Celebrations for the Chinese New Year starts this week in Phuket, Thailand. This year is the year of the Rabbit and the Tourism Authority of Thailand have gone to great lengths to ensure this year's celebrations are better than ever.

DirectRooms.com reveals that the annual Poi Sang Long celebrations will take place in the Northern Thai city of Mae Hong Son during April 2011

DirectRooms.com reveals that in Sihanoukville, a Cambodian seaside resort on the Gulf of Thailand’s shores, Buddhists and tourists alike will be remembering a milestone in Buddha’s life with a colourful festival

The Buddhist festival of Loy Kratong is held annually on the full moon of the twelfth month and is celebrated throughout Thailand; this years festival will take place on November 21st....

DirectRooms.com announces that people all over Goa will be taking part in a number of specially planned celebrations and activities to celebrate the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary

With all this social media around I have asked myself if Jesus would have tweeted: "Performed miracle at Cana wedding. Guests thirsty and restless. Asked mum to fetch more water”, or "Cranking out a few parables after lunch with Stephen Fry"?

Live view from the Thailand City of Bangkok as the most important festival on the Islamic calendar, Ramadan, is observed by members of the Muslim faith across the country

DirectRooms.com announces the annual Pchum Ben Day (The Soul Day) in Phnom Penh, which will take place from October 8th to October 9th, 2010.

There seems to be a proliferation of Q&A sites, which assume to offer "answers" to anyone who poses a question. Aardvark, WikiAnswers and Mahalo are three new services that purport to deliver education on demand. But it's not quite feasible, is it?

See Scott Smith, Bangkok resident, talk about his award from the Dammakaya Foundation, a worldwide Buddhist foundation headquartered in Bangkok.

In a recent interview of Father George Coyne by athiest Richard Dawkins, the latter seemed almost delighted that, for once he had found a member of the Catholic church who actually subscribes to his Darwinian theories.

Francis Collins, an American physician-geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project, argues for god's existence in The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.

CONSTRUCTION is about to begin on a man-made island off Sapan Hin on the island’s south-east, which will be home to a five-metre statue of Buddha.

A new podcast dealing with travel, spirit encounters and miracles has been launched by author and commentator Jake Hanson.

www.BangkokDayTours.com has extended its range of tours to include some of the popular attractions in the province of Chonburi, such as Nong Nooch Gardens and the Sanctuary of Truth.

www.bangkokdaytours.com has added a new 3-day tour to the world renowned Candle Festival in Ubon Ratchathani in the North East of Thailand. This festival coincides with the beginning of Buddhist Lent and will take place this year from 17th -19th July

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