Religion News – Newsletter for November 22, 2010

I just want my mom, pleads daughter of woman sentenced to death

LAHORE – The 10-year-old disabled daughter of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who has been awarded death sentence in a blasphemy case in Pakistan, breaks into tears and says she just wants to see her mother.

Aasia Bibi, 45, was given the death sentence by an additional sessions judge in Nankana Sahib district Nov [..] Read the original article: here.

Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrated with fervour

AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH – The Golden Temple complex in Amritsar Sunday shimmered with tens of hundreds of lights put up to decorate the holiest of Sikh shrines to mark Gurpurab, the 541st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, Sikhism’s founder.

Devotees in their thousands gathered at the complex, where the Harmandar Sahib is located, to offer prayers on …. Read the original article  : Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrated with fervour.

56 Hindu couples marry in Karachi

ISLAMABAD – Amid traditional songs and dances, 56 Hindu couples got married Saturday night at a glittering mass wedding in Karachi organised by the Pakistan-Hindu Council.

The couples belonged to Karachi as well as the interior parts of Sindh where there is a sizeable Hindu population.
As many as 31 couples from Karachi and 25 … Read : 56 Hindu couples marry in Karachi.

Punjab celebrates Gurpurab

AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH – The Golden Temple complex in Amritsar shimmered in zillions of lights Sunday put up to decorate the holiest of Sikh shrines to mark ‘Gurpurab’, the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Sikhism’s founder.

Tens of thousands of devotees lined up at the Golden Temple complex, where the sanctum sanctorum ‘Harmandar Sahib’ is located, …. Original source  : Punjab celebrates Gurpurab.

Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrated in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – Over 15,000 Sikh pilgrims from Pakistan, India, Canada and other parts of the world Sunday celebrated the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, at his birthplace in Pakistan’s Nankana Sahib district.

The three-day celebrations at the Gurdwara Janam Asthan concluded Sunday with a special procession and recitation from the Granth …. Source  : Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrated in Pakistan.