Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project

http://www.pewforum.org/2014/01/14/religious-hostilities-reach-six-year-high/?utm_reader=feedly

Public Radio International

http://www.pri.org/stories/world/asia/ancient-persian-religion-on-the-decline-in-pakistan-12224.html

Indian Express

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/does-marrying-nonparsi-change-parsi-womans-religion-hc-bench-divided/927835/0

TVNewser

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cbs-to-air-interfaith-religion-special-in-april_b117650

ENInews

http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5471

The Madison Times

http://www.themadisontimes.com/news_details.php?news_id=1577

Author: Jonathan Wynne-Jones

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8224923/Multi-faith-chaplains-to-make-House-of-Commons-more-inclusive.html

John Bercow has backed the creation of a team of multi-faith chaplains, which will also include representatives of the Hindu, Buddhist and Jainist religions.

Members of the House have expressed surprise at the move, which some have described as "an exercise in politically-...

Author: Manoj R Nair

Source: Mumbai Mirror

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2010040820100408021028944c8a7a042/Much-noise-over-names-at-Towers-of-Silence.html

After refusing permission to an inter-caste married Parsi woman to let her body be consigned to the Towers of Silence after her death because she had assumed a ‘Hindu’ name, the Bombay Parsi Panchayet (BPP) has declared that funerals of women married outside the community will not be allowed at the towers if they have...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: India Today

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/90053/India/Parsi+woman+moves+court+for+her+right+to+worship.html

A Zoroastrian woman, married outside her Parsi community, has moved the Gujarat High Court (HC) to ensure her fundamental right to worship and access to religious places. A division bench admitted the matter on Thursday.

Goolrokh Adi Contractor...

Author: Neena Bhandari

Source: News Blaze

http://newsblaze.com/story/20100318081728iwfs.nb/topstory.html

It's a Sunday morning. A fire is burning on a silver urn in the sanctum sanctorum as about 30 children pray with a priest in the main hall of the Darbe Meher, the place of worship and community activity for Zoroastrians, in the Sydney suburb of Annangrove.

Nestling amidst verdant surroundings with a tranquil billabong (pool of water) and fruit trees, the Darbe Meher...

Author: Hanna Ingber Win

Source: Global Post

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/091228/parsi-community-mumbai

A group of about a dozen young Parsi professionals gather around a table at the Pars i Gymkhana or social club at Marine Lines in Mumbai. They drink Pepsis and snack on toast topped with akuri, a spicy mixture of scrambled eggs and tomatoes, as they wait for others to arrive.

“What’s up, homies?” says 23-year-old Peshotan Kapadia as he makes his entrance....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Khaleej Times

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2009/December/theuae_December800.xml&section=theuae&col=

The global Zoroastrian diaspora will converge in Dubai for a four-day congress, starting today.

The 9^th World Zoroastrian Congress will mark a reunion of Zoroastrians (Parsees) from six continents, culminating in a New Year Eve party.

‘Unity Through the Sands of Time’ is the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8333250.stm

Leaders from across the UK's religious communities have said there is a "moral imperative" to tackle global warming.

Leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Baha'i, Jain and Zoroastrian faiths called on G20 nations to cut greenhouse gases.

They said climate change posed a "very real threat to the world's poor"....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hB-EPfCosgSU3-HF0q-g7IXIFFVgD9BKR1R01

Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country.

In comments to Iran's new ambassador to the Holy See, Benedict also urged Tehran to improve the situation of all...

Author: Ashutosh Shukla

Source: DNA India

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_parsi-body-plans-vulture-breeding-to-help-death-rites_1303131

The Parsi community of the city — who leave their dead out in the open to be consumed by vultures and were facing problems with disposing their dead with the dwindling number of vultures in the city — are hoping to resolve the problem with an aviary...