Roles and Responsibilities of the Attorney General. 1  is the Law Officer of the Executive Council; 2  shall see that the administration of public affairs is in accordance with the law; 3  shall superintend all matters connected with the administration of justice in Ontario;
For Christians, Ash Wednesday signifies the beginning of the season of Lent which extends over 40 days and culminates with Easter. Services are held in churches of most Christian denominations and a key ritual is the smearing of ash on a personâs forehead, in the shape of a cross.
Ashura, is the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. In Sunni Islam, Ashura also marks the day that Moses and the Israelites were saved from Pharaoh by God creating a path in the Sea, and is the Islamic equivalent to Yom Kippur. Other commemorations include Noah leaving the Ark and Muhammad's arrival in Medina. For the majority of Shi'a Muslims, Ashura marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram, and commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of