Author: Helen O'Neill

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121300292.html

On a crisp November day in 2009, the cemetery on the hill received its first guest - a 28-year-old stonemason killed in a car accident two days earlier.

Solemnly his Sufi Muslim brethren buried him beneath a...

Author: Rose French

Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/111828634.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DU2EPaL_V_9E7ODiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

Buffalo hide adorns the altar. Sage is burned to help cleanse the heart, soul and mind. Ojibwe and Lakota languages are used in many of the prayers and songs. Traditional Indian elements like these...

Author: Nikhil Bumb

Source: The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nikhil-bumb/jain-or-hindu-finding-a-d_b_794001.html

On the first day of college we were handed an optional Religious Identification Form to complete. Very simply, the form asked if we chose to identify with any of the listed religions or "Other," with a place to fill in what "Other" meant to us, and whether we wished to be contacted by campus...

Author: Robert Kolker

Source: The New York Magazine

http://nymag.com/news/articles/reasonstoloveny/2010/70056/

The Anti-Defamation League called the plan to build a Muslim community and prayer center two blocks from ground zero “counterproductive to the healing process.” Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan suggested the mosque’s developers find another site. But while some in the religious world equivocated, the leaders...

Author: Spencer S. Hsu

Source: The Washington Post

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/spencer-s-hsu/rabbi-sues-army-over-beard-rul.html

An Orthodox Jewish rabbi from Brooklyn sued the U.S. Army Wednesday for denying him a commission to serve as an Army chaplain because his faith prohibits him from shaving his beard.

Author: Douglas A. Hicks

Source: The Washington Post

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/12/return_of_the_christmas_wars.html

Welcome back to the "December dilemma" death match -- the 2010 edition. In this corner are the self-proclaimed defenders of Christmas, ready and organized to denounce anyone who says "Happy Holidays." In the other corner are a more motley crew of retailers,...

Author: Vern Barnet

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/07/2502491/dennis-moore-is-a-champion-for.html

This column honors a retiring congressman, but it is not about politics. It is about a person in government who has helped make Kansas City a national model for interfaith relationships and activity.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: NewsTrack India

Wire Service: ANI

http://newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/194046

In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Buddhists welcomed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed to their Bodhi Day commemoration at Reno Buddhist Church (Nevada, USA) on December five.

 Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, talked about some important events in Gautama Buddha's life and briefed...

Author: Michele Marcott

Source: The Shreveport Times

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20101206/NEWS01/12060322/Area-leaders-celebrate-diversity-with-Taste-of-Interfaith

Religious and community leaders from northern and central Louisiana gathered Sunday at Lakeview United Methodist Church to celebrate the diversity of their communities and recognize the efforts of Northern...

Author: Sarah Black

Source: The Lariat

http://www.lariatnews.com/life/bahai-club-promotes-oneness-at-interfaith-meeting-1.2422988

The Baha'i Club met Wednesday Dec. 1 for Saddleback College's first Interfaith Devotional Meeting.

The goal for the meeting was to "encourage interfaith fellowship and worship," said Ray Zimmerman, the club's advisor and English instructor.

Author: Herpreet Kaur

Source: SikhNet

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/united-sikhs-feed-hungry-california

Sikh volunteers fed hundreds of hungry and homeless people in California just before Thanksgiving as part of the UNITED SIKHS Aid project "Feed the Hungry."

Author: Slim Allagui

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1ZnsEhJjI-UqZmSAOI_FxTWnT0Q?docId=CNG.e49d8f7446a37c4bd9b779af911a7e43.3a1

Children skip across the roof of a mosque and play hide and seek in a Hindu temple: this unusual playground is designed to...

Author: Daniel Burke

Source: BeliefNet

Wire Service: RNS

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2010/12/religious-groups-rally-behind.php

As a federal appeals court in California heard opening arguments in a landmark gay marriage case on Dec. 6, a rare coalition of religious leaders released a public letter promoting marriage as "the faithful union of one man and one woman."

Leaders...

Author: Heather Ah San

Source: The Oregon Daily Emerald

http://www.dailyemerald.com/scene/interfaith-prayer-service-celebrates-diversity-during-the-holidays-1.1820319

The board members behind Eugene's Interfaith Prayer Service view the holiday season as a time for religious tolerance, understanding and dialogue.

Since it was created in 2001, the Interfaith Prayer...