Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Tribune

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100221/main3.htm

Members of the Christian and Hindu communities clashed and vandalised public property here today over publication of a picture of Jesus Christ in an allegedly objectionable manner by a Delhi-based publisher and at a welcome gate erected for Ram Navmi celebrations at Jalandhar recently.

Indefinite curfew was clamped in Batala after the town’s...

Author: Staff Writer

Original Source: Boston Herald

Wire Service: AP

https://oklahoman.com/article/3441155/tiger-woods-says-hell-turn-to-buddhism-for-help

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Author: Staff Writer

Source: European Jewish Press

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/42487

The premiere of a Jewish-themed opera in Saint Petersburg was delayed Thursday after an unknown person threatened to blow up the theatre, police said.   

The historic Mikhailovsky theatre had been due to present a staging of "The Jewess" by French composer Jacques Fromental Halevy when it received the...

Author: Samuel G. Freedman

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/world/americas/20religion.html

Barely 18 hours after an earthquake devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, the Rev. Pat Robertson supplied a televised discourse on the nation’s history, theology and destiny. Haiti has suffered, he explained, because its rebellious slaves “swore a pact with the devil” to overthrow...

Author: Douglas Todd

Source: The Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canadian+Pentecostal+performs+rare+multi+faith+role+Games/2579654/story.html

David Wells readily admits Pentecostal Christians are not exactly famous for leading multi-faith efforts.

After all, the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, which Wells heads, has close ties to the large Assemblies of God...

Author: Julius Whigham II

Source: The Palm Beach Post

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/interfaith-service-in-delray-beach-remembers-haiti-earthquake-251730.html

More than a month has passed since the earthquake that devastated Haiti, but many members of the local Haitian community are still coming to terms with the impact of the disaster, Joseph Bernadel said tonight before an interfaith...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/02/wiccan-chaplain-battles-for-st

A volunteer Wiccan chaplain is headed to a federal...

Author: Loa Iok-sin

Source: Taipei Times

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/02/17/2003466084

Walking into the three-story Glorious Pantheons (光正萬教宮) in Chiayi City, the temple looks similar to most other Taoist temples in the nation, with elaborately decorated pillars, a traditional roof and numerous statues of deities on the altars. However, upon taking a closer look at the altar, one difference becomes clear...

Author: Norimitsu Onishi

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/world/asia/18indo.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

As if on cue, the two Buddhist monks in saffron robes appeared one late afternoon recently, seemingly out of nowhere, to complete the picture of Indonesia’s religious past and present.

The visitors stood at the edge of a large fenced-off pit where a ninth-century Hindu temple had...

Author: Cynthia Dizikes and Kristen Mack

Source: Chicago Tribune

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Author: Saira Thadani

Source: The GW Hatchet

http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2010/02/16/News/Places.Of.Worship.Vary.For.Religious.Students-3872463.shtml

No matter the religion one practices, there is always a special location - a temple, a church, a synagogue - that serves as a place for worship. In many ways, these settings are a symbol of...

Author: Tom Bevan

Source: The Exeter Express and Echo

http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Exeter-Hindu-temple-plan-wins-backing/article-1837769-detail/article.html

Religious leaders have given their backing to plans to build a multi-million pound Hindu temple in Exeter.

Yesterday the Echo revealed plans from representatives of the Hindu community in the city to buy...

Author: Leonel Sanchez

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/16/interfaith-day-service-builds-community-spirit/

More than 200 Christians, Muslims, Jews and other faithful from around the county gathered yesterday at Balboa Park to work for a common good. They cleaned up the place.

Along the way, they got to know each other better and drew wisdom from their...

Author: Natalia Mielczarek

Source: The Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100214/NEWS06/2140356/Vandalism+at+Nashville+mosque+pulls+faiths+together

At least 150 people, including spiritual leaders from several faiths, spent Saturday morning at the Islamic Center of Nashville learning about the world's second-largest religion and pledging their support for local Muslims...

Author: Steve Maynard

Source: The News Tribune

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/religion/story/1069904.html

College students of wide-ranging faiths from across the country worked toward the common goal of understanding religious diversity Saturday at the University of Puget Sound.

In one group, five students of different faiths – Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Unitarian Universalist and Jewish – talked in the college cafeteria...