Author: Molly Rossiter

Source: The Gazette

http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090130/NEWS/701309942/1006

Acknowledging our differences and embracing our similarities are important in promoting peace and healing in times of conflict, area religious leaders said last night.

In an interfaith prayer service for peace and healing, held at Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist, nine speakers...

Author: Sam Jenkins

Source: The Guilfordian

http://media.www.guilfordian.com/media/storage/paper281/news/2009/01/30/Features/Religious.Emphasis.Week.Enjoys.Great.Turnout-3605194.shtml

"It's an opportunity for the community to celebrate our dynamic, multi-faith religious community on campus," said Campus Ministry Coordinator Max Carter of Religious Emphasis Week, a...

Author: Trina Hoaks

Source: Atheism Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/x-2044-Atheism-Examiner~y2009m1d29-AU-says-proposed-Berkley-ordinance-favors-religious-groups

Americans United (AU) issued a press release yesterday in which they said that Berkley, California is proposing an ordinance that will unconstitutionally favor religious groups over non-religious groups.

Following...

Author: Adelle M. Banks

Source: Religion News Service

http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/poll_shows_mississippi_is_the_heart_of_the_bible_belt/

Want to be almost certain you’ll have religious neighbors? Move to Mississippi.

Prefer to be in the least religious state? Venture to Vermont.

A new Gallup Poll, based on more than 350,000 interviews, finds that the...

Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Source: Religion News Service

http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17425

Complaints of religious discrimination in the workplace are on the rise, but civil rights advocates say that may not be such a bad thing.

That's because a likely reason for a steady rise in reported incidents has nothing to do with intolerant corporate cultures but rather religious minorities who are more aware of their rights and more...

Author: Bob Todd

Source: The Dialogue Institute

http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/pressreleases/interfaith_dialogue_at_the_grass_roots/

As the United States looks forward to a new year filled with collaborative efforts for change for the betterment of our world, The Dialogue Institute at Temple University is happy to announce the release of Interfaith Dialogue at the Grass Roots.

A wonderful...

Author: Robert Lewis

Source: The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1572710.html

People of all faiths from the Sacramento area gathered in Davis on Sunday afternoon to look past their differences in an effort to foster understanding – and they had to look past plenty.

Attacks in Mumbai, India, and strife in Gaza; the seemingly endless conflict in Iraq, and Afghanistan threatening to get worse.

They were...

Author: Annysa Johnson

Source: The News...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Seychelles Nation Online

http://www.nation.sc/index.php?art=14775

Representatives of the different religions in Seychelles have met to talk about how they will work together to fight drug abuse.

They held a meeting on Friday at Care House in Victoria, the headquarters of the Campaign for Awareness, Resilience and Education against substance abuse.

Care had invited leaders of all the different faiths in...

Author: Martin E. Marty

Source: Ponderings On a Faith Journey

http://pastorbobcornwall.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-jesus-sightings.html

The apostle Paul claimed that Jesus, in the form of "Christ crucified," was "a stumbling block [skandalon=scandal=offence] to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles." (I Corinthians 1:23) Jews+Gentiles=pretty much everybody. You may ask, "What is Jesus doing in Sightings," given this column's...

Author: Tanveer Ali

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090124/METRO/901240371/1041/LIFESTYLE04

Seizing President Barack Obama's inaugural appeal for unity throughout the nation and world, Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi led an interfaith prayer Friday calling for shared respect and justice across the religious spectrum.

About 50 people representing members of the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Cleveland.com

Author: Ron Cassie

Source: The Frederick News-Post

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/art_life/display.htm?StoryID=85588

Clergy representing more than 1,000 congregations across Maryland, have signed and sent a letter to the General Assembly and Gov. Martin O'Malley, urging the repeal of "the law allowing for the state execution of men and women."

As part of the Interfaith Coalition to End the Death Penalty's...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/an_interfaith_commitment_for_peace/186973/

We, members and leaders of the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities in the Greater Richmond area - all having deep and symbolic ties to the land and peoples of the Middle East - are anguished by the events unfolding in Israel and Gaza. Recognizing the...

Author: Ayegba Israel Ebije

Source: AllAfrica.com

http://allafrica.com/stories/200901230406.html

The Nigeria Inter Religious Council (NIREC) has concluded plans to train 250 youths on how to overcome the issue of reli-gious crisis in Nigeria that has led to the loss of so many lives in Nigeria.

The national coordinator, Pro-fessor Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this in Minna yesterday in an address he delivered at the first Nigerian youths summit on...