Author: Staff Writer

Source: India Post

http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/4748/

A memorial [s]ervice for victims of terrorist attack in Mumbai was held at American University here on December 4. This was organized by [the] Jewish Community of Greater Washington in collaboration with several Indian American sponsors. Rabbi Levi Shemtov was the key note speaker.

He expressed, in a very emotional manner, the agony over the loss of lives...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sikh Times

http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=2468

Over a thousand people joined Sikhs to celebrate, the three hundredth anniversary of Guru Maneyo Granth – Believe in the Granth (Holy Sikh Scriptures) as your Guru.

In 1708 Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru, bestowed all spiritual power to the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Scriptures and said “This is now your Guru, you will not worship or pay...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Prayers_in_UK_for_Mumbai_victims/articleshow/3807051.cms

Multi-religious prayers were held in different parts of the UK in memory of the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, which killed nearly 200 people.

"Our prayers go out to family members of those who were caught up in these attacks and either died or...

Author: Nicole Neroulias

Source: Religion News Service

http://media.www.districtchronicles.com/media/storage/paper263/news/2008/12/07/DivineIntervention/Jews-And.Muslims.Break.Bread.And.Stereotypes-3574925.shtml

The mistrust and misconceptions between North America's Jews and Muslims may run thick and deep, but leaders of a new nationwide...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Muslim Public Affairs Council

http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=749

Today, the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Council on American-Islamic Relations urged interfaith dialogue between Indian Muslims and Hindus in the wake of last week's Mumbai attacks.

The call for an interfaith effort came on the heels of a two-day initiative in New York, where local Muslims and Jews joined in offering condolences and prayers for...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: News Blaze

http://newsblaze.com/story/20081207062830zzzz.nb/topstory.html

Hindus have sent early greetings to Christian communities worldwide for the upcoming Christmas celebrations.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a release in Nevada (USA) today, expressed his warmest greetings on the Christmas season, wishing that it would bring joy, happiness, blessings and cheer to all.

Zed, who...

Author: Katherine Bindley

Source: The New York Times

Author: Mac McAnulty

Source: The Harvard Crimson

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525744

Standing in a circle three rows deep across the stage of Tercentary Theater, over 100 students, professors, and friends of the Harvard community turned to their neighbors last night and lit candles in a vigil for victims of the last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai.

The mourners stood in silence listening to almost an hour of speeches,...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Daily Tribune

http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20081205com3.html

Neetu Natu’s husband, Siddharath, was at work in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel last week when armed militants stormed the building. That he survived when hundreds didn’t was down to fate, she said.

As the firing started, Siddharath, a food and beverages manager at the luxury seafront hotel, closed the doors to the restaurant...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sikh News Network

Author: Emma R. Carron

Source: The Harvard Crimson

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525745

With tables lined with samosas, jelly doughnuts, and rice pudding, seven faith-based organizations started the holiday season early at yesterday evening’s third annual Interfaith Holiday Celebration held by the Harvard Interfaith Council.

“One of the goals of the Interfaith Council is to build friendship between different groups,...

Author: Kate Borger

Source: The Emory Wheel

http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=26334

Red Santa hats, yellow flags and purple figurines combined to create a rainbow of diversity Wednesday, as more than 30 groups participated in the Festival of Faith.

The event, a celebration of spiritual diversity during Wonderful Wednesday, attracted student groups as well as organizations from around the Atlanta area who set up tables with information about...

Author: Gregg Krupa

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081204/METRO/812040447/1409/METRO#

A dozen interfaith leaders from across Metro Detroit huddled in a private session today at Sacred Heart Major Seminary to discuss the economic crisis affecting the state and possibilities for cooperation in assisting local residents through some of the most distressed times in decades....

Author: Diana Nelson Jones

Source: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08339/932614-53.stm

The city's Historic Review Commission yesterday heard more wrangling over legal wording that would exempt any building used for religious worship or education from historic status.

Historic status protects buildings from demolition unless they become hazardous.

The city's law now gives the owner of a religious property...

Author: Ise-Oluwa Ige

Source: All Africa

http://allafrica.com/stories/200812040459.html

Religious leaders across the nation yesterday met in Abuja behind closed doors in search of peace for the crisis-ridden Jos, the capital of Plateau State.

The leaders who gathered under the name and style of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council of Nigeria, (NIREC) said the latest Jos mayhem which claimed hundreds of lives and property worth several millions of...