Author: Brent Davis

Source: GuelphMercury.com

http://news.guelphmercury.com/Life/article/368611

Darrol Bryant was born into a time of conflict, a time when the world was at war.

And growing up in the United States in the years following the Second World War, he became acutely aware of the unspeakable horrors that had defined this period in history.

"What happened to the Jews of Europe in the Second World War . . . has haunted me...

Author: Melanie M. Sidwell

Source: Longmont Times-Call

http://www.timescall.com/faith/Faith-Story.asp?id=10650

A dozen people held hands in a large circle and, with their right feet forward in the center, began to rock back and forth inside the chapel.

“The movement is the prayer,” said Grace Marie, a sacred dance teacher based in Fort Collins and member of the Mentors Teachers Guild of Peaceworks and the International...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7562915.stm

Fewer than half of all marriages in 2007 were religious ceremonies, according to annual figures from the Registrar General.

About 48% of couples opted for religious weddings and about 52% had civil ceremonies, compared with 55% and 45% respectively in 1997.

Almost 8,000 civil marriages were conducted at places other than register...

Author: Hannah Sutherland

Source: Surrey Leader

http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/lifestyles/26961234.html

When Patricia Bravo looks at her three kids – bespectacled Graeme, 6, brown-eyed Robin, 3 and blond-haired Owen Lister, 1 – she hopes she can instill in them an appreciation for diversity.

Being regularly exposed to various cultures in South Surrey, Bravo signed her kids up for a...

Author: Dina Rabie

Source: Islam Online

Author: Henrik Hansson

Source: World Council of Churches

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1722/inter-religious-youth-gro.html

During a youth interfaith seminar outside Geneva last month some participants realized the religious differences are usually smaller than imagined and cultural differences are often more significant than expected.

During three weeks in July...

Author: Sonya Weakley

Source: News Blaze

http://newsblaze.com/story/20080813101051tsop.nb/topstory.html

Mark and Meris Steele gave little thought to the role of religion in their marriage until three years after their first child was born. It was then that Mark, a Catholic, and Meris, born Jewish, started sending their son Spencer to Jewish Sunday school.

They now realize it was at that point they decided to raise their children...

Author: Ian Demsky

Source: The News Tribune

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008110913_apwamultiplefaiths.html

Arlen Lopez grew up Catholic but came to question some of the tenets of that faith, such as the emphasis on the Virgin Mary and the ability of confession to wash away sin. Although he now thinks of himself simply as a Christian, he says he's still Catholic at heart.

"It's in the blood...

Author: Imam Imam

Source: All Africa

http://allafrica.com/stories/200808120296.html

Zamfara State government has moved in swiftly to avert a possible clash between Christians and Muslims in the state.

It has therefore sent a warning to all its citizens not to take part in any street demonstration to protest an alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad by some Dutch nationals.

Similar protests in the past had led to confrontation...

Author: Marilyn H. Karfeld

Source: Cleveland Jewish News

http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2008/08/08/news/local/bcover0808.txt

Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau in Shaker Heights will receive $219,000 in taxpayer funds to mentor at-risk teens in foster care.

It is the only Jewish nonprofit to obtain funding this year through the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives...

Author: Sean Yoong

Original Source: The Straits Times

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/710592

Protestors forced lawyers in Malaysia to abandon a conference on religious conversion on Saturday, decrying it as an effort to challenge the official status of Islam in this Muslim-majority country.

Police...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: World Council of Churches

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1722/quota-common-wordquot.html

A recent dialogue held in late July at Yale University in the United States brought together Muslim and Christian scholars, intellectuals, academics and religious leaders from the United States and around the world. The event was one of a series of dialogues...

Author: Nikki Patrick

Source: The Morning Sun

http://www.morningsun.net/news/x282403726/Interfaith-dialogue-unites-groups

Christians and Muslims are getting to know each other a little better through an interfaith dialogue that started in June.

“Khamis Siam and I have been discussing this possibility for at least four years,” said Charles Peterson, a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of...

Author: Christina Hoag

Source: Jackson Hole Star-Tribune

Wire Service: AP

http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/08/10/features/religion/efb006c25214f89f872574a00020fa95.txt

When Randy Brown visited Hispanic Pentecostal congregations in Southern California, he was stunned by displays of Star-of-David flags, fervent prayers for peace in Israel and Hebrew...

Author: Mujeeb Osman

Source: India Post News Service

http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/3509/

Urdu Caucus of North America hosted a dinner event in Lindenhurst, last week. Lake County and Chicago area officials besides representatives of different faiths attended the meeting the purpose of which was to get people of diverse faith to have an exchange of ideas and a frank discussion. Participants in the event spoke of the importance of maintaining...