Author: Omar Sacirbey

Source: The Pew Forum on Religion...

Author: Veronica Grandison

Source: Heritage Newspapers/Press...

Author: NOAH FELDMAN

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16Shariah-t.html?ref=magazine

Last month, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, gave a nuanced, scholarly lecture in London about whether the British legal system should allow non-Christian courts to decide certain matters of family law. Britain has no constitutional separation of church and state. The archbishop noted that “...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/islamic-summit-seeks-dialogue-of-civilisations/2008/03/15/1205472138740.html

World Muslim leaders have condemned extremism and terrorism as incompatible with Islam and proposed a high-level international meeting to promote a "dialogue of civilisations"...

Author: Robert Channick

Source: Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-relig_abraham_14mar14,1,5673138.story

Followers of three faiths with a shared heritage were brought together last week by a book.

Inspired by "Abraham," Bruce Feiler's 2002 historical best-seller about the biblical patriarch of Jews, Christians and Muslims, more than 120 people gathered in a Schaumburg church Saturday...

Author: Janaka Perera

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,6027,0,0,1,0

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks on Mahasivarathri Day March 7 blessed a site situated in Berlin, Germany, on which is planned the construction of Europe's second largest Hindu temple.

The proposed temple's custodians are Indian Hindus who have received land in the city of Berlin free of charge from the German Government for building...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7289508.stm

Religious and faith organisations contribute more than £100m in economic benefits to Wales, a report says.

But the groups have little in return, with barely a quarter of faith communities getting public funding, the research found.

According to the study, around 40,000 unpaid volunteers do 80,000 hours of community work a week...

Author: Maya Dollarhide

Source: CNN/LifeWire

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/03/10/religion.at.the.office/

Rob Skinner did not expect to find a chaplain in the office when he started his sales job at Piedmont Air Conditioning in Raleigh, North Carolina. "I was a little worried because I didn't want God shoved down my throat," says Skinner, 38, a self-described liberal Christian.

Turns out Dwayne Reece, from the...

Author: Michael Paulson

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/03/10/jews_tackle_intermarriage_debate/

The statistic was startling: A study of the Jewish community in Greater Boston asserted that 60 percent of the children in interfaith families are being raised as Jews. more stories like this

The recent Brandeis University study's number was so significantly higher than...

Author: DAVID YONKE

Source: Toledo Blade

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080310/NEWS10/803100339

A sold-out crowd of about 275 gathered in Rosary Cathedral School yesterday to learn about, interact with, and celebrate Ohio's religious diversity.

Participants in the 7th Annual MultiFaith Banquet lived up to the event's theme, "Honoring the Tradition of the Other," as they shared dinner...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/TNA

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,6026,0,0,1,0

Five senior Thai Buddhist monks arrived in the Egyptian capital on Sunday for an official visit in which they will hold talks with the Sunni Muslims’ highest spiritual leader later in the week.

The Thai monks, led by Phra Dhramakosajarn, rector of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, were welcomed by Thai...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu Press International/Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2008/3/9.shtml#1

The Hindu American Foundation was invited by the Department of Justice to join the Faith Leaders' Roundtable Conference. Attended by Attorney General Mukasey, the invitation-only meeting gathered eleven organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Union of Orthodox Jewish...

Author: Tim Funk

Source: The Charlotte Observer

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/175/story/533031.html

They've built a Habitat for Humanity house together. They've had ritual meals together. They've even worshiped side-by-side at Thanksgiving eve religious services.

But things were different - and often difficult - when these local Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders met over the last several months to address an issue so emotional and...

Author: Ethan Cole

Source: The Christian Post

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080309/31467_National_Muslim-Christian_Initiative_Launches_in_N._America.htm

Christian and Muslim leaders met this past week to launch the National Muslim-Christian Initiative in North America aimed at facilitating greater understanding between the two religious communities.

Author: Rich Barlow

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/03/08/rabbi_praises_interfaith_mobility/

If Rabbi David Gordis is right, when it comes to improving relations among Christians, Jews, and Muslims, the words of the prophets are written not on church or temple or mosque walls, but in the hearts of the congregants.

In a talk at Merrimack College this week, Gordis,...