Author: Staff Writer

Original Source: Reuters

The Thai government said on Friday it was failing to win over the ethnic Malays of the predominantly Muslim far south, where more than 2,800 people have been killed in four years of separatist insurgency.

"We made great progress on military operations last year, but our efforts with the people remained static," government spokesman Chaiya Yimwilai told a news conference. "We need to beef up on the arrests, searches, intelligence as well as the civil affairs...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Malaysia Sun

http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/319534/cs/1/

Christian, Jewish and Muslim children are to learn about each other's faiths when Ireland opens the first tri-religious primary school in Europe this September to reflect the country's changing demographics.

The so-called Intercultural Interdenominational Primary School (IIPS), which is to...

Author: Marlesse Marino

Source: Boston University Daily Free Press

http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2008/01/17/News/Students.Remain.Devoted.To.Faith-3156344.shtml

Even though college students may move away from home, they do not have to move away from religion.

Religious leaders at some Boston-area colleges claim they have seen an...

Author: Press Release

Source: Human Rights Commission

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00118.htm

Review shows busy year for interfaith activities

A section of the 2007 Race Relations Report will be released at an Interfaith workshop hosted by Auckland City this Saturday.

The review of interfaith activities reveals a busy and significant year for cooperation and dialogue for the country’s religious communities.
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Author: Marti Davis

Source: Knox News

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jan/17/ecumenical-gathering/

The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, the son and grandson of Baptist ministers, might have been surprised at the variety of prayers offered at the altar of Knoxville's First Baptist Church in an interfaith prayer service to honor his memory Wednesday.

On the other hand, the man who credited Hindu leader...

Author: Kristin D'Agostino

Source: The Salem Gazette

http://www.wickedlocal.com/salem/homepage/x142930176

Pastor Phil Wyman would be the first to agree that he’s a black sheep among clergy. An expert on Wicca, a well practiced interpreter of dreams, Wyman has been an avid participant in the city’s annual Halloween celebration, supporting a holiday many Christians believe to be a symbol of darkness and the occult.

A little over...

Author: Jane Lampman

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0116/p14s02-lire.html

They are heroes in a battle most Americans think has already been won. On Wednesday evening, they are to be honored for their contributions to strengthening religious freedom at home and abroad.

Although the US is home to the greatest experiment in religious freedom ever, and the great majority of Americans support that principle,...

Author: Rajan Zed

Source: MediaForFreedom.com

http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=8810

In a remarkable interfaith gesture, faith leaders from different religions and denominations got together to pray and bless the students of prestigious Bishop Manogue Catholic High School in south Reno (Nevada).

It was wonderful to see Christian (various denominations), Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish religious leaders...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: AP

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEJp8g5Ip07SZM6RoHz9OlRs5zBg

A director who shares the ideas of Iran's hardline president has produced what he says is the first film giving an Islamic view of Jesus Christ, in a bid to show the "common ground" between Muslims and Christians.

Nader Talebzadeh sees his movie, "Jesus, the Spirit of God," as an Islamic answer to Western productions like Mel...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Malta Independent

http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=62873

Some weeks ago, Professor Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Communita di Sant’Egidio delivered a talk at MCC

Professor Riccardi started his lecture by speaking about the particular reality of the Mediterranean Sea; a melting pot of exchange, of encounters as well as of confrontation. Malta, with its profound Christian identity...

Author: FINN-OLAF JONES

Source: The New York Times

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/travel/escapes/11crestone.html?ex=1200718800&en=96b2ac57b20e37c1&ei=5070&emc=eta1

“TRUST an unknown future with a known God,” urges the sign in front of the Sangre de Cristo Christian Church on the outskirts of Crestone, Colo., which is close to a four-hour drive south of Denver off...

Author: Shauna Staveley

Source: Arlington Advocate

http://www.wickedlocal.com/arlington/homepage/x1925658856

ARLINGTON, MASS. - Ali S. Asani, Harvard professor of the practice of Indo-Muslim languages and culture, said he knows how to end dehumanization in society — particularly of Muslims.

The solution is death of cultural and religious illiteracy, and the birth of a truly pluralistic society, he said on Nov. 5 at the Dialogue...

Author: Bryan Schwartzman

Source: Jewish Exponent

http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/15030/

A cross section of the city's Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders gathered Jan. 3 in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where they offered prayers in English, Hebrew and Arabic, not for world peace but for something much closer to home: a reduction in the violent crime that has gripped this city for more than two...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The American Muslim

http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_leaders_call_for_intervention_in_gaza/0015565

As the growing humanitarian crisis continues in the Gaza Strip, interfaith leaders in Southern California held a press conference and a vigil to call for an end to the collective punishment of 1.5 million residents. Interfaith...