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Religion-Based Employee Groups Enhance Culture of Inclusion

November 29, 2007

Author: Louise Fenner

Source: USINFO

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=November&x=20071129181439xlrennef0.121731

Washington -- Employees at Texas Instruments in Dallas are proud of their company’s culture of inclusion, which is marked by the presence of employee networking groups for Christians and Muslims that encourage mutual respect and...

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Thanksgiving Interfaith Service Held in Detroit

November 29, 2007

Source: Sikh News Network

http://www.sikhnet.com/Sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/C70BA4FFC43A1B8D872573A2005A85CB!OpenDocument

The Interfaith Community of Metropolitan Detroit has held an interfaith service every Thanksgiving Eve for the last 21 years. It moves to a different house of worship each year. In years past it has been held in churches, synagogues and in a Hindu temple. This year, on November 21, it was held in a Gurdwara...

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Pope Invites Senior Muslims to Vatican Meeting

November 29, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Middle East Online

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=23297

Pope Benedict XVI invited a delegation of senior Muslim personalities, who signed an appeal for greater dialogue between religions, to a meeting at the Vatican, according to a letter released Thursday.

The pope praised the "positive spirit" behind the October 11 message signed by 138 top Muslims from around the world and sent...

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Mideast Peace Talks Advance

November 28, 2007

Author: Farah Stockman

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2007/11/28/mideast_peace_talks_advance/

After seven years without progress toward Mideast peace, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday pledged to launch immediate negotiations aimed at creating a Palestinian state by the end of next year. RELATED NEWS:

* Mideast peace talks...

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Abraham’s Vision Produces Student Made Unity Program Documentary

November 27, 2007

Source: American Muslim

http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/abrahams_vision_produces_student_made_unity_program_documentary/0015080

(New York, NY, 11/27/2007) Sara Hadi and Rebecca Katz, two Muslim and Jewish graduates from the Al-Iman School and the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in New York City, partnered and produced a ten-minute documentary upon their graduation from the...

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Major N.Y. Islamic Center Honors Orthodox Rabbi at Annual Event

November 26, 2007

Author: Shlomo Shamir

Source: Haaretz

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/928302.html

The Islamic Center of Long Island (ICLI), considered one of the largest leading Muslim centers among the U.S. Muslim community, awarded a special honor to Orthodox Rabbi Marc Schneier on Sunday.

400 Muslim religious leaders and businessman took part in the center's annual dinner Sunday. Those in attendance welcomed Schneier with much applause as the heads of...

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Politics, Religion and Foreign Interference Rule in Lebanon

November 26, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Kuwait Times

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=ODc1MjY4ODM5

Foreign powers have influenced presidential elections in Lebanon since it gained independence from France in 1943, amid a complex system dictated by religious and political considerations. And now as parliament is due to convene to find a successor for pro-Syrian incumbent Emile Lahoud,...

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Government Urged to Invest in Inter-Faith Dialogue to Combat Terror Threat

November 25, 2007

Author: George Conger

Source: Religious Intelligence

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=1227

INTERFAITH dialogue is a worthwhile investment in the war against Islamist terrorism, the Bishop of St Albans has said.

Speaking in response to the Prime Minister’s national security speech to the House of Commons, Bishop Christopher Herbert told the House of Lords the government would benefit from the experiences of the...

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Vatican to Accept Muslim Dialogue Call Soon

November 25, 2007

Author: Tom Heneghan

Source: Reuters

http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN540920.html

The Vatican plans to respond positively and very soon to an appeal by Muslim scholars for an unprecedented dialogue between Christianity and Islam, Roman Catholic cardinals and Islam experts say.

The Catholic Church, representing more than half the world's two billion Christians, has not yet officially answered the call made last month and hailed by...

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Devout Jews, Muslims Mull Dividing Holy Jerusalem

November 24, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Middle East Online

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=23227

From opposite sides of the wall that once divided Jerusalem, Israeli Shlomo Yirmiyahu and Palestinian Yakoob Arrajabi watched in 1967 as Israeli army seized the Arab east of the city.

Now, as their leaders prepare for talks about peace, the two devoutly religious men are trying to imagine the future of their home town, which...

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US Embassy to Hold Interfaith Conference in Delhi

November 24, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Muslims

http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/nov/23/us_embassy_hold_interfaith_conference_delhi.html

In a bid to reach out to the large Muslim population in South Asia, the American embassy in India will hold a conference of Interfaith Coalition for Peace in New Delhi January next year.

"We plan to organise a conference of Interfaith Coalition for Peace at...

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More Public Schools Offering Elective Religion Classes

November 24, 2007

Author: CHRISTINA VANOVERBEKE

Source: East Valley Tribune

http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2007/11/25/news/local/local14.txt

MESA, Ariz. (AP) - A group of teenagers gathered in Ahwatukee Foothills on a recent Monday afternoon to discuss the Jewish faith. But they got a little hung up on the concept of the Sabbath as a day of rest.

‘‘You're not allowed to drive? So you have to walk everywhere?''...

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