Author: Staff Writer

Source: El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias

http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasessp.nsf/index/pr-07-69.html

"This letter is most welcome," said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, especially at a time when "all of humanity is looking to religious leaders for guidance as to how to respond to the situation of violence in the world". Kobia was commenting on the letter "A Common Word between...

Author: JULIE MASIS

Source: India New England Online

http://www.indianewengland.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=B713C06F48A140F5BF3D6870BD515020

WALTHAM, MA – Approximately 60 people crowded into the ground floor of a local church...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Muslims

Wire Service: IANS

http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/oct/14/muslims_organise_durga_puja_dhanbad.html_0

A group of Muslims is organising Durga Puja in this coal city in Jharkhand in a bid to promote inter-religious harmony.

The Bhuli colony in Dhanbad, about 240 km from state capital Ranchi, celebrates the Durga Puja...

Source: Catholic Online

http://www.catholic.org/prwire/headline.php?ID=4267

CINCINNATI, OH, OCTOBER 13, 2007 - Several Cincinnati, Ohio and statewide organizations are coming together to search for new ways to collaborate, as well as to find new strategies, for the interfaith community to help build a brighter future for Cincinnati.

Over the next few months, and hopefully years, “The Children of Abraham,” will sponsor a wide range of programs as part of...

Source: Media-Newswire

http://media-newswire.com/release_1055501.html

(Media-Newswire.com) - Washington – A resolution recognizing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and expressing the "deepest respect to Muslims in the United States and throughout the world" was adopted in the U.S. House of Representatives October 2 by a vote of 376-0.

The resolution acknowledging the importance of Muslims in America, the first of its kind, was introduced by Texas Representative...

Author: Hamilton City Council

Source: Scoop Independent News

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0710/S00157.htm

An important community exhibition and education programme on religious diversity in the Waikato opens at the Waikato Museum today. The exhibition focuses on nine religious groups that are either part of significant religious trends or key historical players in the Waikato, or that have made a unique impact on the 'spiritual landscape' of the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Media-Newswire/United Nations

http://media-newswire.com/release_1055608.html

Opening the United Nations first ever High-Level Dialogue on interfaith and intercultural understanding, top officials from the world body today challenged Member States to embrace rather than reject what seemed "different" in members of other ethnic, religious or social groups, and to recognize that living together in a globalized world implied a...

Author: Robert Pigott

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7040774.stm

A total of 138 of the world's top Muslim leaders, clerics and academics have written an open letter to the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury and other leaders of the Christian world.

It warns that world peace depends on better dialogue between them, and points to the fundamental beliefs each have in common.

But the real significance of the...

Author: TOM HOLMES

Source: Forest Park Review

Author: Ames Boykin

Source: Daily Herald

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=54390

Cardinal Francis George on Tuesday night urged Muslims and Christians to educate young people to be more tolerant of each other's religions.

George spoke before a group of more than 200 at the ninth annual Catholic-Muslim Unity Ramadan Dinner, which was held at the Islamic Society of the Northwest Suburbs in Rolling Meadows.

Peace and tolerance should be...

Author: Kate Roberts

Source: Religion and Pluralism.com

http://www.religionandpluralism.org/Press%20ReleaseANC101107.pdf

October 10, 2007 - Three notable scholars and advocates discussed the role and impact of religion in the 2008 presidential race during an audio news conference today. Rev. Welton Gaddy of The Interfaith Alliance, Diana Eck of Harvard and Amy Caiazza of the Institute for Women's Policy Research discussed why...

Author: Eric Silver

Source: The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article3041247.ece

Rivka Zagaron, a 75-year-old Holocaust survivor, left her home in the Israeli port city of Haifa one September morning for her daily stroll along the beach. As she walked, two young men accosted her and shouted: "Heil Hitler!" One of them kicked her, the other cursed her. When she managed to get away, she saw them beating a...