Author: EDWARD M. EVELD

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/books/story/288470.html

Suzanne Oliver grew up Catholic in Kansas City, moved to New York and became a financial journalist, a mother and an Episcopalian.

Nothing in that broad outline of a life, Oliver acknowledged, particularly qualified her to co-author The Faith Club, a book urging everyday Christians, Muslims and Jews to sit down...

Author: Richard C. Dujardin

Source: The Providence Journal

http://www.projo.com/religion/content/peace_flag_09-24-07_C7780TO.25444e1.html

Monks in saffron robes, Sikhs, Hindus and Jewish and Christian clergy along with scores of others drawn by thoughts of peace held a silent and meditative walk past fluttering flags and through the gardens of the South Side Community Land Trust yesterday in what is becoming an annual...

Author: ADITI BALAKRISHNA

Source: The Harvard Crimson

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519637

Members of Harvard’s Jewish and Muslim communities broke fasts together Saturday night to celebrate two of the holiest holidays in each religion and to highlight the commonalities between the two faiths.

Saturday was the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, and Muslims are observing Ramadan, a month which...

Author: Roland Lloyd Parry

Source: Yahoo News

Wire Service: AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070923/pl_afp/uspoliticsreligion;_ylt=AvAAifiBXpo4mwt9d06iT7s7Xs8F

Bowing and mouthing prayers, Saleh Williams prostrates himself on a white sheet beside his colleagues. For these Muslims, Friday worship takes place not in a mosque, but a meeting room in the Capitol -- at the heart...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7006249.stm

Around 3,000 Hindu worshippers have paraded through Cardiff to mark 25 years of their faith in the city.

Members of the Shree Swaminarayan temple in Grangetown joined members of the religion from across the UK for the 1.6 mile (2.5km) march.

The procession, which were shown on the web, was the culmination of a week of...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Cartholic Bishops' Conference in India

http://www.cbcisite.com/cbcinews1882.htm

Catholic Diocese of Reno will be celebrating silver jubilee of its Annual Diocesan Conference by connecting with area leaders of other religions in Sparks in January next.

According to Father Charles T. Durante, Pastor of Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic Church of Carson City, it will include serious dialogue among regional leaders of Muslim,...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sikh Coalition

http://www.sikhcoalition.org/advisories/CutlerBrief.htm

The Sikh Coalition filed an amicus brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court arguing that workplace slurs such as “dirty Jew” violate New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination. In February, an appeals court held in Cutler v. Dorn that such slurs simply amount to lawful “teasing” and “pranks.”

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Author: Kalpit Parajuli

Source: AsiaNews

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=10346

Nepali Police regained control in Kapilvastu district, some 200 kilometres west of the capital of Kathmandu, after two days of sectarian violence between Muslims and Hindus. A ceasefire remains in place. But in nearby fields five headless and mutilated bodies were found yesterday; the likely victims Hindus. Residents who could fled to bordering districts despite the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CBS

http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_259203411.html

Lehigh Valley Muslims celebrated Ramadan with the community during a major Interfaith Iftar Dinner in Allentown on Sunday evening.

Every year during Ramadan, the Lehigh Dialogue Center organizes an Interfaith Dinner to celebrate diversity and recognize the richness in the community. People from all faiths gather to encourage tolerance.

This...

Author: David Abel

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/09/16/the_nonbelievers/

An increasing number of young people in America - and adults around the world - don't believe in God. Greg Epstein, who advises fellow atheists and agnostics at Harvard University, wants to create a kind of church for those who reject religion. But he's encountering resistance from some of the very...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

https://www.jpost.com/israel/jewish-mayor-muslim-...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: NewsPost India

http://www.newspostindia.com/report-15194

The Nevada clergy belonging to different religions have formed a committee to push for a Gandhi Monument in the state capital Carson City and Gandhi statues in Las Vegas and Reno.

Named Gandhi Monument Council of Nevada, it will meet Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons in the near future to urge him to establish a Gandhi Monument near the State Capitol in Carson City. The...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6995964.stm

Religious freedom has deteriorated in Iraq and Egypt, while China has cracked down on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government said.

The annual State Department report on religious freedom said violence in Iraq was not suffered by just Shia and Sunni Muslims, but all religions and sects.

Burma, Eritrea, Iran and...

Author: James Freedman

Source: Jewish Journal

http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=18207

With Wal-Mart attracting a huge number of minority religious groups to Arkansas, it is not surprising that Fayetteville is becoming increasingly diverse.

And while this ongoing change is felt in many ways, the most distinct may be the recent push by Temple Shalom to build the first synagogue in the history of the city, and the fact that...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Independent.ie

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/eu-report-says-more-diversity-now-essential-1080266.html

SCHOOLS in which all religions can freely and equally find their expression should be set up, according to a major EU report launched in DCU.

It argued that cultural and religious diversity within school created benefits for pupils from cultural minorities...