Author: Staff Writer

Source: International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/04/sports/AS-SPT-OLY-Beijing-Religion.php

BEIJING: Beijing 2008 organizers say they plan to build a multi-faith worship center in the Olympic Village, a striking move in a country that heavily restricts all religious activity.

"All will be arranged in accordance with...

Author: Simon Read

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_6796983?nclick_check=1

The Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County is inviting all congregations to march in support of the East Bay's Islamic community later this month in Antioch.

The event is a chance for outreach organizations to encourage tolerance after a fire this month destroyed an Antioch mosque, organizers said. The march and rally...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Catholic Information Service for Africa/allAfrica.com

http://allafrica.com/stories/200709041168.html

African religious leaders have praised a more than 25-year-long dialogue between Libya and the Vatican as a positive contribution to good relations between Christianity and Islam.

"Given the global situation between Christians and Muslims which is understood to be very tense because of what happened on 11 September [...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6978116.stm

London is far more segregated on religious grounds than by race, new research reveals.

The university of East London has created a map showing the city as a patchwork of religious enclaves.

It show that in some areas, minority religions make up 80% of the population.

Only 3% of London's seven million residents live in areas...

Author: ANTHONY REINHART

Source: The Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-taoist-temple-rare-and-...

Author: DAVID YONKE

Source: Toledo Blade

Author: RAY WADDLE

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Tennessean

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,4790,0,0,1,0

Nashville, Tennessee (USA) -- This month, you are invited to change your mind. No, not from liberal to conservative, or CNN to Fox, or red to blue, or original to extra crispy, or one hue of anger to another. (In the culture wars, people don't change their minds; they just change channels.)

Instead, on Change Your...

Author: Manya A. Brachear

Source: Chicago Tribune

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Author: John Quinlan

Source: Sioux City Journal

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/09/01/news/faith/54498c7c0cf515c486257348007f1e93.txt

Interfaith Resources, an organized group of Siouxland congregations united to help the poor and disadvantaged, will soon begin its 25th year of service to the community.

Interfaith's season kicks off with its Sept. 10 board meeting, when plans for...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6972270.stm

A print of Osama Bin Laden which morphs into Jesus, and a statue of the Virgin Mary covered in a burqa have sparked furious debate in Australia.

The two pieces have gone on display at the National Art School in Sydney after being entered for the prestigious Blake Prize for Religious Art.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard called them "...

Author: April Simpson

Source: Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/30/jewish_armenian_leaders_strive_for_healing/

Political and religious leaders from the Jewish and Armenian communities will launch a concerted effort today to heal rifts opened by complaints that the Anti-Defamation League did not recognize Armenian genocide.

The leaders will join survivors of both the...

Source: The Star

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/8/30.shtml#1

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, August 28, 2007: The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism is distressed at the statements made by the Chief Justice and the Attorney General of Malaysia which seem to advocate the wholesale replacement of 50 years of legal tradition in Malaysia.

On August 22, 2007...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Ekklesia

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5612

The signing of a declaration between a group representing Muslims and a leading Christian body in Norway, which supports the mutual right to convert between faiths without harassment, is the first pact of its type in the world, the two bodies have announced.

The Islamic Council of Norway and the (Lutheran) Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations jointly...

Author: Etgar Lefkovits

Source: Jerusalem Post