Author: Aziz Haniffa

Source: Rediff India Abroad

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/12zed.htm

History was created in the United States Senate at 9.30 am on Thursday, when Rajan Zed, the Hindu chaplain of the Indian Association of Northern Nevada, opened the Senate with a Hindu prayer.

This is the first such instance since the formation of the powerful Upper House in 1789.

A few Christian fundamentalists protested and began screaming,...

Author: Jane Lampman

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0712/p13s03-lire.html

More than 2,000 people gathered in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood last month for a highly symbolic moment – the capping of the minaret on a new mosque. A joyous occasion, the event sparked greater emotion than usual because construction of the Islamic Society of Boston's Mosque and Cultural Center had been stalled for more than two...

Source: Faith in Public Life

http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/content/press/2007/06/new_online_database_documents_1.html

(Washington, DC) – Amidst a political season riddled with religious references, Faith in Public Life, joined by religious leaders from across the country, today launched Mapping Faith -- a new online database documenting a nationwide resurgence in progressive faith organizing.

This Google Maps-powered...

Author: Ethan Cole

Source: Christian Today

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/nigeria.muslim.leader.denies.calling.for.jihad.says.i.love.christians/11522.htm

Nigeria’s top Muslim leader said that he meant no harm against Christians when he urged a Muslim group last week to counter Christian evangelism by spreading Islam.

Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto...

Author: Julia Duin

Source: The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070711/NATION/107110084/1002

Muslims and evangelical Christians are talking — at least behind closed doors at the Egyptian Embassy — according to several guests at a top-secret lunch last week.

The July 2 gathering lasted two hours and featured ambassadors from nine Arab states plus their umbrella group, and several...

Author: SHERRI DAY

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/06/news_pf/Hillsborough/From_ashes__faiths_un.shtml

TAMPA – Before someone set fire to the Islamic Education Center of Tampa, Dr. Akram J. Al-Asdi felt isolated, certain that many Americans viewed Muslims negatively.

But as word of the April fire spread, so too did the generosity of strangers.

In the mosque's sleepy...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Jordan News Agency

http://www.petra.gov.jo/nepras/2007/Jul/10/13000.htm

A conference on Islamic-Christian dialogue concluded in Khartoum recently with the participation of a Jordanian delegation led by head of Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) Father Nabil Haddad.

The conference held under the title "Sustaining Peace and Promoting National Unity" discussed a host of working papers and...

Author: Maureen Walsh

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=25,1229,0,0,1,0

New England, USA -- As many as 3,000 Buddhist members and 50 venerable monks from throughout the northeast are expected to celebrate the 2549th birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha this Sunday at the Samantabhadra (Pho-Hien) Buddhist Center in Braintree.

"We have 120 other Buddhist organizations in the New England area," said...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Mission Network News

http://www.mnnonline.org/article/10109

Muslims in northwest Bangladesh have been reacting violently to Christian converts from Islam in their region.

Following a public baptismal service in the village of Durbachari Bhatiapara, mosque authorities reacted by banning Christians from using the village well, the area's only source of potable water.

Tensions came to a head three weeks ago when a...

Author: Seth Rosen

Source: The Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-07-09-0082.html

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Inside an aging white house on 10½ Street, Khalid Mohammad chants a mellifluous incantation of the salat al-jumu'ah, the Friday afternoon prayer.

Behind him, more than 70 men and boys, kneeling on the green carpet, bow their heads to the ground in unison...

Author: Alan Morrell

Source: The Democrat and Chronicle

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070709/NEWS01/707090326/1002/NEWS

(July 9, 2007) — PENFIELD — Once they hit the soccer fields, the only differences that mattered were the colors of their T-shirts.

The colors identified the youth teams — integrated among Jews, Muslims and Christians...

Author: Cathy Lynn Grossman

Source: USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-07-08-kids-parents-religion_N.htm

Pamela Moss worships every Sunday at Messiah Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., where they preach the Bible straight up, sing the old hymns "and then let me get on with my day." But her son, George, 24, is a fervent Evangelical, witnessing to strangers and praying "in a church that looks like a gym. To...

Author: David A. Brensilver

Source: Islamic Circle of North America

http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/conference-confronts-islamic-stereotyping-5.html

Hartford — East Lyme resident Imran Ahmed recently received an e-mail in response to comments he posted on the Internet about terrorism and the war in Iraq. The e-mail, Ahmed said, came from a former U.S. serviceman who opined that Islam was a...

Author: Ali Noer Zaman

Source: The Daily Star

Author: MICHAEL MCANDREWS

Source: The Hartford Courant

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-islamic.artjul08,0,4875102.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout

Laurie and Stephen Janecko could have spent Saturday afternoon swimming in their pool.

Instead, the Roman Catholic couple from East Hartford chose to mingle among 15,000 Muslims - most of the women covered in head scarves or full-length veils - gathered for a...