Source: The Boston Globe

https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/browse//the-boston-globe_9077/2007/07/06/

SEATTLE --Rhode Island's Episcopal bishop suspends a Seattle priest who says she is both a Christian and a Muslim.

The Reverend Ann Holmes Redding...

Source: The Tidings

http://www.the-tidings.com/2007/070607/dialogue.htm

Catholic and Muslim leaders from several West Coast states met May 21-23 to discuss common values reflected in the biblical tale of Joseph --- called the prophet Yusuf in the Quran, the sacred book of Islam.

The meeting, designed along the lines of a spiritual retreat, was held at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. A press release giving the highlights of the...

Author: JOHN BLAKE

Source: Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/4948842.html

ATLANTA — Religion is one of the most potent forces in human affairs. It has inspired some of history's most sublime moments, but also some of its most barbaric.

The Inquisition, bombings of abortion clinics, suicide bombings in Iraq — all have their roots in some form of religious ideology.

With that...

Author: Yonat Shimron

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Source: Chicago Tribune

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Source: Daily Herald

Source: The Vancouver Sun

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=26954553-cb61-4224-b2e7-fc5191dda91d

EDMONTON -- The man who will take on the task of building up the University of Alberta's Islamic studies program hopes to open more interfaith dialogue.

"It's very clear there is a major hunger at the academic level on Islam and the Muslim world," says Ibrahim Abu-Rabi, currently a...

Source: University of California, Santa Barbara

http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=1630

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Eighteen scholars from around the world have gathered at the University of California, Santa Barbara this summer to study the religious diversity of the United States and to learn first hand how people with widely differing beliefs can coexist.

They are participating in a program titled "Study of the United States - Institute on Religious...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/220/story_22067_1.html

Jerusalem - Under heavy police guard, gay activists marched in a Gay Pride parade in downtown Jerusalem on Thursday, sparking a noisy counter-demonstration by ultra-Orthodox Jews and denunciations by Muslim and Christian leaders. There were no incidents of violence during the brief event.

The...

Author: Linda Bloom

Source: United Methodist News Service

http://www.wfn.org/2007/07/msg00036.html

The United Methodist Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns wants to help the denomination put its interfaith and ecumenical agenda in context.

That means explaining how hard it is to separate the church in the United States from history, culture and government, according to the Rev. Larry Pickens, the commission's chief executive....

Author: John Shiklam Kaduna

Source: Daily Champion

http://allafrica.com/stories/200707050994.html

Secretary General of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Elder Saidu Dogo yesterday said the recent statement credited to the Sultan of Sokoto and President general, Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III was capable of causing religious disharmony between Muslims and Christians in the country.

The Sultan had during...

Author: MIKE CASON

Source: The Birmingham News

Author: CAROL DeMARE

Source: The Times Union

Author: DAVID GONZALEZ

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/nyregion/02citywide.html?ex=1184126400&en=9e1ffa196c7c30e5&ei=5070

Albert Walters lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he is an Anglican priest and seminary professor. He wanted to learn more about the world’s religions.

Naturally, he went to Flushing.

This dizzyingly diverse corner of...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Islamic Society of North America

http://www.isna.net/index.php?id=35&backPID=1&tt_news=878

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Sunday, July 1, leaders of the American Arab, Muslim, Sikh and South Asian communities participated in a nationwide conference call with the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, State, Treasury and Health and Human Services to share information and respond to concerns following the incidents in...