Author: Fredrick Kunkle

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030601456.html

The College of William and Mary's president and board agreed yesterday to restore the altar cross to permanent display in historic Wren Chapel to quell a controversy that began with its removal in the fall.

Under a compromise recommended by a committee of students, alumni...

Source: Newswise

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/527926/

Newswise — A diverse group of Syracuse University students from different faith traditions will spend their Spring Break in a unique way, by traveling to Turkey to study how Muslim, Christian and Jewish peoples have co-existed in the region throughout history and continue to today.

The group of 18 students will chronicle their experience through written journal entries, audio clips and photographs posted...

Author: Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Source: The Washington Post

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/susan_brooks_thistlethwaite/2007/03/learn_about_other_faiths_yes_m.html

For many people, religion is not just another academic subject like literature or math.

Religion is also a system of belief, a faith. To the adherents of a particular faith, the tenets of their...

Author: Charles A. Radin

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/07/a_civil_confrontation_greets_visiting_imams/

SHARON -- It was the critical moment in an unprecedented encounter between Muslim leaders from the Middle East and the religiously diverse residents of this small suburb south of Boston.

After the introductions, Fred Calm, a middle-aged man wearing...

Author: Anya Bergman

Source: The Justice

http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2007/03/06/News/Revived.Hindu.Club.Hopes.To.Reach.Out.To.The.Community-2759561.shtml

Students created a new club last month to showcase the traditions of Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism to the entire community.

The Hindu Club, which had...

Author: Pam Caulfield

Source: Twenty-Four Dash

http://www.24dash.com/communities/17531.htm

Communities Minister Phil Woolas today offered grants totalling more than £4.3 million to 343 organisations to promote a common sense of citizenship.

Ministers have set out the challenge for all living in a multicultural Britain of learning to celebrate our shared heritage while doing more to understand our individual differences.

Today's...

Author: Brian MacQuarrie

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/03/05/era_of_war_pinches_a_place_devoted_to_peace/?p1=email_to_a_friend

SHERBORN -- The Peace Abbey, born of a pacifist's dream 19 years ago, has brought the inner hum of meditation and the occasionally harsh spotlight of international attention to this small,...

Author: Tarique

Source: Indian Muslim

http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/march/05/art_culture/indians_and_chinese_celebrate_jointly_in_sydney.html

Sydney, March 5 (IANS) In a joint celebration of Holi and the Year of the Pig, Indians and Chinese here got together in a concert featuring classical Indian dances and Chinese traditional music inspired by the symbolism of the lotus and the...

Source: Google Base

http://base.google.com/base/a/1435476/D7492885562236864561

Reno, Nevada, USA:

The Second Annual Interfaith Baccalaureate Service of University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) will be held on May 16 at Reno (Nevada, USA) to celebrate academic achievement.

According to Rajan Zed, Director of Interfaith Relations of Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada and one of the coordinators for this Service, to mirror the world citizenship of UNR community,...

Author: Aziz Junejo

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/faithvalues/2003598476_junejo03m.html

I have come to realize today's Muslims may have something in common with Irish immigrants of a few hundred years ago. Anti-Catholicism was widespread in colonial New England society. It arose from Protestant fears that Irish immigration could, one day, cause the country to become Catholic and to fall under...

Author: Brian McCann

Source: SUR in English

http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?Noticia=10176

The Gibraltar Interfaith Group, formed three years ago, is the latest beneficiary of the regular donations made by the Alwani Trust to deserving local causes and individuals. Kishin Alwani presented a cheque for £500 to Reverend Stewart Lamont, Minister of St Andrew’s Church, (Church of Scotland) in the presence of the Interfaith Group’s...

Author: NICOLE SACK

Source: North County Times

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/02/25/news/californian/20_34_472_24_07.txt

TEMECULA ---- When U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison was sworn in as the first Muslim member of Congress in January, the Minnesota Democrat took his oath of office on a copy of the Quran that had belonged to the author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, Thomas...

Author: Kay Campbell

Source: The Huntsville Times

Source: A New Progressive Alliance

http://www.newprogressivealliance.com/

Realizing that our shared commitment to human rights, religious freedom, and peace and social justice, significantly outweighs our differences; we the undersigned, comprised of both secular and religious progressives, declare an alliance between progressive, rational-minded people regardless of one’s spiritual, religious, or secular perspective.

While our beliefs about the existence of God may differ...

Source: Anglican Journal

http://www.anglicanjournal.com/issues/2007/133/mar/03/article/churches-going-green/

Some Ontario churches, temples and mosques have pledged to work together to reduce the energy consumption in their places of worship with the help of Faith...