Author: Michael Kruse

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/22/Hernando/Dialogue_opens_ears_a.shtml

SPRING HILL - To the small house called the Lake House on Kenlake Avenue came the people of the county. On a windy, jacket-cold night, they came to talk about freedom of speech and misinformation, and religious and ethnic intolerance. The title of the forum was a question: "Is Hernando County Truly a Melting Pot...

Author: Joe Sinasac

Source: The Catholic Register/Catholic Online

http://www.catholic.org/views/views_news.php?id=22105

A recent poll suggests that Canadians still embrace multiculturalism and religious diversity. At the same time, the survey shows that at some point newcomers must find ways to accommodate themselves to this country’s deepest principles.

This should not be a surprise. Canada is a country of immigrants, right from...

Source: Yahoo! News

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061122/5/singapore242623.html

By this time next year, Singapore could be a platform where leading international religious authorities come together to seek and promote greater understanding of each other's faith.

Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong personally discussed this possibility with the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone at the Vatican City on Monday.

The suggestion of an...

Author: Anna Scianna

Source: Missourian

http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=22993

Because Thanksgiving originated with a group of religious separatists, known as Pilgrims, Christian values are often attached to the holiday. But while people of other religious beliefs and cultures often celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional way, the holiday can look, and even taste, a little different.

Mark Stannard will observe his first...

Source: Savannah Morning News

http://savannahnow.com/node/183448

The threat of impending doom has a way of bringing together even the most dissimilar neighbors.

That was the case in 1806 in Savannah, says Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer.

Two years earlier on Sept. 8, a hurricane had ripped through the city from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. leaving much of the town in ruins. According to Charles C. Jones Jr.'s "History of Savannah, Ga.," more than 100 people were killed, crops were nearly...

Source: The News

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=32834

President General Pervez Musharraf visited various areas of the city and commended the development work by the Sindh government.

He was accompanied by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal. Taking round of the city Monday evening, the president appreciated efforts of the Sindh government for the uplift work done at Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim and Kothari Parade. He appreciated...

Author: Gina Puppo

Source: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/tribpm/s_480982.html

Tomorrow, on what is expected to be the busiest travel day of the year, Pittsburgh International Airport seems like the last place to find some peace and quiet.

But savvy travelers know where to find their inner calm: the airport chapel, tucked away on the mezzanine level of the airside...

Source: Indian Catholic

http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=4630

The recent Third Assembly of the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) was devoted mostly to the first International Interfaith Peace Forum, an initiative the network is committed to continue.

The first day of the Nov. 15-18 assembly, held at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta, was focused on matters related to AMAN, an organization founded in 1990. The rest of...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6170028.stm

Parents have forced a school trip to a mosque to be abandoned because they did not want their children exposed to a religion that was not their own.

A class of 10-year-olds at Atwood Primary, Croydon, south London, were due to tour Croydon Mosque as part of their religious education lessons.

But a number of parents withdrew their support saying their children were too young to learn...

Source: Muslim American Society Press Release

http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=3905

WASHINGTON, DC - Nov. 21, 2006 (MASNET) Imam Abdul Hannan, Imam Masood, and Hassan Masood were released on bail today after an immigration bail hearing. Bail was set at $7500 each for the two Imams and $2500 for Imam Masood's son, Hassan Masood.

Hundreds of interfaith supporters from all walks of life flooded the JFK plaza for a post-bail release press conference. The press...

Source: Catholic News Service

http://www.cathnews.com/news/611/111.php

Prayer for peace needs to be heard in synagogues, churches, mosques, pagodas and gurudwaras as well as in schools, workplaces, homes and "most importantly in our hearts", say young people who met for the 20th anniversary of the Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi.

Zenit reports that about 45 young from 29 countries and belonging to Hindu, Taoist, Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Bahai,...

Author: Sunny Hundal

Source: The Guardian

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=32658

Thirty years to the month after the Race Relations Act of 1976 was passed, it is time we rethink our approach to race and faith relations in Britain. The national debate has become so poisonous that space for a saner dialogue is needed. We are told that our society is becoming more and more segregated, and that riots are more imminent with every controversy....

Author: Kory Dodd

Source: News-Record.com

http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061120/NEWSREC0101/611200304/1001/NEWSREC0201

GREENSBORO - Thanksgiving for many is about rejoicing in an array of culinary delights.

On Sunday, participants in the 24th Ecumenical Celebration of Thanksgiving exalted a different kind of plenitude - that of various local cultures and religions....

Source: Spero News/Asia News

http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=6630

Indonesia’s House of Representatives and government have agreed to continue listing one’s religion on identity cards. Members of different faiths have criticized the agreement as a violation of fundamental human rights and myopic political opportunism.

On 16 November, the House announced the deal in the context of wider parliamentary debate on a civil registry bill. Indicating...

Author: STUART LAIDLAW

Source: Toronto Star