Author: Sarah Dopson

Source: The Montgomery Village Patch

http://montgomeryvillage.patch.com/articles/church-pushes-for-tolerance-understanding-among-muslims-and-christians

With religious differences at the root of so many worldly conflicts, members of Christ the Servant Lutheran Church are promoting tolerance at home and trying to bridge the gap in interfaith understanding.

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Author: Jeff Brumley

Source: The Florida Times-Union

http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2011-01-02/story/jacksonville-imam%E2%80%99s-interfaith-work-hooks-gov-elect-rick-scott

Jacksonville Imam Enrique Rasheed sees no spiritual or political contradictions in praying for and with conservative Christians and Republicans, many of whom are openly distrustful of Muslims these...

Author: Nomi Morris

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs-community-20110101,0,6014477.story

For the first 15 years of his working life, Naim Shah Jr. was the personal assistant to the imam at Masjid Ibadallah, a mosque in Los Angeles. He helped with Friday sermons and religious classes and dealt primarily with his Muslim congregants.

But for the last six...

Author: Rusmir Smajilhodzic

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jsqnzfb7-2ahhwsYdeTNOe4TjYAw?docId=CNG.39d3ab61dbafa983bc1b74cae2bf9941.171

Defying an icy downpour, an imam and a Catholic priest made their way up the Majevica mountain in northeastern Bosnia to meet two Orthodox priests whose...

Author: Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

Source: The Tribeca Tribune

http://www.tribecatrib.com/news/2010/december/849_kind-strangers.html

For Norman H. Gershman, it seemed like an unimaginable story. Which was why he had to see it for himself.

“Muslims that saved Jews during World War II?” Gershman said in a recent interview from his home in Basalt, Colo., just south of Aspen. “Whoever heard of that?...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: University of the Incarnate Word Alumni Association

Author: Norman Draper

Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/112580349.html

Author: Staff Writer

Source: YouTube/WOAI Channel 4 News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxHTgEF6AGA

The Council on American Islamic Relations-San Antonio Youth (CAIR-SA Youth) recently donated blankets, socks and food items worth $4,000 to 200 homeless people in that city during the organization's "Serve the Homeless Day."

Author: Brian Knowlton

Source: The New York Times

Author: Jonathan Wynne-Jones

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8224923/Multi-faith-chaplains-to-make-House-of-Commons-more-inclusive.html

John Bercow has backed the creation of a team of multi-faith chaplains, which will also include representatives of the Hindu, Buddhist and Jainist religions.

Members of the House...

Author: Tara Bahrampour

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122202919.html

As Erum Ikramullah prepared to head to Reagan National Airport on Thursday for a flight, she mulled over two distasteful choices: the body scanner or the pat-down?

Ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a trip to the airport has been fraught for...

Author: Paul Vitello

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/nyregion/24mosque.html?ref=religionandbelief

The controversy over plans to build an Islamic center in downtown Manhattan subsided in November, almost abruptly, with the end of an election season that amplified its most emotional underlying issues.

But the imam behind the project has decided to risk reigniting that...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Ahlul Bayt News Agency

http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=217911

Kalpana Bhanja, a Hindu, and Saira, a Muslim, swapped their kidneys to save their husbands’ lives. This is said to be first ever inter-religion cross-donor kidney transplantation in India.

Author: Liz Gooch

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/business/global/22chinahalal.html?ref=religionandbelief

Electrical goods, coffee, herbs and spices are among the products that MasterMalaysia Global usually trades with its Chinese partners.

Next year, however, the company, which is based in Kuala Lumpur, is planning to help export another home-grown commodity to China...

Author: Tarice Gray

Source: Change.Org

http://education.change.org/blog/view/muslim_american_girls_taunted_assaulted_at_school_for_wearing_hijab

Some California schools get a "F" for teaching tolerance, an Islamic civil liberties group is saying. The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) says it's hearing from students and their parents saying that...