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Merkel: Germany Doesn’t Have 'Too Much Islam' but 'Too Little Christianity'

November 15, 2010

Author: Tom Heneghan

Source: Reuters Blog

http://in.reuters.com/article/idINTRE6AE3K520101115

Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans debating Muslim integration to stand up more for Christian values, saying Monday the country suffered not from “too much Islam” but “too little Christianity.”

 

Addressing her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, she said she took the current public debate in Germany on...

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Muslim Sacrifice Helps Needy Families

November 15, 2010

Author: Alex Horkay

Source: The Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/891265--muslim-sacrifice-helps-needy-families

As Muslims begin to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, a Toronto group believes it’s the perfect time to reach out to the community by providing fresh halal meat for those less fortunate.

 

The Qurbani Project, an initiative of the Toronto chapter of...

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Hindus And Muslims Seek Blessings At the Mausoleum Of Sufi Saint

November 15, 2010

Source: The Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/audio-news-video/Hindus-and-Muslims-seek-blessings-at-the-mausoleum-of-Sufi-Saint/Article2-626651.aspx

The culture of Kashmir or Kashmiriyat " as it is known as, is a synthesis of the great traditions of Hinduism, the compassion of Buddhism and the liberalism of Sufi Islam. And Kashmiri society has been a microcosm, reflecting the...

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Are British Muslims Being Priced Out Of Pilgrimages?

November 15, 2010

Author: Robert Pigott

Source: The BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11749511

In the town's Central Mosque, Muslims turn to face in the direction of Mecca, kneel and touch their faces to the floor in prayer.

 

Dominating the wall in front of them are two large photographs, showing teeming crowds of pilgrims swirling in a broad river of people around the al-Haram mosque at the spot where their religion was founded.

Forging Friendships Between Muslims, Jews And Christians

November 11, 2010

Author: Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan

Source: The Herald Sun

http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/10243262/article-Forging-friendships-between-Muslims--Jews-and-Christians?instance=homesixthleft

Rabbi John Friedman said that Judaism can be broken down into two basic camps. One builds high walls, the other opens doors. Friedman, senior rabbi at Judea Reform...

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12,000 American Muslims to Make Pilgrimage to Mecca

November 10, 2010

Author: Omar Sacirbey

Source: The Huffington Post

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/12000-american-muslims-to_n_781230.html

Some 12,000 American Muslims are expected to join an estimated 2.5 million pilgrims in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca for the hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage that this year runs between Nov. 14 and 18.

The number of pilgrims...

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Obama Lauds Indonesia as a Model Of Religious Tolerance

November 10, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/indonesia.obama/

Indonesia and the United States share principles of unity and tolerance and both can benefit from strengthened ties that will bolster trade and combat terrorism, President Obama said in a highly anticipated speech Wednesday.

The address at the University of Indonesia was considered a highlight of Obama's two-day stop in the...

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Council Unanimously Approves Permit For Mosque

November 10, 2010

Author: Jeff Bollier

Source: The Northwestern

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20101110/OSH0101/101109181/Council-unanimously-approves-permit-for-mosque

The Oshkosh Common Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit to allow the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community-Oshkosh Chapter to establish a mosque and community center across from Oshkosh West High School.

 

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Faith Groups Divided Over New York Islamic Center

November 9, 2010

Author: Ed Payne

Source: CNN

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/09/faith-groups-divided-over-new-york-islamic-center/

American Christians, Muslims and those of other faiths are divided over what to do about a proposed Islamic community center near ground zero in New York, a new poll shows.

 

While some six in 10 Catholics and Mormons think another location should be found, less than a...

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Oklahoma's Anti-Shariah Law Put On Hold -- For Now

November 8, 2010

Author: Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Source: National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131168920

A federal judge on Monday temporarily stopped Oklahoma's new anti-Shariah law from taking effect.

 

Oklahoma's law — a ballot initiative approved by 70 percent of Oklahomans in the Nov. 2 elections — would change the state constitution to prohibit courts from considering international...

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Name Debate Echoes an Old Clash of Faiths

November 4, 2010

Author: Rachel Donadio

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/world/europe/05cordoba.html?ref=religion_and_belief

The great mosque of Córdoba was begun by the Muslim caliphs in the eighth century, its forest of pillars and red-and-white striped arches meant to convey a powerful sense of the infinite. With the Christian reconquest of Spain in the 13th century, it was consecrated as a...

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