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Asian Youth Day Explores Interfaith Dialogue

August 5, 2006

Source: Indian Catholic

[theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=2759]

On August 5, 2006 the Indian Catholic reported, "Participants of the Fourth Asian Youth Day (AYD) have learned about the family values of different religious traditions and how interreligious dialogue can start within the family. Leaders and young people from Anglican, Buddhist, Christian, Confucian, Hindu, Muslim, and Taoist faiths spoke to about 800 Catholic participants of the AYD on Aug. 1 during a session of 'Interfaith Dialogue.' Most speakers came...

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Mideast Conflict Strains Interfaith Efforts in the US

August 4, 2006

Source: The Jewish Journal

http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16265

On August 4, 2006 The Jewish Journal reported, "For more than three decades, Rabbi Allen Krause has believed in the power of interfaith and intercultural dialogue, especially between Jews and Muslims. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, the head rabbi of Temple Beth El in Aliso Viejo offered to have members of his congregation guard local Muslim day schools, he stood alongside other religious...

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Advocates Claim U.S. Bars Many Academics

August 4, 2006

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/03/AR2006080301460.html

On August 4, 2006 The Washington Post reported, "When Waskar Ari traveled to Bolivia last year, after completing a doctorate at Georgetown University, he meant to stay there for 10 days. The historian was due back last fall to start a professorship at the University of Nebraska. A year later, he is still waiting to return....

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Resort-Owner Planning Beach for Muslim Women

August 4, 2006

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/197/story_19714_1.html

On August 4, 2006 the Associated Press reported, "Hotels at an Italian seaside resort are eager to act on the town's decision to authorize the creation of all-female beach sections for Muslim women, with at least one hotel owner saying Friday that plans are already under way to open the first of such secluded areas next month. The city council of...

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Brooklyn Neighborhood, Once Greek and Hispanic, Now a Bengali Enclave with Five Mosques

August 4, 2006

Source: Independent Press Association

http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=2867

On August 4, 2006 Independent Press Association translated from Bangla, "The Church McDonalds area, in Brooklyn, was once dominated by Hispanic and Greek immigrants. Halal meat or live fish could hardly be found in the area. In fact, betel nuts were not even available until 1984. From Friday to Sunday, tickets were unnecessary when riding a bus. But according to...

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Leicester Mosque Plans Set to be Rejected

August 3, 2006

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/5241022.stm

On August 3, 2006 BBC News reported, "Plans to turn a Leicester education centre into a mosque may be turned down after complaints from nearby residents. The Northfield Centre has been used as a place of worship since April - even though the building does not have planning permission for that purpose. Now a formal application has been put forward but city...

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Attacks Felt Across Parts of South

August 2, 2006

Source: CBS News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/02/ap/world/mainD8J8DSBO8.shtml

On August 2, 2006 the Associated Press reported, "A bomb planted along a railroad in southern Thailand exploded early Wednesday and killed three policemen, a day after suspected Muslim separatists carried out at least 100 attacks, police said.

Another bomb exploded Wednesday afternoon at a school...

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Progressive Faith Bloggers Gather for Conference

August 2, 2006

Source: Faith In Public Life/The Star-Ledger

http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/content/news/2006/08/they_mix_religion_and_liberali.html

On August 2, 2006 Faith In Public Life/The Star-Ledger reported, "He is a blogger known in some circles as 'Xpatriated Texan -- a Maverick Believer in the Garden State,' and most days Thurman Hart spends two hours putting his liberal Christian views online, typing near the window of his Jersey City...

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Op/Ed: "Standing Up to Prejudice" by H.D.S. Greenway

August 1, 2006

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/08/01/standing_up_to_prejudice/

On August 1, 2006 The Boston Globe published a piece by its columnist, H.D.S. Greenway, "After his arrest, Brent Matthews, a 33-year-old trouble maker, said that rolling a pig's head into a mosque full of worshipers here last month was meant as a joke. However, this old mill town's 2,000 Somali...

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ACLU and Muslim Group Jointly Demand End to Naturalization Delays

August 1, 2006

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-aclu1aug01,1,471735.story

On August 1, 2006 the Los Angeles Times reported, "Serving in the military has been the fast track for U.S. citizenship for many immigrants since the 2001 terrorist attacks. But not for Mustafa Aziz, an Afghan and Irvine resident who served a four-year hitch in the Air Force.

While on duty in 2003, he applied for...

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Employers Increasingly Accommodate Religion in the Workplace

July 31, 2006

Source: The News Journal

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060731/BUSINESS/607310319/1003

On July 31, 2006 The News Journal reported, "Lunchtime Bible study groups, flexible hours that allow Jewish employees to leave early Friday in time to light Sabbath candles and Muslim employees to leave work for Friday afternoon prayers and on-site meditation rooms: These days more employers are accommodating religious...

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New Zealand Mosques Struggling with Cultural Factions

July 31, 2006

Source: The Press

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3748636a11,00.html

On July 31, 2006 The Press reported, "Factions are developing within New Zealand mosques as new immigrants clinging to traditional ethnic ways increasingly dominate leadership positions, a Muslim commentator says. Abdullah Drury, a former Muslim Association of Canterbury (MAC) board member who has also worked with the national Islam organisation, said conflicts were developing because of the...

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Colorado Mosque Becomes Increasingly Diverse

July 31, 2006

Source: Rocky Mountain News

http://www.masnet.org/articleinterest.asp?id=3556

On July 31, 2006 Rocky Mountain News reported, "A local landscaper, a Denver-born consultant, and a kid from Kansas - if you hung around Denver's largest mosque... it's likely you'd bump into them all. They reflect Islam's changing profile from foreign-born faith to American presence. On Sunday, I found myself in the company of the three - Mohammad Noorzai, Malik Taylor and Ammar Amonette -...

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Study Group Finds Aceh's Women and Poor Suffering Under Enforcement of Shari'ah Law

July 31, 2006

Source: Khaleej Times

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/July/theworld_July918.xml&section=theworld&col=

On July 31, 2006 Agence France-Presse reported, "A rising moral vigilantism which has flared with the gradual implementation of Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh province has victimised women and the poor...

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