Source: New Straits Times

http ://w ww.emedia.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20031208074840/Article/

On December 7, 2003 the New Straits Times reported on a forum on "Religion and Violence: The Spiritual Response to Terrorism" held by the Malaysian Interfaith Network (MIN): "Speaking as chairman [of the MIN], [Datuk Anwar Fazal] saw much of the world not being at peace with itself because people were not at peace with themselves and, by that token, with others...Representatives of Islam, Christianity, Hinduism,...

Source: The Billings Gazette

Source: Newhouse News Service

http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/okeefe120503.html

On December 5, 2003 The Newhouse News Service published an articled collecting responses from leaders of various faith traditions to President Bush's recent comments that Muslims and Christians "worship the same god." The article finds that representatives from several faiths, such as Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam itself, find Bush's comments to be on target. For example,...

Source: The West Australian

http://www.thewest.com.au/20031205/news/general/tw-news-general-home-sto116654.html

On December 4, 2003 The West Australian reported, "Non-Christian religious leaders yesterday joined the outcry over moves to play down Christmas celebrations in State schools, saying they had no problem with Nativity plays and carols. Representatives of the Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish communities in Perth said Christian...

Source: United Jewish Communities--The Federations of North America

http://www.uja.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=96343

On December 4, 2003 the United Jewish Communities--The Federations of North America posted an Associated Press article that reported, "[E]ven in [the city of] Regensburg, in a Germany whose Nazi past has driven it to the most profound acts of atonement, Jews who have fit so well into post-World War II surroundings feel a growing unease.......

Source: Presbyterian News Service

http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/oldnews/2003/03524.htm

On December 4, 2003 the Presbyterian News Service (Office of Communication of the Presbyterian Church-USA) released a press release stating that Professor Jonathan Sacks, London's chief rabbi, had been awarded the 2004 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion by the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary for his book, The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid...

Source: The Idaho Statesman

http://www.idahostatesman.com/story.asp?ID=55331

On December 4, 2003 The Idaho Statesman reported that spray-painted swastikas and racial slurs were discovered Wednesday morning at the Jewish Education Center and neighboring Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Boise. As children attended their Hebrew School classes in the evening, nearly 80 people stood outside in support as volunteers washed away the hateful messages.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Iran-making-room-for-its-spiritual-minorities-2525966.php

On December 4, 2003 the San Francisco Chronicle reported, "Among its...

Source: The New York Times

Source: Presbyterian News Service

http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/oldnews/2003/03521.htm

On December 2, 2003 the Presbyterian News Service reported, "On the day after a new Middle East peace accord was signed in Geneva, 31 U.S. Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders today announced in Washington a new collaborative effort — 'Walk the Road to Peace'— to mobilize public and Bush Administration support for the plan. In a Dec. 2 press conference and letter to President...

Source: swissinfo

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4503862

On November 30, 2003 swissinfo reported, "Proposed new laws that would have led to the official recognition of non-Christian faiths, including Islam, have been turned down in canton Zurich. Some 64 per cent of voters said no to recognising faiths other than the three official religions in the canton. Markus Notter from the Zurich cantonal government – which only...

Source: Jewish Times

http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/3505.stm

On November 28, 2003 the Jewish Times ran a feature article on the Jewish community in Tokyo: "Flexibility and tolerance has been a theme at the center, known simply as the Jewish Community of Japan, for 50 years. 'We do not describe ourselves as Conservative or Reform or Orthodox, but simply as Jewish,' says the community's president, Daniel Turk...'We had to find a way to live together, pray together and fight...

Source: Times Chronicle

Source: Insight

http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/567013.html

On November 28, 2003 Insight reported that the number of Jews voting Republican has been steadily increasing under the Bush administration. According to the article, "the 2002 results of exit polls from the Voter News Service (VNS)... show the GOP congressional candidates picking up 35 percent of the Jewish vote last year. By sharp contrast, from 1992 to 2000 just 21...

Source: Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/4414_13.htm

On November 25, 2003 the Anti-Defamation League issued a press release that stated, "The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the President of the European Commission to press for the release of a long-awaited study of anti-Semitism in Europe. The report was commissioned by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) following a peak in anti-Semitic activity in early 2002, but...