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Baha’is Participate in UN Interfaith Conference

June 28, 2005

Source: Baha'i World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story.cfm?storyid=379

On June 28, 2005 the Baha'i World News Service reported, "The key to interfaith harmony and cooperation is to focus on the essential oneness of all religions, a Baha'i International Community representative told a groundbreaking conference on interfaith cooperation. 'It is this essential unity of religion, across the tremendous diversity of history, culture, tradition, philosophy, and practice, that...

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In Midst of Air Force Fray, General Offers Counsel of ‘Service Before Self’

June 28, 2005

Source: USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-06-28-airforce-religion_x.htm

On June 28, 2005 USA Today reported, "The top general in the Air Force issued a servicewide statement on Tuesday warning that mixing religion with the chain of command can break down the teamwork needed for military success. In his first action since last week's report that the Air Force Academy suffers from religious tensions, Gen. John Jumper told...

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ADL Urges Congress to Oversee Implementation of Air Force Recommendations

June 28, 2005

Source: US Newswire

http://press.arrivenet.com/pol/article.php/660926.html

On June 28, 2005 US Newswire reported, "The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is urging members of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee to act in an oversight capacity to ensure that the recommendations of a recent Air Force task force investigation into religious intolerance will be implemented. In written testimony submitted today before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military...

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Naval Academy Defends Lunchtime Prayers

June 28, 2005

Source: WJZ 13: Baltimore News

Wire Service: AP

http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_179100100.html

On June 28, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "The head of the Naval Academy is defending it's lunchtime prayers. Vice Admiral Rodney Rempt said at a meeting yesterday that the prayers help promote religious tolerance. The prayers rotate to represent different religions, but have been the target of protests from the Anti-Defamation...

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Hate Speech Case in France Raises Free Speech Issue Across Europe

June 27, 2005

Source: The New York Times

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E14F73C5E0C748EDDAF0894DD404482

On June 27, 2005 The New York Times reported, "According to William Goldnadel, the 4 euros he won in a recent court case here is a windfall for Jews in France. Others only see it adding to a deficit of free speech in Europe. Three French intellectuals and the publisher of the nation's premier newspaper, LeMonde, were ordered by a...

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Study Launched on Improving Care for Muslim and Sikh Terminal Patients

June 27, 2005

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4627509.stm

On June 27, 2005 BBC News reported, "A study has been launched to improve the care of terminally ill Sikh and Muslim patients. With funding from the Chief Scientist Office, Professor Aziz Sheikh of Edinburgh University will ask patients and carers about end of life needs. He says palliative care services are focused on the elderly dying from cancer - yet migrants to Britain often die younger and from other...

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US Air Force Academy Faces Charges of Rampant Evangelization

June 27, 2005

Source: TIME Magazine

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1074105,00.html

On June 27, 2005 TIME Magazine reported, "This week, after a six-week barrage of allegations, the Air Force is expected to release a report based on more than 300 interviews, addressing charges that the academy is rife with an officially encouraged religious evangelization. Critics say the behaviors violated the Constitution and Department of Defense regulations--and...

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Hindu American Foundation Reacts to Supreme Court Decisions on 10 Commandments

June 27, 2005

Source: Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/Content/Achievements/media_press_release_hcourt.html

On June 27, 2005 the Hindu American Foundation reported, "The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed a combination of relief and some disappointment over the Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on government property. The decision in McCreary County vs. ACLU,...

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Religious Schools Seek to Fill Special Education Needs

June 27, 2005

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2005/06/27/religious_schools_look_to_fill_special_education_needs/

On June 27, 2005 The Boston Globe reported, "the Jewish community of Boston is responding to increasing pressure from parents to make religious education more accessible to a larger number of children by spending $2 million to increase the chances that children......

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Lodi's Muslim Community Divided Over Imam Accused in Terror Plot

June 26, 2005

Source: The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/user_registration/login/?goto=http%3A//www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/13132310p-13976426c.html

On June 26, 2005 The Sacramento Bee reported, "Adil Khan, 47, has helped put Lodi, a San Joaquin County city of 62,000, on the international map - not for his modern ideas or distinguished background, but because he apparently is the target of a federal...

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