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For Buddhists, San Francisco Offers Many Places to Worship

January 29, 2010

Author: Suli Yi

Source: VOA News

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/religion/For-Buddhists-San-Francisco-Offers-Many-Places-to-Worship-83039932.html

Situated on the West Coast of the United States, the city of San Francisco has long been home to many generations of Asians who immigrated to the United States.  In a lot of cases, they are Buddhists, but since they are from a...

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Islamic Activists Angered By SoCal Mayor's Speech

January 29, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Fresno Bee

Wire Service: AP

http://www.fresnobee.com/state/story/1802761.html

Islamic-rights activists are criticizing the mayor of Lancaster for promoting Christianity during his State of the City speech this week, specifically his comment that he is "growing a Christian community."

The Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Friday that Mayor R....

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Interfaith Arts Festival In Cairo Promotes Understanding Between East And West

January 28, 2010

Author: Matthew Davies

Source: Episcopal News Service

http://www.episcopal-life.org/81827_118914_ENG_HTM.htm

Enhancing understanding and respect between Muslims and Christians is the goal of an innovative interfaith art exhibition and supporting events being held Jan. 28 - Feb. 3 at St. John the Baptist Anglican/Episcopal Church in the suburban Maadi district of Cairo, Egypt.

The CARAVAN Festival of the Arts exhibition...

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Swiss Court Upholds Basketball Headscarf Ban

January 28, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8484890.stm

A Muslim woman has failed to overturn a ban stopping her from wearing a headscarf during league basketball matches in Switzerland.

Sura al-Shawk, 19, was told she could not wear a headscarf by the basketball association (ProBasket) in August 2009.

A local court in Lucerne has upheld the ruling on safety grounds. ProBasket also argued the sport needed to stay...

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Video: Muslim American Leaders Coming Of Age In a Post-9/11 World

January 28, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Muslim Public Affairs Council

http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=1021#axzz0envCXLiO

A group of young Muslim-American leaders came to the Center for American Progress last November to discuss the challenges and opportunities they are facing, and to explore ways to strengthen their work. The meeting was held exactly one week after the Fort Hood shootings in Texas, and that event colored the day's conversation. As...

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Young Adults Reconnect With Jewish Heritage

January 28, 2010

Author: Arlene Nisson Lassin

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6840805.html

When Nate Levy left home for college from Klein in northwest Houston, religious observance was an unimportant aspect of his life. The Jewish senior at the University of Texas grew up without practicing the religion.

“I knew I was Jewish, but that was the extent of it in my family life,” Levy said....

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A Modern Tale Of Meatpacking And Immigrants

January 28, 2010

Author: Kate Linthicum

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-immigrant-nebraska28-2010jan28,0,6078807.story?page=1

Hawa Farah was living in Minneapolis three years ago making $8 an hour at a bakery when her fiance, Hussein Hussein, got a call about good jobs that paid better.

So the couple, like many Somali immigrants who follow work around the...

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Lithuania Steps Into European Crucifix Debate

January 28, 2010

Author: Ruta Tumenaite

Source: Ecumenical News International

http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=3732

Lithuania has come out in support of Italy in its efforts to revise a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights that obliges State schools throughout Italy to remove crucifixes from classrooms. 

The online news daily www.delfi.lt, on 13 January reported that the Committee for Foreign Relations of the Lithuanian...

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Edison Teen Assaulted Jewish Man Because Of Religion, Judge Rules

January 28, 2010

Author: Joshua Burd

Source: My Central Jersey

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100128/NEWS/100128039/-1/newsfront/Edison-teen-assaulted-Jewish-man-because-of-religion-judge-rules

A judge ruled Thursday that an Edison teenager who punched a Jewish man last September did so because of the victim's religion, authorities said.

In the ruling, the...

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