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A Special Celebration of Everything Indian

September 30, 2010

Author: Jodi Weinberger

Source: NorthJersey.com/Mahwah Suburban News

http://www.northjersey.com/community/events/104060219_A_special_celebration_of_everything_Indian.html

The first signs of a mela, the Hindi word for festival, at the Hindu Samaj Temple Saturday, Sept. 18, began teasing patrons’ senses in the parking lot.

The aromas of a spicy blend of cumin, saffron and coriander along...

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Hindus Help Rebuild Mosque In Karnataka Village

September 28, 2010

Author: Vincent D'Souza

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6639377.cms?frm=mailtofriend

As the nation anxiously awaits one mosque verdict, villagers in Karnataka's Gadag district have made their judgment clear as far as their local mosque is concerned. The spirited folk of Purtageri, a village around 500km from Bangalore, dissolved religious lines to come together and rebuild a mosque...

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Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans

September 28, 2010

Author: Laurie Goodstein

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html?ref=religion_and_belief

Americans are by all measures a deeply religious people, but they are also deeply ignorant about religion.

 

Researchers from the independent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life phoned more than 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions about the Bible, Christianity and...

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'Genius Grant' a Boost to Linguist as She Revives a Native Language

September 28, 2010

Author: Laura Collins-Hughes

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/09/28/reviving_wampanoag_earns_linguist_a_genius_grant/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed5_HP

First she cried. Then she found out about the money and nearly fainted.

 

Jessie Little Doe Baird was overcome at the news that her 17 years of linguistic work —...

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Third Anniversary of Buddhist Monk Massacre In Myanmar Commemorated

September 28, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Asia News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=43,9555,0,0,1,0

Politicians, human rights activists and religious leaders took part in a peaceful sit-in in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Colombo yesterday. They called on the world not to forget, highlighting the difficulties democracy encounters in Sri Lanka itself.

 

Human rights activists, lawmakers and religious...

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