U.S. Attorney's Office Seeks Outreach to St. Louis Muslims

March 2, 2011

Author: Phillip O'Connor

Source: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_6a8084ad-5eeb-5ebf-833b-8be3fc373c5a.html

At a time when some St. Louis-area Muslims feel under siege from federal authorities, Zia Faruqui hopes to change that perception.

U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan recently appointed Faruqui, an assistant U.S. attorney, as outreach coordinator to the...

Female Hindu Priest Conquers Holy Ground

March 2, 2011

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12621370

To mark the centenary of International Women's Day, radio producer Safiya Sayed Baharun of the BBC World Service profiles three female religious leaders for a documentary, Conquering Holy Ground. Chandrika Joshi, a Hindu priest and special needs dentist based in Cardiff, is one of the three women featured.

This edition of the weekly...

Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Harvard Minister, Dies at 68

March 1, 2011

Author: Robert D. McFadden

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/us/02gomes.html?ref=religionandbelief

The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a Harvard minister, theologian and author who announced that he was gay a generation ago and became one of America’s most prominent spiritual voices against intolerance, died on Monday in Boston. He was 68.

Merging Medical Careers With Traditional Healing at Wake Forest

March 1, 2011

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Country Today Media Network

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/03/merging-medical-careers-with-traditional-healing-at-wake-forest/

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians thinks more Cherokee medical experts will help address Indian health issues in culturally sensitive ways, reported Wake Forest University’s News Center.

Gandhi In Egypt

March 1, 2011

Author: Diana Eck

Source: The Harvard Crimson

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/3/2/nonviolent-sharp-gandhi-people/

In November, I invited the eighty year old political theorist, Gene Sharp, to my seminar, “Gandhi: Then and Now.” We had reached the “now” part of our study, looking at the ways in which Gandhi’s strategic non-violent resistance had moved beyond India. Sharp spoke about why...

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