Author: Kelly Figueroa-Ray

Source: State of Formation

http://www.stateofformation.org/2011/02/come%E2%80%A6-read-my-sacred-texts-as-if-they-were-yours%E2%80%A6/

In an earlier post, I offered a reflection on the types of inter-religious encounters that, although often well intentioned, tend to be reductive and ultimately unhelpful in the development of inter-religious dialogue. This does not...

Author: Peter Skerry and Gary Schmitt

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/01/29/silence_from_muslim__americans/

Amid the uproar earlier this month over the assassination of Salmaan Taseer, the secularist governor of the Pakistani province of Punjab, Muslim-American organizations have been largely silent. At a time when mainstream...

Author: Eboo Patel

Source: The Huffington Post/USA Today

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eboo-patel/mlk-was-a-religious-visio_b_809874.html

One hundred years ago, the great African-American scholar W.E.B. DuBois famously wrote, "The problem of the 20th century will be the problem of the color line."

History proved DuBois correct. His century saw the struggles against, and ultimately the victory over,...

Author: Hari Bansh Jha

Source: EKantipur.com

http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/01/07/oped/samskara-in-action/327641/

US President Barack Obama had made an historic appeal on June 22, 2009 under the United We Serve Campaign to extend support to Americans engulfed in the economic crisis. Not much is known about the response made by different groups to that call. It is known, however, that Hindu Americans responded with great zeal.

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