Source: The Economist

Wire Service: AP

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4033968

On June 2, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "[R]eligion remains an awkward subject in Malaysia. Malay Muslims have lived in the area and practised Islam for centuries. During the colonial period, however, large numbers of Chinese and Indians, non-Muslims for the most part, settled in the country. The authors of...

Source: Ecumenical News International

http://www.eni.ch/articles/display.shtml?05-0410

On June 2, 2005 Ecumenical News International reported, "Representatives of a number of US Protestant denominations and Jewish groups are planning a joint visit to the Middle East after criticism of plans of some churches to consider divestment from companies in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories...An agreement by the various organizations to travel together to the Israeli and the...

Source: Tricycle

http://www.tricycle.com/issues/inthenews/399-1.html

On June 1, 2005 Tricycle reported, "A long-disused Anglican chapel is being converted into a Buddhist temple in the English village of Knaphill. Knaphill is located in the borough of Woking, about 25 miles southwest of London. The group renovating the chapel is the Dhammakaya International Society of the United Kingdom (DISUK). The temple will be one of 16 Thai Buddhist temples in the UK serving a Thai...

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20050601/NEWS/50601004/0/FRONTPAGE

On June 1, 2005 The Associated Press reported, "on the eve of graduation, the top cadet at the Air Force Academy sent out an e-mail to fellow cadets that includes religious themes in apparent violation of rules against using government channels for sectarian messages. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the e-mail sent Tuesday by Wing Commander...

Source: Hindu American Foundation Press Release

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

On May 31, 2005 a Hindu American Foundation Press Release reported, "the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed serious concern over multiple reports that many in the faculty and staff at the Colorado Springs U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) are abetting the spread of evangelical...

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-ministers29may29,1,1269719.story

On May 29, 2005 the Los Angeles Times reported, "Escalating its courtship of a politically powerful constituency, the Bush administration is teaming up with some of the nation's best-known and most influential black clergy to craft a new role for U.S. churches in Africa. The effort was launched last week, when more than two dozen...

Source: The Indianapolis Star

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050527/NEWS01/505270525/1006/NEWS01

On May 27, 2005 The Indianapolis Star reported, "American Muslims are deeply concerned and hurt by allegations that military guards and interrogators may have desecrated the Quran at Guantanamo Bay, said Sayyid M. Syeed, secretary general of the Plainfield-based Islamic Society of North America. But, he added, the...

Source: The Indianapolis Star

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005505260481

On May 26, 2005 The Indianapolis Star reported, "an Indianapolis father is appealing a Marion County judge's unusual order that prohibits him and his ex-wife from exposing their child to 'non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals.'

The parents practice Wicca, a contemporary pagan religion that emphasizes a balance in nature and reverence for the earth...

Source: WFMY News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local_state/local_article.aspx?storyid=41815

On May 25, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "A North Carolina pastor is apologizing to Muslims for a sign in front of his church that said, 'The Koran needs to be flushed.' A now-retracted Newsweek story alleging US interrogators flushed Islam's holy book down a toilet triggered demonstrations in...

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0523/p02s02-uspo.html

On May 25, 2005 The Christian Science Monitor reported, "the words appear on every dollar bill and US coin. They are displayed at the entrance to the US Senate and above the Speaker's chair in the House. But when local officials in North Carolina placed 'In God We Trust' on the front of the Davidson County Government Center, they soon found themselves in federal court facing a...

Source: BBC News

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4574799.stm

On May 24, 2005 BBC News reported, "Five months after the tsunami hit the southern coast of India, relief work has stalled in the southern state of Kerala after a row between Hindu and Christian groups. Right-wing Hindu groups are angry at the local administration for allowing Christian organisations to participate in the reconstruction of homes for the tsunami victims. They allege...

Source: The Digital Courier

http://www.thedigitalcourier.com/articles/2005/05/24/news/news01.txt

On May 24, 2005 The Digital Courier reported, "A sign in front of a Baptist church on one of the most traveled highways in the county stirred controversy over religious tolerance and first-amendment rights this weekend. A sign in front of Danieltown Baptist Church, located at 2361 U.S. 221 south reads 'The Koran needs to be flushed,' and the Rev. Creighton...

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/politics/24academy.html?oref=login

On May 24, 2005 The New York Times reported, "the Department of Defense inspector general's office is looking into accusations that a chaplain at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs was dismissed from her administrative job and given orders to transfer to a base in Japan because she had criticized the religious proselytizing of academy cadets. An Air...

Source: Beliefnet

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/167/story_16739_1.html

On May 24, 2005 Beliefnet reported, "six months after the November elections left them defeated and demoralized, progressive religious groups by most measures continue to be outpaced and drowned out by well-organized conservative groups. Yet progressive leaders say the fight over judicial nominations has shown they are making measured progress in moderating the influence of conservative...

Source: Yahoo! News

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