Author: Spencer S. Hsu

Source: The Washington Post

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/spencer-s-hsu/rabbi-sues-army-over-beard-rul.html

An Orthodox Jewish rabbi from Brooklyn sued the U.S. Army Wednesday for denying him a commission to serve as an Army chaplain because his faith prohibits him from shaving his beard.

Author: Douglas A. Hicks

Source: The Washington Post

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/12/return_of_the_christmas_wars.html

Welcome back to the "December dilemma" death match -- the 2010 edition. In this corner are the self-proclaimed defenders of Christmas, ready and organized to denounce anyone who says "Happy Holidays." In the other corner are a more motley crew of retailers,...

Author: Vern Barnet

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/07/2502491/dennis-moore-is-a-champion-for.html

This column honors a retiring congressman, but it is not about politics. It is about a person in government who has helped make Kansas City a national model for interfaith relationships and activity.

Author: Michele Marcott

Source: The Shreveport Times

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20101206/NEWS01/12060322/Area-leaders-celebrate-diversity-with-Taste-of-Interfaith

Religious and community leaders from northern and central Louisiana gathered Sunday at Lakeview United Methodist Church to celebrate the diversity of their communities and recognize the efforts of Northern...

Author: Herpreet Kaur

Source: SikhNet

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/united-sikhs-feed-hungry-california

Sikh volunteers fed hundreds of hungry and homeless people in California just before Thanksgiving as part of the UNITED SIKHS Aid project "Feed the Hungry."

Author: Sarah Black

Source: The Lariat

http://www.lariatnews.com/life/bahai-club-promotes-oneness-at-interfaith-meeting-1.2422988

The Baha'i Club met Wednesday Dec. 1 for Saddleback College's first Interfaith Devotional Meeting.

The goal for the meeting was to "encourage interfaith fellowship and worship," said Ray Zimmerman, the club's advisor and English instructor.

Author: Slim Allagui

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1ZnsEhJjI-UqZmSAOI_FxTWnT0Q?docId=CNG.e49d8f7446a37c4bd9b779af911a7e43.3a1

Children skip across the roof of a mosque and play hide and seek in a Hindu temple: this unsual playground is designed to build tolerance as religious...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: NewsTrack India

Wire Service: ANI

http://newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/194046

In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Buddhists welcomed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed to their Bodhi Day commemoration at Reno Buddhist Church (Nevada, USA) on December five.

 Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, talked about some important events in Gautama Buddha's life and briefed...

Author: Daniel Burke

Source: BeliefNet

Wire Service: RNS

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2010/12/religious-groups-rally-behind.php

As a federal appeals court in California heard opening arguments in a landmark gay marriage case on Dec. 6, a rare coalition of religious leaders released a public letter promoting marriage as "the faithful union of one man and one woman."

Leaders...

Author: Heather Ah San

Source: The Oregon Daily Emerald

http://www.dailyemerald.com/scene/interfaith-prayer-service-celebrates-diversity-during-the-holidays-1.1820319

The board members behind Eugene's Interfaith Prayer Service view the holiday season as a time for religious tolerance, understanding and dialogue.

Since it was created in 2001, the Interfaith Prayer...

Author: Andrew Dunn

Source: The Buddhist Channel/StarNews Online

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,9715,0,0,1,0

In a patch of woods tucked off a Bolivia road, the monks are building teepees. Each one is formed from a few of the spindly pines that fill their 22 acres. In a few months, they will be guest accommodations of a spartan sort.

In June, the Wat Carolina Buddhist monastery, the only temple in...

Author: Joshua Stanton

Source: The Middle East Online/Common Ground News Service

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=42846

Seminaries, higher education institutions where professors of religion and religious leaders train students to become clergy, have been present in the United States for centuries. Because seminary students are generally being trained as religious leaders who will oversee congregations, their seminary education has a...

Author: Alicia M. Moulton

Source: Bringham Young University Alumni News

http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2701

Andrew J. Kosorok (BFA ’04) leans over a panel of glass, on which he etched an intricate floral motif. This piece is called Al-Mu’mim, Inspirer of Faith. It represents the growth of God’s creations as they react to trials and blessings.

The Harold B. Lee Library recently displayed eight of Kosorok’s...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: PRNewswire

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/many-faiths-common-action-111203724.html

Over 90 leaders of faith, health and development organizations from across the world gathered at Washington National Cathedral and at a meeting at the White House to recommend new ways to work together to deliver aid and care to the poorest people. The group formally launched the "Global Initiative...