Author: Kate Shellnut

Source: Houston Belief

http://blogs.chron.com/spiritedchat/2010/10/mayor_parker_says_houstons_div.html

Mayor Annise Parker is encouraging Houstonians to participate in a citywide dinner dialog program about faith as a way to help the city's diverse religious groups work better with each other.

Author: Kirk Semple

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/nyregion/23mosques.html?ref=religion_and_belief

Brother Abdullah was working the sidewalk outside the Omar Ben Abdel-Aziz Mosque in Jamaica, Queens, on Friday, looking for the curious, fearful, idle and confused.

It was an hour into a two-hour open house intended to dispel ignorance and promote neighborliness and...

Author: Scott James

Source: The New York Times/The Bay Citizen

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/22bcjames.html?_r=1&ref=religion_and_belief

Looking resplendent in red vestments, the Rev. John Jimenez conducted mass on Monday before about 20 congregants and reminded them the date was the Feast of St. Luke. “Luke is the patron saint of doctors,” he said, “so it has some special meaning here in the...

Author: George Morris

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Advocate

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,9627,0,0,1,0

Having previously chosen Christians, Jews and a Muslim for its speakers, the Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge went outside the bounds of monotheism for its 24th annual Community Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Nottingham Post

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/School-looks-lead-example-creating-tolerant-accepting-society/article-2775805-detail/article.html

When visiting a Church of England School the last thing I expected to see was a Hindu Shrine, set up next to a line of Islam prayer mats and facing the Sikh book of worship.

Author: Rheal Seguin

Source: The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/orthodox-jews-urge-quebec-to-abandon-proposed-niqab-ban/article1766182/

Quebec's Orthodox Jewish community appeared for the first time on Wednesday before a National Assembly committee, taking up an unexpected cause - fighting a bill that would ban the wearing of the Muslim niqab when...

Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Source: News OK

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.newsok.com/christians-pagans-compete-gently-for-salems-souls/article/feed/203799

Paying customers were lined up outside witch houses and psychic parlors when 20-year-old Casey Sholes of Willimantic, Conn., finally stumbled across a place offering dream interpretations for free.

Inside...

Author: Lydia Polgreen

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/world/asia/20india.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

The Golden Temple, a sprawling and serene complex of gleaming gold and polished marble that is the spiritual center of the Sikh religion, is one of India’s most popular tourist attractions. Revered by Indians of all faiths, it is a cherished emblem of India’s religious diversity. So it...

Author: Mary McCoy

Source: Kansas City InfoZine

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/43993/

This film follows the experiences of the citizens of Fremont, California, as they learn about each other and find ways to live and grow together, particularly in dealing with the murder of a Muslim woman after 9/11 and the ramifications of that crime.

Author: Steven Lee Myers

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/world/middleeast/20ezekiel.html?ref=religion_and_belief

This small town, shaded by date palms on a bend of the Euphrates River, has been revered as a holy place for centuries — by Jews, by Muslims and, for periods of peace, at least, by both. “The old democracy,” as the local police chief put it.

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Author: Travis Andersen

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/10/candidates_for_1.html

The state's four gubernatorial candidates faced tough questioning tonight on a range of issues -- including their commitment to helping Haitian refugees, combating youth violence, and cracking down on banks violating usury laws -- during a forum organized by an interfaith group.

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Author: Mitchell Landsberg

Source: The Los Angeles Times

Author: Niraj Warikoo

Source: The Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/article/20101015/NEWS05/10150327/Report-on-imam-denounced

A range of religious and civil rights leaders -- Christian, Muslim and African American -- blasted a Department of Justice report Thursday that cleared FBI agents in the shooting death of a Muslim leader, saying it was incomplete and failed to examine the use of undercover informants in...

Author: Jeff Brumley

Source: The Florida Times-Union

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-10-15/story/religion-notes-interfaith-groups-hold-oneness-humanity-celebration

OneJax, the Interfaith Council of Jacksonville and Baptist Health will host a panel discussion about how people of different faiths can live together from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25 at Baptist Medical...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: White House Office of Faith Based and Community Partnerships

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/10/14/vatican-interfaith-conference-keynote-remarks

This week, Joshua DuBois and Mara Vanderslice joined the United States Ambassador the Holy See, Dr. Miguel Diaz, in Rome for an international conference on interfaith action. The conference focused on how religoius and community...