Author: William Wan

Source: The Washington Post

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2010/01/obama_faith_council_debates_religious_icons.html

Obama's faith council is finalizing its draft report this week, and one of the key debates that emerged from the phone conference yesterday was whether there should be rules requiring religious groups to cover up religious symbols if they...

Author: John Esposito

Source: The Washington Post

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/john_esposito/2010/01/islams_pluralism_problem.html

Recent attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt and firebomb attacks on churches in Malaysia have raised major concerns about deteriorating rights and security for religious minorities in Muslim countries. In the town of Nag Hamadi, near...

Author: Eileen Ng

Source: The Detroit News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100111/NATION/1110351/1041/LIFESTYLE04/Malaysian-church-attacks-damage-ties-between-Christians--Muslims

Eight churches have been attacked over three days amid a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims, sparking fresh political...

Author: Jenifer B. McKim

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2010/01/11/putting_their_faith_into_the_foreclosure_fight/

For Nylton Andrade, preventing home foreclosures is not just a personal priority. It’s a matter of religious faith.

Andrade, who was laid off from a teaching job at Boston’s Madison Park High School in June, is hoping to...

Author: Aomar Ouali

Source: Chicago Public Radio

Wire Service: AP

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Merinews

http://www.merinews.com/article/hindu-statesman-zed-dialogues-with-religious-leaders/15793810.shtml

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed engaged in dialogue with Catholic-Muslim-Protestant-Buddhist-Jewish leaders in Nevada, United States of America, where they attempted to find connections among Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism.

This...

Author: Anwar Ibrahim

Source: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

http://cmcu.georgetown.edu/86516.html

We are outraged by the tragic attacks on our Christian brothers and sisters and reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of the bombing of churches in Malaysia. Today’s attack on the oldest standing church in Malaysia, the All Saints Church in Taiping, is an attack on our nation’s heritage.

As a nation we...

Author: Russell Contreras

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/08/AR2010010803635.html

Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Jo hann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But...

Author: Iftikhar Gilani

Source: Daily Times

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C01%5C09%5Cstory_9-1-2010_pg7_37

Hindus and Buddhists have come into conflict in the Buddhist holy city of Gaya in the Indian province of Bihar, over the custody of the Mahabodhi Temple. A group of Buddhists have been on a hunger strike for the last week, demanding ‘liberation’ of their holiest shrine, the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/world/middleeast/10egypt.html

Muslims and Christians set fire to one another’s homes and shops near the southern Egyptian town of Nagaa Hamady on Saturday, three days after a gunman killed six Coptic Christians in drive-by shootings, security officers said.

“Four houses and a shop...

Author: Francis X. Rocca

Source: Religion News Service

http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/tensions_linger_as_pope_readies_for_synagogue_visit1/

When Pope Bene dict XVI visits Rome’s main synagogue next Sunday (Jan. 17) to mark Italy’s 21st annual Day of Jewish-Christian...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8447450.stm

Three churches have been attacked in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, ahead of protests by Muslim groups.

The administrative offices of one church were destroyed by a firebomb attack and one of the other two churches attacked was slightly damaged.

Some Muslim groups are angry at a court decision allowing non-Muslims to use the word Allah to refer...

Author: Richard Down

Source: Daily Post

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2010/01/08/course-to-help-unsderstand-islam-launched-in-flintshire-55578-25550980/

A course in Islamic culture is being set up in a historic library in a bid to halt bigotry and foster religious tolerance.

St Deiniol’s Library in Hawarden, Flintshire, is set to host...

Author: Daniel E. Slotnik

Source: The New York Times

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/atheists-attend-mayors-interfaith-breakfast-for-the-first-time/

Six newcomers to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s annual interfaith breakfast stood out in the crowd of more than 400 religious leaders draped in vestments varying from turban to cassock. But the coterie did not draw...

Source: The Kansas City Star

Wire Service: AP

http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1670238.html

A federal judge in Kansas dismissed a lawsuit Thursday by an atheist soldier who claimed his rights were violated because he had to attend events where prayers were said while stationed at Fort Riley.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil ruled Army Spc. Dustin Chalker failed to exhaust all other alternatives before he...