Author: Ellen McCarthy and Sally Quinn

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111211580.html

We'll get ready, soon, to decorate the Christmas tree. Or light the menorah. Or celebrate Kwanzaa.

Ready to honor whatever tradition we hold most dear -- unabashedly filling our homes and lives with the spirit of the season.

Unless, of course, there's...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8361034.stm

A once-abandoned monastery in the middle of the Syrian desert has become an important centre for interfaith dialogue.

Author: James Hohmann

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111304549.html

Loudoun County religious leaders privately wrestled with how to address the shootings at Fort Hood, Tex., in the days before a long-planned interfaith celebration drew together more than 175 people from six faiths in Leesburg last Sunday.

For three years, the monthly...

Author: J. Samia Mair

Source: Boston Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Interfaith-response-to-Ft-Hood-incident

Below is an interfaith response to the Ft. Hood incident:

With other Americans across the country we have heard with heavy hearts the news reports of the tragic shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas this past Thursday. Our hearts and prayers...

Author: John McManus

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8359414.stm

The government is facing criticism over claims that it allows faith schools to refuse jobs or promotion to staff with different, or no, spiritual beliefs.

The National Secular Society is arguing at its conference that current legislation discriminates against well qualified, non-religious teachers,

The Department for Children, Schools...

Author: Michael Binyon

Source: Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6916192.ece

The first two months of the Coptic new year have been a sombre time for Egypt’s ancient Christian community. The new year fell on the inauspicious date of September 11. And a spate of attacks on this large and downtrodden community by Islamist extremists or villagers giving a religious pretext to petty quarrels have...

Author: Matt Russell

Source: Post-Bulletin

Author: Staff Writer

Source: mysinchew.com

http://www.mysinchew.com/node/31412

Malaysia's weekly Catholic newspaper has lost its publishing permit for next year amid a long-running dispute over its use of the word "Allah", the editor said Thursday.

The loss of The Herald's permit comes as it prepares for a High Court hearing on December 14 in a legal battle between the Catholic Church and the authorities over the use of the world "Allah" in the paper's...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Multi-faith-meet-for-world-peace/articleshow/5217125.cms

In a unique multi-faith gathering, prominent religious leaders from across the world will convene in Mumbai next week to express solidarity with the 26/11 terror victims. On November 17, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Buddhist leaders will come...

Author: Nick Hytrek

Source: Sioux City Journal

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/lifestyles/leisure/article_9914761e-ce50-11de-98cf-001cc4c03286.html

Many of us have undoubtedly heard someone urging folks to tone down the commercialism of the holiday season and "keep Christ in Christmas."

But what if you're not among those who follow Jesus Christ? What if you believe in another god or no god at...

Author: Lauren Olens

Source: Student Life

http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/11/09/campus-faith-groups-host-religious-awareness-week/

Religious groups on campus will be hosting events this coming week to raise awareness about different religions and bring the Washington University community together under the umbrella of pluralism.

Pluralism Week will start off on Monday with a panel of rabbis to discuss...

Author: Rowena Orejana

Source: The Aucklander

http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/local/news/sikhs-celebrate-540-years/3906227/

Hundreds of devotees gathered at the Sikh Temple last week to celebrate the 540th Prakash Utsav or birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Devji, the founder of Sikhism.

Raj Bedi, Auckland Sikh centre secretary, says the devotees included not only Sikhs but Hindus and Indians from other states...

Author: Matt Vande Bunte

Source: The Grand Rapids Press

http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/11/crossing_over_locals_step_beyo.html

Learning about other religions is a little bit like picking up a second or third language, mused a senior minister at Grand Rapids’ Fountain Street Church.

It’s dipping your toes into a faith you may only have heard about in a cursory way...

Author: Darrell Todd Maurina

Source: Pulaski County Daily

http://www.pulaskicountydaily.com/news.php?viewStory=1315

American society may be less religious than it was a few generations ago, but its religious diversity has greatly increased. That change has dramatically impacted the Army, which must now offer religious services not only for Roman Catholics and mainline Protestants but also for a wide variety of different Christian...

Author: Sophie Cross

Source: Birmingham Mail

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/11/07/birmingham-s-faith-groups-promise-to-bring-issues-to-the-fore-97319-25109619/

Leading figures from Birmingham’s multi-faith community joined forces and pledged to “be make more noise” in ensuring they bring the issues facing them to the fore....