Interfaith

Building a Link Between Faiths

April 2, 2009

Author: Steve Hendrix

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040101179.html

Yaser Jaleel didn't know whom the group behind him was during his evening prayers last week, young men sitting quietly along a back wall of the mosque as Jaleel and other worshipers bent and bowed eastward. When he discovered it was a group of Jewish students from a nearby synagogue,...

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Priest Who Professed Islam Defrocked By Episcopal Church

April 2, 2009

Author: Adelle M. Banks

Source: Religion News Service

http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17820

An Episcopal priest who professed two years ago that she was also a practicing Muslim has been defrocked by the Episcopal Church.

Rhode Island Bishop Geralyn Wolf informed Ann Holmes Redding, who lives in Seattle, of the decision on Wednesday (April 1). Although she lives outside the diocese, Redding was ordained in Rhode Island and...

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Interfaith Special On Poverty to Air April 26 On CBS

April 1, 2009

Author: Philip Jenks

Source: World Faith News

http://www.wfn.org/2009/04/msg00011.html

POVERTY: A TIME FOR SHARING, an interfaith religion special, will be broadcast Sunday, April 26 on the CBS Television Network. Check your local station for exact time.

Half of humanity lives on less than $2 a day. A billion people worldwide cannot read or write. Poor children die in great numbers from preventable diseases. Global poverty and its killing effect is...

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Hindus & Jews Want Restructuring Of Prayers At UK Parliament

March 31, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Thaindian News

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/hindus-jews-want-restructuring-of-prayers-at-uk-parliament_100173444.html

Hindus and Jews have asked the United Kingdom to re-evaluate the matrix of opening prayers in its Parliament, which probably date back from 17th century.

Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi...

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Multifaith Partnering Reflects a Diverse Religious Scene At Bates

March 31, 2009

Author: Simone Path

Source: The Bates Student

http://www.batesstudent.com/news/multifaith-partnering-reflects-a-diverse-religious-scene-at-bates-1.1636117

With at least 10 religious organizations on campus, the religious scene at Bates is diverse, in part because it is a nonsectarian school. Spirituality at Bates transcends religion, residing not in the practice of one or even several dominant...

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National Faith Leaders Model Peacemaking At Historic Interfaith Event

March 31, 2009

Author: Joe Bjordal

Source: Episcopal Life Online

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_106609_ENG_HTM.htm

Saying it was the beginning of a "journey of passage" for Abrahamic people in the United States and beyond, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined with national leaders of Judaism and Islam for an historic "Conversation on Peace" on March 27 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The conversation was part of "Dinner in Abraham's...

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ADL’s Interfaith Seder Declared Huge Success

March 30, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Wicked Local Marblehead

http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x180617723/ADL-s-Interfaith-Seder-declared-huge-success

Students from Lynn’s Ford School Choir joined more than 300 people from various ethnic groups and faiths on the North Shore at the 17th annual North Shore Interfaith Seder hosted by the Anti-Defamation League New England Region. The Interfaith Seder...

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Passover: A Day for Faith And Understanding

March 30, 2009

Author: Steve Maynard

Source: The News Tribune

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/692508.html

Muslims, Christians and Jews shared unleavened bread at a Passover Seder Sunday night in a Tacoma synagogue as a step toward building interfaith bonds and eventually a house.

Volunteers from the three faiths will join together to build a house on Tacoma’s East Side, from April 24 to mid-July, for Tacoma/Pierce County...

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Archbishop Meets With Muslim Leaders At Dearborn Mosque

March 30, 2009

Author: Gregg Krupa

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090330/LIFESTYLE04/903300400/1041/Archbishop+meets+with+Muslim+leaders+at+Dearborn+mosque

Imam Sayid Hassan al-Qazwini, the head of the Islamic Center of America, welcomed Archbishop Allen Vigneron to the largest mosque in the country today, as the new leader of 1.4 million Catholics in Metro Detroit...

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Interfaith Gathering Promotes Awareness Of Environmental Issues

March 29, 2009

Author: Christine Martinez

Source: The Missourian

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/03/29/interfaith-gathering-promotes-awareness-environmental-sustainability-and-global-climate-change/

Columbia's second annual Earth Hour ended Saturday night as members of Columbia's faith organizations gathered shoulder to shoulder in the cold, the rain and...

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Imam Foad Farahi Explains Faith to Christian And Jewish Seniors

March 28, 2009

Author: Jaweed Kaleem

Source: Muslim American Society

http://www.masnet.org/masnews.asp?id=5326

The audience was just what you would expect in a Presbyterian church fellowship hall: mostly white and elderly.

The speakers were not. Two Muslim imams, one African-American and the other Kuwaiti-born, were there to lead Islam 101.

Foad Farahi spoke first, softly and in Arabic: Bismillah al-rahman al-rahim.

''We can't hear you!''...

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Hindus Laud New Zealand Police for Launching Guide to Major Religions

March 28, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Web Newswire

http://www.webnewswire.com/node/450676

Hindus have commended New Zealand Police for launching a guide to practices of major religions of the country.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that this 60-page publication titled “A Practical Reference to Religious Diversity” provided a wonderful resource to the members of police force to effectively do their...

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Religious Leaders Compare And Contrast Faiths

March 28, 2009

Author: Colin McDonald

Source: San Antonio Express-News

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/religion/Religious_leaders_compare_and_contrast_faiths.html

A Jew, a Catholic, a Muslim and a Sikh walk into a lecture hall at the Oblate School of Theology. They have come to compare and contrast their faiths — and the length of their beards.

Harinder Singh, with the Sikh Research Institute, points out...

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Interfaith Dialogue Urges Cooperation Among Religions

March 27, 2009

Author: Samir Salama

Source: Gulf News

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Society/10298954.html

An interfaith dialogue initiative called on Christians and Muslims to work for the common good on the basis of common interests.

Scholars representing the two religions urged their followers to strengthen understanding and respect of each other and to live together for love and peace.

Ali Juma'a, Egypt's Grand Mufti, said on Thursday...

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