Author: Elham Asaad Buaras

Source: The Muslim News

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=3569

Inclusion not exclusion, that is the verdict on the role of faith groups in the EU at a summit hosted by the UK’s Minister for Europe, Jim Murphy.

The seminar on Faith and Culture in modern Europe was organised in association with the Foreign Office on May 2 with the aim of addressing the ‘ghettoisation’ of...

Author: Kalpit Parajuli

Source: Asia News

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12627&size=A

Confessional schools will be recognised by the state and receive public funds but must in return adapt to a national curriculum. This change does not pose any problem to Catholic schools, which are among the best in the country, but not so for all confessional schools which must implement major changes.

“Small amounts of money have been...

Author: David Williams

Source: Evening Standard

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23500359-details/Pray+and+display%3A+the+new+religious+parking+permit/article.do

A unique "pray and display" parking permit for drivers carrying out religious duties is being launched.

Barnet council says it will provide religious leaders with permits allowing them to park...

Author: Ronald D. White

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-gas17-2008jun17,0,3727715,full.story

Record gasoline prices have been painful, but now they have begun to test the limits of faith.

In houses of worship nationwide, preachers are railing against the forces of energy evil, and congregations are praying for lower fuel prices.

So far, no...

Author: Neela Banerjee

Source: The New York Times

Author: Rebecca Rosen Lum

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/bayandstate/ci_9667579

Most religious Americans believe there is more than one road to God, and more than one divine destination, a new report shows.

The report, released today by the Pew Forum on Religion...

Author: Nik Khusairi Ibrahim

Source: The Malaysia Star

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/23/nation/21627078&sec=nation

Penang will allocate state funds fairly to all major religions to ensure that none is discriminated against or marginalised, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said.

He said the state government would treat all religions equally.

“We have also formed an inter-religious...

Author: Joel Jacobson

Source: The Chronicle Herald

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1063478.html

Cake and drinks attracted a group of teens to a meeting they didn’t know was about a graduation interfaith service.

When Grade 12 students Mohanad Khairy, Warda Limaye, Sarah Coley and Becky Selig left the meeting at Citadel High School in Halifax, they were convinced it was a good thing to do.

On Tuesday night, a few weeks of...

Author: Akiko Matsuda

Source: The Journal News

http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/NEWS03/806220378/-1/NEWSFRONT

The Stony Point Center has recently become the home of numerous religious and spiritual artworks from all over the world.

The collection was permanently loaned to the center by the Rev. James Parks Morton, president and chairman of the board for the Interfaith Center of New York in...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Daily Tribune

http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080622hed3.html

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has welcomed the participation of priests, pastors and imams to the search for the elusive peace in Mindanao, saying they can help a lot in prescribing the best solution to the conflict in the region.

Sheikh Muhammad Muntassir, chairman of the MILF committee on da’wah (Islamic call), said in...

Author: Salisu Na'inna Dambatta

Source: Daily Trust/AllAfrica

http://allafrica.com/stories/200806230739.html

The Nigeria Inter Religious Council (NIREC) came into being after the dawn of democracy in 1999 to serve as a platform for high-level dialogue between the leaders of Christians and Muslims in this country, thereby promoting public good.

It organises conferences designed to promote understanding, appreciation of one another and the...

Author: Sean D. Hamill

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/20license.html?ex=1214625600&en=4fc4c64216556a5d&ei=5070&emc=eta1

An organization that advocates for the separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking that South Carolina not be allowed to produce license plates that feature a Christian cross with the phrase “I Believe.”
...

Author: Rose B. Palacio

Source: Philippine News Agency

Author: Riazat Butt

Source: The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/18/activists.environment

For the many pilgrims who stream into the lavishly decorated Church of St George, Istanbul, it is the crystal chandeliers, incense clouds, iconography and sombre, chanting, enigmatic bishops dressed in black that are the main attraction of a little-known district in the throbbing Turkish metropolis.

Yet this...