Author: Riazat Butt

Source: The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/28/religion.localgovernment

Transport, crime and the economy are traditional vote-winners, but places of worship are also battlegrounds in this year's mayoral election in London. The contenders have thrown themselves into photo opportunities and walkabouts in mosques, temples and churches as they realise the pivotal role of religion in the capital....

Author: Dana Molina

Source: The Daily Northwestern

http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/04/28/City/Interfaith.Concert.Raises.Money.For.Community.Groups-3352632.shtml

For nine-year-old Steve Pena, singing in front of about 500 people was nerve-wracking. He was afraid he would forget what he learned during the weekly choir...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Newindpress/Express News Service

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/US_Catholic_leadership_invites_Hindu_leader/articleshow/2987587.cms

Acclaimed Hindu and Indo-American leader, Rajan Zed, has been invited by US Catholic leadership for improving Hindu-Catholic relations.

In a communiqué, Reverend Francis V Tiso, Associate Director Interreligious...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Economic Times

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Muslims_Geeta_discourse_a_hit/articleshow/2987528.cms

Every Thursday, the Kothanda Rama Swamy Temple here is packed to capacity by devotees to listen to the discourse on Kamba Ramayana, not by a Hindu teacher but by a Muslim scholar, M Abdul Salaam, whose secular lectures are popular in local mosques and...

Author: Carla Hinton

Source: The Oklahoman

http://newsok.com/national-services-events-planned-in-city-across-country-for-national-day-of-prayer/article/3234916/

Prayer services and other events related to the National Day of Prayer are more diverse than ever — in Oklahoma and across the country. The National Day of Prayer was established by Congress in 1952.

In the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Trading Markets/M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1446349/

Diversity experts and HR executives from organizations ranging from IBM, Manpower, ADP, Oracle, Microsoft, Pepsico and Motorola, to the Anti-Defamation League and higher education, will examine critical workplace issues and challenges such as faith, disabilities, generational differences, globalization and the...

Author: BROOKE EDWARDS

Source: Daily Press

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/controversy_6099___article.html/day_prayer.html

Though all faiths are welcome to attend Apple Valley’s National Day of Prayer, so far only Christians are hosting the event.

“Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and Sikhs are being excluded,” said Simone Kvalhein of the Baha’i faith.

Kvalhein said she called...

Author: JOHN THAVIS

Source: The Georgia Bulletin/CNS

http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2008/04/24/respect/

In a brief, movingly simple visit to a New York synagogue, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his respect for the city’s Jewish community and encouraged the building of “bridges of friendship” between religions.

The encounter April 18 marked the first time a pope has visited a Jewish place of worship in the United...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: HindToday News

Author: TINA KELLEY and ELIZABETH DWOSKIN

Source: The New York Times

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Star Online

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/23/nation/21031677&sec=nation

One of the most difficult “bridges” to build is to have people appreciate the value system of others, be it in terms of religion or forms of worship, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The Prime Minister said that “bridge” should be cautiously built and...

Author: Sonya Bryskine

Source: Epoch Times

http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-4-22/69583.html

Australia's multiculturalism and religious diversity is a perfect backdrop for the upcoming World Youth Day (WYD), which is said to be bigger than the 2000 Olympics.

Gone are the days when showing faith was considered "déclassé and unpopular", says respected sociologist and religion expert Professor Emeritus Gary D. Bouma from Monash University.
...

Author: Henry Makori

Source: allAfrica/Catholic Information Service for Africa

http://allafrica.com/stories/200804220877.html

Catholic bishops and other officials from sub-Saharan Africa met in Nairobi last week to evaluate the Church's progress in its relations with other religions, especially Islam. The conference, opened by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue at the Vatican, took place against a backdrop of...