Author: Amar Guriro

Source: Daily Times

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C04%5C30%5Cstory_30-4-2007_pg12_3

KARACHI: Seven-year-old Angela finds it difficult to study Islamiyat at school. “I don’t know if I have to study it or not, but it’s really difficult to pronounce the Arabic properly,” she said.

Angela, one of many children belonging to the Hindu Maheshwari,...

Author: CEJI

Source: International Movement for a Just World

http://www.just-international.org/article.cfm?newsid=20002140

What is the role of the Middle East conflict in Jewish-Muslim dialogue? Is the media a positive force for change in inter-religious relations? How can local communities be successfully engaged in dialogue? These were a number of the questions tackled by representatives of Jewish and Muslim organisations at a Conference...

Author: Rebecca Rosen Lum

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/religion/ci_5773775

What began as a harvest festival in rural Punjab has become an opportunity for Sikhs to explain their faith throughout the Diaspora -- particularly in post-Sept. 11 America.

The Vaisakhi Festival links two New Years, overlaying a religious holiday on a seasonal celebration. At a time when farmers celebrated their harvest, a Sikh guru on...

Author: Ron Csillag

Source: Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/207216

So a Muslim and a Jew walk onto a stage.

Er, that's it.

What sounds like a set-up to a punchline is actually the point of "The Laugh in Peace Tour," featuring Muslim comic Azhar Usman and Rabbi Bob Alper, who will team up this Tuesday night at the Toronto Centre for the Arts in "an evening of non-political laughter."

No rimshots, please. The...

Author: Colette M. Jenkins

Source: Akron Beacon Journal

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/religion/17148773.htm

Who should pray on National Day of Prayer?

If you ask the organizers of the two observances planned in Summit County, you get the same answer: everyone.

But the Akron Area Association of Churches isn't sure everyone feels welcome at the annual observance at the Summit County Courthouse that is sponsored by the...

Author: HARRIET P. GROSS

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/DN-relinterfaith_28met.ART.South.Edition1.43415d7.html

Breaking ekmek – bread – on a Saturday evening with the Institute of Interfaith Dialog is a Turkish delight, a melding of food, learning and fellowship.

Turkish-American families prepare...

Author: JOE ORSO

Source: LaCrosse Tribune

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/04/27/news/z03radio27.txt

The Rev. Dave Holt, an Evangelical Christian, will host his first non-Christian guest on his radio show Saturday: Wahhab Khandker, a Muslim.

"Too often there's misunderstanding because we don't talk face to face," said Holt, pastor at First Evangelical Free Church in Onalaska, Wis. "This is an opportunity to...

Source: Indolink

http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=042307105831

Nevada Earth Day 2007 celebrations here today opened with prayers from ancient Hindu Sanskrit scriptures.

Starting with Shanti Mantra in Sanskrit, Rajan Zed, Director of Interfaith Relations of Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada and a Hindu chaplain, read "Prithvi Sukta" (hymn to earth) from Atharva-Veda (composed around 1200 BCE), invoking the Goddess Earth.

He...

Author: Barbara Isaacs

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/54348.html

More than 100 University of Kentucky medical workers -- from students to doctors and nurses -- attended a panel discussion yesterday intended to help them better understand patients of various cultural and geographic backgrounds.

"We need to be aware of each other," said Rachelle Lehner, UK's director of staff education. "What I hope the staff...

Author: Cynthia T. Pegram

Source: The News...

Author: David Nicholson

Source: Daily Press

http://www.dailypress.com/features/lifestyle/dp-12101sy0apr25,1,2956107.story?coll=dp-features-healthylife

A lot has happened in the 400 years since Jamestown was founded, especially in the diversity of our country's religious communities.

The Hampton Citizens' Unity Commission decided to recognize that growth with a "Faith...

Source: Daily News & Analysis

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1092912

LONDON: A Hindu chaplain of Britain’s armed forces led religious leaders of different faiths in four-day prayers for world peace and unity at a temple in north England.

The event, organised by Acharya Krishan K. Attri - the first Hindu chaplain of the armed forces, included performing the Shri Shat Chandi Mahayagya, which was conducted by 20 priests, of who two were from India....

Author: ERIK ORTIZ

Source: Orange County Register

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/article_1668388.php

ANAHEIM – Strengthening rapport with the city's Arab-American and Muslim communities required Anaheim police officer Omar Adham to show his trustworthiness.

Being Egyptian-American and speaking some Arabic were assets for the officer, but in a way, his uniform spoke louder.

"Typically,...

Author: Anna Molberg

Source: The Emory Wheel

Author: Christa Byker

Source: Cavalier Daily