Author: Dan Ephron

Source: TIME Magazine

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18367802/site/newsweek/

May 7, 2007 issue - Army Chaplain Carlos C. Huerta had been a rabbi for 20 years, but when it came time to comfort a dying Iraqi boy in a field hospital in Mosul, he did what he thought an imam might do. Huerta, who was on his second tour in Iraq in 2005, clutched the boy's hand—and recited passages from the Qur'an. "To do this job right, I learned suras...

Author: Adam Townsend

Source: Orange County Register

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/placentia/article_1683203.php

YORBA LINDA — The Interfaith Council of North Orange County is a group of the religious of all stripes who hold events to promote understanding and satisfy general curiosity on spiritual matters.

The roughly 20 active members – Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews and...

Source: Islamic Society of North America

Source: Jakarta Post

Author: Walter Jayawardhana

Source: To The Center

http://tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=1776

Reminiscent of former Indian leaders like King Ashoka, Pandit Nehru and Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India’s scientist President, Dr. Abdul Kalam, praised Buddhism, and said peace and prosperity in this world could be achieved only by following Buddhism.

“Today, several countries," the President said, “were adopting the principles...

Author: Andi Balla

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_5826518?source=rss

NEW YORK -- Determining the exact contents of a meal at a restaurant can be stressful for Jews and Muslims who choose to follow their faiths' dietary restrictions.

Dinner at a friend's house can be a balancing act between trying to be polite and keeping true to your choices. Travel can test the best of intentions.

Lindsey Blank,...

Author: Timothy Getz

Source: The Oberlin Review

http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2007/05/04/arts/Oberlin_Pagan_Group_Brings.html

A small but enthusiastic crowd was gathered in Tappan Square with some people decked out in skirts and capes and sporting their finest piercings, while others were dressed in everyday clothing. But everyone was there last Saturday to experience the Beltaine Festival, which Tim...

Author: Paul Asay

Source: The Gazette

http://www.gazette.com/articles/shove_21931___article.html/church_building.html

Prayers of the faithful rose to the rafters Thursday during an interfaith gathering at Shove Memorial Chapel — messages floating on invisible waters to unseen shores. These prayers — Jewish and Christian, Muslim and Buddhist — might have been in different tongues, perhaps sent to different...

Author: Nick Pinto

Source: Newburyport News

http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_125094001

NEWBURYPORT - Though still in high school, Keri Pennell wants to change the perceptions of religion for those much older, because they're not always wiser.

Last summer, Pennell attended the Anti-Defamation League's Camp IF, an interfaith camp for Muslim, Jewish and Christian teens.

Pennell said the camp was an eye-...

Author: Marion Lang

Source: The Dunn County News

http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2007/04/30/news/news03.txt

Three women — one Christian, one Muslim and one Jewish — all of whom who have survived years of discord and conflict living in Israel/Palestine, recently spoke in Menomonie.

They shared stories of courage, strength and a vision for re-shaping their troubled country. Huda Abu Arqoub, a Muslim Palestinian,...

Author: Dave McKibben

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carter4may04,0,532380.story?coll=la-home-headlines

On a campus beset by strained relations between Jewish and Islamic groups, former President Jimmy Carter urged the UC Irvine students to understand each other's positions and to work together.

"I'd like to see the leaders form a combined group and take my invitation...

Source: Gulf News

Wire Service: AP

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/04/10122772.html

Kuala Lumpur: Authorities in Malaysia gave a Hindu man married to a Muslim woman custody of their children yesterday, in a landmark decision for minority rights, after the couple had been forcibly separated citing their religious beliefs.

The decision was announced at an emotional hearing in the High Court attended by the ethnic...

Author: Ron Orozco

Source: The Fresno Bee

http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/45706.html

The imam of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno arrived at a National Day of Prayer celebration Thursday morning with a heavy heart.

Seyed Ali Ghazvini, the imam, recently received news that a cousin, Mehdi Ghazvini, 24, was killed Saturday by a car bomb in Karbala, Iraq, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

"I'm going to do pray for our nation and...

Source: Cincinnati.com

http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070504/EDIT/705040337/1074/Local

When people start talking about what matters to them, they don't want to stop. This was certainly the situation for 80 people gathered at Mercer Elementary School on April 30 during a program called "Getting to Know Your Neighbor: Celebrating Religious Diversity in Our Community."

The program, presented by...

Author: Colette M. Jenkins and Carl Chancellor

Source: Akron Beacon Journal

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/religion/17177738.htm

Millions of Americans came together across the nation on Thursday to pray and echo the theme ``America, Unite in Prayer.''

But in Akron, the 56th annual observance of National Day of Prayer was divided -- a Christian-based event drew about 150 people to the steps of the Summit County Courthouse downtown...