Author: Martin Johnston

Source: The New Zealand Herald

Author: Jane Lampman

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0419/p13s02-lire.html

What do ordinary people in the Muslim world think about relations with the West? Where do they stand in the struggle within Islam? Who are the role models for young Muslims? How are their religious identities being shaped, and by whom?

With the future of the United States and the Muslim world linked more closely (and painfully)...

Author: Erin Conroy

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/04/19/vigil_set_to_raise_barrier_to_hate/

Members of Temple Shalom of Milton and other local congregations -- angered that swastikas were drawn on the temple property last weekend during Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance -- are planning a townwide vigil Sunday to show solidarity in the face of such hate crimes.
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Author: Lauren Monsen

Source: BLiTZ.com/US INFO

Author: Amy Phalon

Source: Seacoast

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/NEWS/704180332/-1/NEWS01

YORK — Sometimes "the mind is a tree full of drunken monkeys" said John McDargh, quoting an ancient Buddhist saying.

The 30 people gathered at St. George's Episcopal Church Sunday morning to hear Professor McDargh's lecture knew exactly what he was talking about.
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Source: ETNA

http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=28973

BANGKOK, April 17 (TNA) - Thai people nationwide from all walks of life and different religions Tuesday morning participated in a national merit-making ceremony which will last until Sunday (April 22).

The interim government hosted the activity to honour His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the auspicious occasion of his 80th birthday on December 5 this year.

In Bangkok, thousands of Buddhists joined the alms...

Author: Bavani M

Source: The Star Online

Author: Leigh Bell

Source: Tulsa World

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070416_238_A1_hTour50405

Tour exposes area youths to different churches

The two 17-year-old girls sat side by side but appeared very different.

Alison Eddington is fair-skinned with brown wavy hair past her shoulders. She wore a tight-fitting T-shirt and a beaded skirt.

Alison is Mormon.
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Author: Vicky L. Lorencen

Source: The Jackson Citizen Patriot

Source: The Indian Catholic

http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=7093

JAKARTA, Indonesia (UCAN): Religious believers in Indonesian need an inclusive spirituality that will foster mutual acceptance and dialogue in their pluralistic society, maintains a priest who is an expert on Islam.

In such a society, "all people, especially religious leaders, should experience a new spirituality of interfaith, perennial and universal religiosity," Father Philipus...

Author: Farish A. Noor

Source: The American Muslim

http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/where_are_malaysias_religious_authorities_heading/0013689

Since 2006 Malaysia has been rocked by a number of hugely controversial cases involving the fundamental right of belief and freedom of religion. Between 2005 to 2006 the country was a virtual battleground with opposing factions...

Author: MICHELE DARGAN

Source: Palm Beach Daily News

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/fellowship0415.html

A decline in membership, sparse attendance at programs and a need for more financial support has led The Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews to downsize its programming and focus on young people.

The once-flourishing organization, credited with helping to remove the anti-Semitic label from...

Author: Njuguna Mutonya

Source: All Africa/The Nation

http://allafrica.com/stories/200704140130.html

Last Sunday, Muslims celebrated Maulidi - the birth of Prophet Mohammed - with a procession along Mombasa's main streets. The same day, Catholics marked Easter Sunday - the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Commemorating the two events in such a public and peaceful manner shows the town's cosmopolitanism, its main strength.

Mombasa and,...

Author: Robin Roenker

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

http://www.kentucky.com/158/story/42433.html

Laurence H. Kant will officially join the faculty of Lexington Theological Seminary on Tuesday as a tenured associate professor of the history of religion.

The appointment might sound routine, but one factor sets it apart: Kant is a Jew. He will be one of only a handful of Jewish scholars in the world on the faculty at a Christian seminary or...

Author: Rev. C. Denise Yarbrough

Source: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070410/OPINION02/704100358/1039/OPINION

(April 10, 2007) — What is your community doing about environmental issues?" asked the articulate and erudite preacher. As she continued with her sermon, she encouraged the gathered faithful to look beyond the confines...