Author: Sean Yoong

Source: Journal Gazette

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/17113937.htm

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – The cavernous pink Putra Mosque with its soaring minaret is one of the most commanding sights and popular tourist photo backdrops in the new city of Putrajaya.

A house of worship for thousands of Muslims in the 8-year-old administrative capital of Malaysia, it is a showcase of the nation’s dominant faith...

Author: BOB ABERNETHY

Source: Religion...

Source: The Baha'i Faith

http://www.bahai.us/node/206

For the third year in a row, Baha'is in northern Michigan collect hazardous waste on Earth Day, Saturday, April 21.

Along with members of more than 120 interfaith organizations in Michigan's Earth Keeper Clean Sweep program, Baha'is in Marquette rounded up pharmaceuticals that otherwise would get flushed down a toilet or poured down a drain -- and wind up in drinking water.

Last year, as part of the Earth Keeper program, the...

Author: STEPHANIE VEALE

Source: Utica Observer-Dispatch

http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070416/NEWS/704160309/1001

NEW HARTFORD — Dr. Jameel Arastu of New Hartford says open communication can dispel misunderstandings between people of different faiths.

Arastu, a practicing Muslim who has met with the New Hartford First United Methodist Church's adult Sunday school class twice throughout...

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...