Interfaith

Symbol of Faith, Symbol of Controversy

February 8, 2007

Source: The Roanoke Times

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/wb/xp-103573

The decision by the College of William and Mary's president to remove a cross from the college's historic Wren Chapel sent an appropriate message of inclusiveness to the campus community.

At a college with increasing religious diversity, Gene Nichol was correct in his step to make the chapel more welcoming to students of all faiths. The centuries-old chapel, which had no cross until the one...

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Symbol of Faith, Symbol of Controversy

February 8, 2007

Source: The Roanoke Times

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/wb/xp-103573

The decision by the College of William and Mary's president to remove a cross from the college's historic Wren Chapel sent an appropriate message of inclusiveness to the campus community.

At a college with increasing religious diversity, Gene Nichol was correct in his step to make the chapel more welcoming to students of all faiths. The centuries-old chapel, which had no cross until the one...

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Symbol of Faith, Symbol of Controversy

February 8, 2007

Source: The Roanoke Times

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/wb/xp-103573

The decision by the College of William and Mary's president to remove a cross from the college's historic Wren Chapel sent an appropriate message of inclusiveness to the campus community.

At a college with increasing religious diversity, Gene Nichol was correct in his step to make the chapel more welcoming to students of all faiths. The centuries-old chapel, which had no cross until the one...

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Multi-Faith Schools Planned to Fight Extremism

February 8, 2007

Author: Graeme Paton and Richard

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/07/nextreme107.xml

A new generation of controversial multi-faith academies will be built to combat extremism in England’s most segregated towns and cities, a leading Downing Street advisor said yesterday.

The new-style schools will educate children from Christian, Muslim and Jewish backgrounds...

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Faiths See Common Ground

February 8, 2007

Author: Rosanne Barrett

Source: The Courier-Journal

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21193583-3102,00.html#

AGAINST a backdrop of growing cultural tensions focused on divisions, leaders from the three Abrahamic faiths in Queensland met this week to discuss their similarities.

Descended from the same historical roots, about 200 community members from the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths met at State...

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Faiths See Common Ground

February 8, 2007

Author: Rosanne Barrett

Source: The Courier-Journal

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21193583-3102,00.html#

AGAINST a backdrop of growing cultural tensions focused on divisions, leaders from the three Abrahamic faiths in Queensland met this week to discuss their similarities.

Descended from the same historical roots, about 200 community members from the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths met at State...

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Faiths See Common Ground

February 8, 2007

Author: Rosanne Barrett

Source: The Courier-Journal

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21193583-3102,00.html#

AGAINST a backdrop of growing cultural tensions focused on divisions, leaders from the three Abrahamic faiths in Queensland met this week to discuss their similarities.

Descended from the same historical roots, about 200 community members from the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths met at State...

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Hindu and Jewish Religious Leaders Sign Declaration

February 7, 2007

Author: Madhur Tankha

Source: The Hindu

http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/07/stories/2007020723530300.htm

NEW DELHI: To propagate global harmony, the World Council of Religious Leaders (WCORL) facilitated the signing of a `Protocol of Cooperation' between Hindu and Jewish religious leaders here on Tuesday.

The declaration was signed by the chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yona Metzger, and Swami Dayanand Saraswati, convenor of Hindu Dharma...

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Survey Finds 300m China Believers

February 7, 2007

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6337627.stm

The number of religious believers in China could be three times higher than official estimates, according to a survey reported by state media.

A poll of 4,500 people by Shanghai university professors found 31.4% of people above the age of 16 considered themselves as religious.

This suggests 300 million people nationwide could be religious, compared to the official figure of 100 million....

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