Source: afrol News

http://www.afrol.com/articles/13472

On June 28, 2004 afrol News reported, "Ghanaian Paramount Chief Togbe Afede XIV, has appealed for tolerance and reciprocal respect among Africa's peoples, saying conflict was one reason why the continent had grown poorer over the past 25 years. The regional leader of Ho-Asogli state in the Volta region, urged African governments to endeavour to strengthen peace by working toward a more equal and just society. In a candid...

Source: World Now/KHNL

http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=1971974

On June 27, 2004 World Now/KHNL reported, "The Army is preparing to conduct training this week in Makua Valley , an area considered sacred by Native Hawaiians. On Sunday, June 27, 2004, some students and others from the Native Hawaiian group, Malama Makua were allowed to explore the valley through cultural access. But before they're allowed into the valley, the group gets a quick briefing from the Army...

Source: AllAfrica.com

http://allafrica.com/stories/200404020622.html

On April 2, 2004 AllAfrica.com posted a Vanguard article that reported, "Government will continue to promote the peaceful coexistence which exists amongst the various religious groups in the country,' Vice President Atiku Abubakar said yesterday in Abuja. Speaking yesterday when the President, Ibrahim Niyasse University, Dakar, Senegal, Sheikh Imam Hassan Cisse led a 4-man delegation to his office,...

Source: Indian Country

http://www.indiancountry.com/?1079622187

On March 18, 2004 Indian Country reported, "Mayan, Lakota and Hopi women representing the strength and resolution of indigenous women everywhere, launched Tonatierra’s human rights campaign as they called for governments in the Americas to recognize the rights of indigenous peoples. Ixtz’ulu’ Elsa Son, activist from Guatemala, said the governments in the Americas have never respected any agreements...

Source: Pacific News Service

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=00b3049f18fee6bfe9709afbfa8bdc71

On March 11, 2004 Pacific News Service published an article on the ways that different cultures and societies define marriage. "The American Anthropological Association, the national professional organization of teachers and scholars who study human organization across the world, denounced the proposed...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3529921.stm

On March 4, 2004 the BBC News reported, "The race riots in Australia's biggest city, Sydney, have focused attention on the role of the Church in helping to heal the country's fractured indigenous community. Dozens of police officers were injured in last month's confrontation in the inner-city district of Redfern. The violence was sparked by the death of an Aboriginal teenager, which is the subject of...

Source: Voice of the Valley

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=8b2d879134c73044537f81a8b09e0b32

On February 28, 2004 Voice of the Valley reported, "Some 150 people gathered recently in a private home in the Central Valley town of Madera for an emotive ritual. The ceremony, known as Candlemas Day, is traditionally celebrated Feb. 2, or 40 days after Three Kings Day. Candlemas Day celebrates the '...

Source: Indian Country

http://www.indiancountry.com/?1077632955

On February 24, 2004 Indian Country reported that "Hopi, Navajo, Yavapai Apache and Havasupai medicine men and cultural leaders united with college students and activists, issuing an appeal and a warning to halt plans to desecrate sacred San Francisco Peaks... San Francisco Peaks is dwelling place of the Gaan, Mountain Spirit people of Yavapai Apache, one of the Navajo’s Four Sacred Mountains and a place of...

Source: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/160244_tv12.html

On February 12, 2004 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on Native American reactions against the final performance by OutKast's Andre '3000' Benjamin at the Grammy Awards. "After Jack Black dramatically announced, 'the natives were getting restless!' over a Native American chant, the lights went up, showing a smoking tepee from which Dre emerged dressed in green buckskin and...

Source: Indian Country

http://www.indiancountry.com/?1076510698

On February 11, 2004 Indian Country reported that "the drumming and singing reverberated throughout the rotunda of the South Dakota State Capitol building just as the political impact has filtered into the state offices in the past year. The seat of government in a state with a dubious reputation for race relations has slowly become a place with a friendly atmosphere and a welcoming feel, many people who attended...

Source: The State

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/7840904.htm

On January 31, 2004 The State reported, "People of faith from a wide range of traditions came together at Washington Street United Methodist Church Friday night to affirm their commitment to fight poverty and injustice in the world. The interfaith worship service, which drew a diverse crowd of more than 200, was part of the People’s Agenda for Economic Justice, a two-day effort...

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=12497

On January 22, 2004 The Associated Press reported, "An inmate says he's been denied the opportunity to perform religious and cultural ceremonies at the Kandiyohi County Jail, and he's enlisted the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union to help. Kevin Olberding said he was not allowed to conduct an American Indian religious ceremony that included smoking a ceremonial pipe and smudging sage...

Source: The Times of India

http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/414661.cms

On January 9, 2004 The Times of India ran an Agence France Presse article that reported, "Draped in animal skins with bones and fetish charms clattering, thousands of west Africans, Americans and Caribbean islanders are trooping into tiny Benin ahead of Saturday's annual voodoo festival in the southern town of Ouidah. Born at the end of the 16th century on the...

Source: The Billings Gazette

Source: New Straits Times

http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20031208074840/Article/

On December 7, 2003 the New Straits Times reported on a forum on "Religion and Violence: The Spiritual Response to Terrorism" held by the Malaysian Interfaith Network (MIN): "Speaking as chairman [of the MIN], [Datuk Anwar Fazal] saw much of the world not being at peace with itself because people were not at peace with themselves and...