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Religions Call for Climate Action

October 30, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8333250.stm

Leaders from across the UK's religious communities have said there is a "moral imperative" to tackle global warming.

Leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Baha'i, Jain and Zoroastrian faiths called on G20 nations to cut greenhouse gases.

They said climate change posed a "very real threat to the world's poor"....

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Parsi Body Plans Vulture Breeding to Help Death Rites

October 26, 2009

Author: Ashutosh Shukla

Source: DNA India

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_parsi-body-plans-vulture-breeding-to-help-death-rites_1303131

The Parsi community of the city — who leave their dead out in the open to be consumed by vultures and were facing problems with disposing their dead with the dwindling number of vultures in the city — are hoping to resolve the problem with an aviary...

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2000 Jun 26

NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers: “World Religions in America”

Mon Jun 26 (All day) to Fri Aug 4 (All day)

Location: 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
In the past thirty years, the religious landscape of the United States has changed significantly, in part because of the 1965 immigration act and the new population of immigrants who have come to the U.S. from all over the world. Today there are Islamic centers and mosques, Hindu and Buddhist temples and meditation centers, and Sikh gurdwaras in virtually every major American city. And today the encounter between people of different religious and cultural traditions takes place not only in the international arena, but in our own cities and neighborhoods, schools and city councils. School... Read more about NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers: “World Religions in America”
1999 Nov 18

Symposium on Civil Society and Multireligious America

Thu Nov 18 (All day) to Sat Nov 20 (All day)

Location: 

12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
In 1999, the Pluralism Project hosted two groundbreaking consultations on multireligious America, where for the first time, activists and representatives of diverse advocacy groups shared a common table. The second of these two meetings was a“Symposium on Civil Society and Multireligious America," which took a broad look at the issues of civil society. This event included a panel on public and private schools, and involved representatives from the White House, the Armed Forces Chaplains Board along with Pluralism Project affiliates and advisors. [flickr_set id=72157622509133350]
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1999 May 16

Consultation on Religious Discrimination and Accommodation

(All day)

Location: 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
In February 1999, the Pluralism Project was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to enable us to host a consultation on religious discrimination and accommodation. This consultation, held May 17 at Harvard University, brought together representatives from advocacy groups of America’s diverse religious traditions. Dr. Diana L. Eck, Project Director and Professor of Comparative Religions, moderated the lively conversation. Topics included religious needs and issues of discrimination in the “public square,” including the workplace, hospitals, and schools.

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Parsis Use New Technology to Keep Religion Alive

September 29, 2009

Author: Phil Hazlewood

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gZrn1iq_pbHnTyafDKtVtIqqMrYg

India's Parsis, the modern-day descendants of migrants who fled persecution in Iran more than 1,000 years ago, are turning to new technology to keep their ancient Zoroastrian religion alive.

Websites, blogs, on-line directories and matchmaking...

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Zoroastrian Association of the Greater Boston Area (ZAGBA)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 2 October 2018.

Phone: 508-842-7425
Email: zagba@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.zagba.org/
In 1983, a few local Zoroastrian families who had been meeting in private homes since the late 1970s came together to form the Zoroastrian Association of the Greater Boston Area (ZAGBA).  The organization was officially registered in the state of Massachusetts in 1984. ZAGBA continues to meet in members’ homes, as well as in rented halls. The Association... Read more about Zoroastrian Association of the Greater Boston Area (ZAGBA)

Smithsonian Celebrates Norooz

June 2, 2009

Author: Nina Hamedani

Source: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May-June_2009/0905064b.html

Happy New Year, or Eid-e Shoma Ham Mobarak! Norooz, Persian for “new day,” falls on the vernal equinox and marks the first day of spring as well as the Iranian calendar’s new year. The holiday itself occurs at a different date each year depending on when the sun crosses the celestial equator, leaving...

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Matters Of Heart And Faith Guide a Zoroastrian Matchmaker

February 6, 2009

Author: Samuel G. Freedman

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/us/07religion.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

When Pouroo Dorabshaw flew to Los Angeles four years ago on a business trip, her mother urged her to visit a family friend just outside the city. The friend, it just so happened, was having a party the night of Miss Dorabshaw’s arrival. There was even another guest who could drive her...

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