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Controversial Hindu Driveway Painting Covered

December 16, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28220779/

A controversial Hindu painting on a Loudoun County driveway has been covered. Ram Balasubramanian has covered the painting in black paint and sent a new picture of the driveway to his homeowner's association, LoudounExtra reported. Balasubramanian called it a temporary solution, as the outline of the painting is still visable. In order to welcome guests to a thread ceremony for his 14-year-old...

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Restoring Harmony With Reburial of Native American Remains

December 14, 2008

Author: Tami Abdollah and Jason Song

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-then14-2008dec14,0,4321751.story

More than 15 years of acrimony came to an end Saturday when about 1,000 Native American remains that had been exhumed during construction were laid to rest and covered with white seashells during a sacred burial ceremony near the Westchester bluffs.

For Robert Dorame, a Bellflower...

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Atheist May Sue If Law On Las Vegas Officiants Won't Change

December 14, 2008

Author: Ashley Powers

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-weddings14-2008dec14,0,5458048.story

In a city launched by shotgun weddings and quickie divorces, and which offers the chance to be wed by faux Liberaces, King Tuts and Grim Reapers, there remains at least one nuptial taboo: You can't be married by an atheist.

Michael Jacobson, a 64-year-old...

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Muslims Celebrate Eid, Donate Meat to Needy

December 13, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Toledo Blade

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081213/NEWS10/812130339

Toledo Muslims are donating more than 1,500 pounds of meat slaughtered for an Islamic holiday to the area's poor and needy.

"Fresh meat is something that is really missing in most food banks and shelter homes," Dr. M. Razi Rafeeq said.

The goats, sheep, lambs, and cows were...

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South Florida Muslims Use Bus Ads, Hotline to Counter "Obsession" DVD Campaign

December 11, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Miami New Times

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/12/south_florida_muslims_use_bus.php

Remember when a copy of the DVD Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West -- a film decried as Christian propaganda that seems to suggest Islam leads to terrorism -- was included in a Sunday Herald? And we ripped the daily a new one for not initially explaining the controversial inclusion --...

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Pakistani Christians, Service in the Midst of Conflict

December 10, 2008

Author: Henrik Hansson

Source: World Council of Churches News

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1722/pakistani-christians-ser.html

Pakistani Christian communities confronted with the presence of the Taliban and Al-Qaida serve their Muslim neighbours in an unfriendly environment.

Christians in the North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan find themselves in the...

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Driveway Painting Tests Religious Freedom

December 8, 2008

Author: Annie Gowen

Source: The Washington Post

http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/dec/08/painting-tests-religious-freedom/

A Loudoun County man was in big trouble over his driveway. And every day it was costing him $10 in fines.

Ram Balasubramanian had painted a Hindu religious symbol on his South Riding driveway for a family event. The six-foot design of swirling red and white paint was...

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South Africa: Paganism Not a Cult, Say Donna Vos

December 7, 2008

Author: Bronwynne Jooste

Source: All Africa

http://allafrica.com/stories/200812081089.html

The pagan priestess who took the South African Air Force to the Equity Court for unfair dismissal is now set to meet defence authorities with the hope of changing their "discriminatory" approach to minority religions.

On Friday Donna Vos, also known as Donna Darkwolf, reached a settlement with the air force after two years of legal proceedings. The matter...

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Sydney Art Fuses Surf With Islam

December 6, 2008

Author: Nick Bryant

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7769028.stm

An Australian artist has produced a range of Islamic surfboards in an attempt to create a greater understanding between East and West.

Phillip George was inspired by his trips to the Middle East and by riots in 2005 when Lebanese Australians were targeted on a beach in Sydney.

He has called the range the Inshallah - or God Willing -...

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Religious Debate Roils Capitol Visitor Center

December 3, 2008

Author: James Rosen

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008462123_center03.html

Protests by conservative lawmakers led architects to promise to add "In God We Trust" as the national motto and to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance in the new $621 million Capitol Visitor Center.

Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., had threatened to delay Tuesday's opening of the marble-and-stone center that...

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Nonbelievers' Sign At Capitol Counters Nativity

December 2, 2008

Author: Janet I. Tu

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008458044_noreligion02m.html

In the latest round of what's become almost a winter tradition — conflicts over religious symbols in public places — a group of atheists and agnostics have put up a sign in the state Capitol that says, in part: "Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."...

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Project Aims to Protect Sikh Cab Drivers

December 1, 2008

Author: Deborah Feldman

Source: MSNBC/KING 5 News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27988093/

It was just one year ago that Sikh cab driver Sukhvir Singh was badly beaten by a customer he picked up after the Apple Cup football game.

Singh vividly remembers the attack he endured at the hands of a drunken passenger.

"My turban went up and he grabbed my ears with both hands and bit me very bad back here," he said. "Says, you are in Iraqi terrorist. You...

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Prayers Go Out for India During Times of a Terror Crisis

November 28, 2008

Author: Brendan Brosh, Kathleen Lucadamo and Tina Moore

Source: The Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/11/27/2008-11-27_prayers_go_out_for_india_during_times_of.html?print=1&page=all

Mayor Bloomberg told worshipers at a Hindu prayer service in Queens Thursday that Mumbai was “another New York” and warned against letting the terrorists win....

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South Florida: Learn About Islam, Ads On Buses Urge

November 26, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Orlando Sentinel

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/custom/consumer/sfl-flpdig11260pnnov26,0,4592457.story

South Florida Muslims launched an ad campaign Tuesday with banners on more than 120 buses urging Floridians to learn more about Islam.

For eight weeks, buses in Broward and Miami-Dade counties will carry messages like "Islam: Got Questions? Get answers." Ads...

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