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You Might Want to Pray Thursday

April 29, 2008

Author: Brian Bethel

Source: Reporter News

http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/apr/29/you-might-want-to-pray-thursday/

The National Day of Prayer is Thursday, and once again Abilene residents will have two noontime choices -- as well as one all-day venue -- to offer up prayers of thanks and consolation.

Since 1775, when the first call to prayer was enacted by the Continental Congress asking the colonies to pray...

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Mayors Prayer Breakfast Set for Thursday

April 29, 2008

Author: Katherine Geyer

Source: The Signal

http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/1623/

A local business group will be hosting the 4th annual Santa Clarita Valley Mayors Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning at the Valencia Hyatt to pray for leaders who shape the future of the community.

The Santa Clarita Valley Interfaith Council will be hosting its own prayer event in front of City Hall after the breakfast.

The breakfast has drawn fire...

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Candidates for London Mayor Get Religion

April 28, 2008

Author: Riazat Butt

Source: The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/28/religion.localgovernment

Transport, crime and the economy are traditional vote-winners, but places of worship are also battlegrounds in this year's mayoral election in London. The contenders have thrown themselves into photo opportunities and walkabouts in mosques, temples and churches as they realise the pivotal role of religion in the capital....

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New, Larger Sikh Temple Unveiled in Middleton

April 27, 2008

Author: Susan Troller

Source: The Capital Times

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/283473

With their heads covered and their feet bare, members of the Sikh Society of Madison and friends joyously celebrated the opening of a new gurdwara, or temple, on Sunday, followed by a community meal known as a langar.

About 300 colorfully dressed men, women and children gathered together to worship in the new, 6,300-square-foot space at 6790 Century Ave., which...

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Florida Lawmakers Debate Offering a Christian License Plate

April 24, 2008

Author: JESSICA GRESKO

Source: AP

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpCRa_2onj6TwJ2DCIlU7OPlswnAD9083RK80

Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion.

The Florida Legislature is considering a specialty plate with a design that includes a...

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Ordinary Lives of Muslims on Show

April 23, 2008

Author: Frances Harrison

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7361614.stm

A storytelling exhibition called Peace by Piece has opened at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark in south London that aims to challenge some of the stereotypes about Muslims.

A recent study by the Institute of Community Cohesion found Britain is home to the most diverse range of Muslim communities in the western world, but too often they are...

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Muslim Martin Luthers: The Theologians Working Towards a Euro-Islam

April 22, 2008

Author: Dieter Bednarz and Daniel Steinvorth

Source: Spiegel Online

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,548970,00.html

Leading Muslim scholars are laying the theological foundations for a "Euro-Islam" which would reconcile their religion with the challenges of modernity. But just how compatible is Islam with secular Western values?

The air in the conference room is stale, and the dour mood among those present is...

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Hindu Temple in New Jersey Under Intense Scrutiny, With a Language Barrier

April 22, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hinduism Today/www.nj.com

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2008/4/22.shtml#1

Readington officials will not vote on a controversial plan to build a 30,000-square-foot Hindu temple on Coddington Road until June.

The proposed CharDham Hindu Temple has been before the local board of adjustment for a conditional-use variance for more than two years. At a meeting tonight, the board closed the public comment period but...

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Will County Board Says 'No' To Hindu Temple Plan

April 21, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: WBBM/STNG

http://www.wbbm780.com/Will-County-Board-Says--No--To-Hindu-Temple-Plan/2041262

The Will County Board has rejected by an 18-to-7 vote a special-use zoning permit for a Hindu temple in southwest Homer Township after neighbors and the village of Homer Glen opposed the plan.

The Ganesha Gayathri Temple was proposed for 4.9 acres on Gougar Road, a few blocks south of 151st...

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