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Uranium Cuts a Tragic Path Through the Navajo Nation

January 2, 2008

Author: Amy Levek

Source: The Watch

http://www.telluridewatch.com/articles/2008/01/02/news/doc47769e602698d188576771.txt

Three coyotes run through the sagebrush, stopping briefly to check us out. Head of the Uranium Education Project at Diné College Perry Charley and I are out in the windswept canyons of the Navajo Reservation, looking at the legacy of uranium mining and its sad and tragic intertwining with Navajo...

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Nonprofit Promotes Religious Tolerance and Cultural Inclusivity

December 30, 2007

Source: PR.com

http://www.pr.com/press-release/65900

Denver, CO, December 30, 2007 --(PR.com)-- It’s the time of year when many individuals create their list of things they intend to do in the New Year to improve their minds, bodies, and/or spirits. For those who resolve to be more tolerant of others or who seek to become better educated about other cultures, Common Tables, a Colorado-based non-profit organization has the key to turn a well-meaning New Year’s resolution into...

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Curriculum Will Educate on Differences, Common Ground

December 29, 2007

Author: Michelle Boorstein

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/faith/12/29/1229muslimjew.html

Two major Jewish and Muslim organizations unveiled an interfaith dialogue curriculum this month and are urging their hundreds of thousands of members to use it. Both sides say it is the broadest Jewish-Muslim interfaith effort in the continent's history.

Rabbi Eric Yoffie,...

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Charities Enjoy Muslim Holy Day Tradition of Sacrifice

December 29, 2007

Author: Gregg Krupa

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/LIFESTYLE04/712290334/1041/LIFESTYLE04

At a time of acute need, local food banks and soup kitchens say the tradition of Muslims donating meat from sheep or lambs sacrificed for the holy day Eid al-Adha -- the Feast of Sacrifice -- is particularly welcome this year.

Muslims in Metro Detroit...

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Sikh Man has Head Surgery after NY Attack on Xmas Eve

December 28, 2007

Author: Mejindarpal Kaur

Source: United Sikhs

http://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/PRSRLS-28-12-2007-00.htm

Flushing, Queens, New York City – Three men were viciously attacked in separate robberies within two hours of each other in Flushing, on Christmas eve, which left Amarjit Singh, a 45 year-old Sikh taxi driver, with head injuries that were operated on yesterday at the New York Hospital Queens.

“The first...

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Disquiet over Schools' Moment of Silence

December 24, 2007

Author: P.J. Huffstutter

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-silence24dec24,1,5677773.story

CHICAGO -- When high school freshman Dawn Sherman learned that Illinois had a new law requiring public schools to provide a moment of silence each day for "reflection and student prayer," she was outraged.

Not because the law meant lost learning time in her honors math class...

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Questions About Allah? Billboard May Help

December 23, 2007

Author: ANN MARIE SOMMA

Source: The Courant

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctislam1223.artdec23,0,929090.story

Drivers traveling west on I-84 are invited to turn east — toward Mecca.

A billboard promoting Islam near the Cheshire exit, and only a short distance from the construction of what will be the largest mosque in the state, encourages drivers to call a toll-free number to learn about the world's second...

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Signs of Season Include Legal Spats Over Church-State Issues

December 21, 2007

Author: Michelle Boorstein

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/20/AR2007122002114.html

It's the holidays, a busy time for Santa and shoppers.

And lawyers.

Attorneys who specialize in religious expression say they get a spike in calls in November and December, with people calling about everything from public school choirs singing religious songs...

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Calgary Imam Says Islam, Family Violence Don't Mix; Goes on Hunger Strike

December 19, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Candaian Press

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHVfIlRrXn9ncgH0mnIQUq0BNSkQ

An imam from Alberta was planning to go on a weekend hunger strike to bring attention to domestic violence and how it is completely against the teachings of Islam.

Any violence involving families is "absolutely un-Islamic," Syed Soharwardy of the Calgary Islamic Centre said Friday.

"We...

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Paralyzed Deportee Shuffled Between Sikh Temples

December 19, 2007

Author: Kim Bolan

Source: Edmonton Journal/CanWest News Service

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=e21f7883-61c3-4b70-8c6f-7ce67477e010

Just last week, supporters of a paralyzed refugee claimant vowed to care for him forever, as they prevented his deportation at Vancouver International Airport.

But on the weekend, Laibar Singh was moved for a third time in six days after those...

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Muslims Fight Hunger Dec. 20

December 19, 2007

Source: Courier News

http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071210/FRONT01/71210031

Bridgewater-based Muslims Against Hunger has organized Muslims Serve Day 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at Morristown Interfaith Community Soup Kitchen, 36 South St., Morristown.

The event is timed to Eid-ul-Adha, a festival that celebrates the Muslim belief of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismael, for Allah.

"It is an Islamic...

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