Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/08/14/on_roads_less_traveled_spirituality_takes_flight/

On August 14, 2005 The Boston Globe reported, "At a time when headlines are dominated by the closing of Catholic churches, and community leaders are wondering about the toll that Sunday morning athletic contests are taking on religion, [Anthony Milas, a Baptist Pastor from Salem, New Hampshire...

Source: CNEWS

Wire Service: AP

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/08/14/1173036-ap.html

On August 14, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "More than four decades after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet during an unsuccessful revolt against Chinese rule, Beijing's efforts to diminish and discredit him have failed. Living across the border in India, he is widely known in China and abroad... In Tibet itself, where his picture is...

Source: The Peninsula

Wire Service: AFP

On August 14, 2005 Agence France-Presse reported, "Two men were shot dead in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south yesterday, as the prime minister made a surprise visit to the volatile region following a new call for peace by the nation’s queen.

The two men � both former militants who had defected to become government informants � were killed as they sipped their morning tea at a teashop just hours before Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in...

Source: Reuters

http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=BKK212219

On August 13, 2005 Reuters reported, "Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met Muslim and Buddhist leaders on a surprise visit on Saturday to the restive deep South, where more than 800 people have been killed in 20 months of violence.

Thaksin, who flew south after Thailand's queen issued a plea for peace on Thursday, said his government would work harder to end the...

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/172/story_17240_1.html

On August 8, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "When the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroyed two 1,600-year-old Buddha statues lining Bamiyan Valley's soaring cliffs, the world shook with shock at the demise of such huge archaeological treasures. Now, artist Hiro Yamagata plans to commemorate the towering Buddhas by projecting...

Source: The Press-Enterprise

On August 7, 2005 The Press-Enterprise reported, "Buddhist temples take root in communities from San Bernardino and Riverside to Moreno Valley, Wildomar and Idyllwild. A Hindu temple in Riverside is growing so rapidly that a major expansion is near. UC Riverside recently established an endowed chair in Sikh studies. The increasingly visible presence of Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh temples in the Inland area is the result of a rapidly growing Asian population, fueled largely by immigration, residents said....

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/172/story_17227_1.html

On August 5, 2005 Religion News Service reported, "Physicians are often every bit as religious as their patients, but what they believe is apt to be quite different, according to a new survey. That's because a disproportionate percentage of physicians come from religious minority groups, according to University of Chicago research published in the...

Source: Buddhist Peace Fellowship

http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0804-02.htm

On August 3, 2005 a Buddhist Peace Fellowship Press Release reported, "Eleven chapters of the international Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) are taking part in Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemorations in 14 locations in the U.S. and Australia, including major events at the sites of nuclear labs and testing grounds in Los Alamos, New Mexico; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Livermore, California. Susan Moon,...

Source: Northwest Evening Mail

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=268647

On August 2, 2005 the Northwest Evening Mail reported, "A Buddhist temple has been branded an eyesore. To many the Manjushri Kadampa Buddhist Centre, at Conishead Priory, Ulverston, is a peaceful place of refuge. But in a council debate about proposed changes to the centre’s roof, Councillor Brenda Marr said: 'I was not happy with the building when it went up. I thought...

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch

Source: Addison Independent

http://www.addisonindependent.com/News/080105nunnery.html

On August 1, 2005 the Addison Independent reported, "The town of Lincoln has for years provided a pastoral refuge for people to contemplate nature and pause to think about their lives and about the world around them. Sometime next year, four women will be taking that kind of deep introspection to a new level, as they begin their lives as part of what organizers are calling the...

Source: NBC 10 News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.turnto10.com/news/4794311/detail.html

On August 1, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "The replica, based at the site of the Wat Dhamagosnaram Buddhist Temple on Plainfield Pike, stands about 3 1/2 feet tall and features miniature statues, buildings and monuments -- as well as aquatic plants floating in a moat. 'For the first time in Cambodian history, Angkor Wat, through its miniature,...

Source: Iranian Quran News Agency

Source: Union-Tribune

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050730-9999-1mi30budd.html

On July 30, 2005 the Union-Tribune reported, "Plans to build a 22,800-square-foot Buddhist temple on property overlooking the San Luis Rey Downs racetrack, a subject of controversy for some time in this semirural community, is heating up again. Residents who live near the proposed temple are expected to turn out in force Tuesday to voice their...

Source: The Christian Post

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On July 29, 2005 The Christian Post reported, "A lawsuit in North Carolina asking that religious texts other than Bible to be used in court for swearing in has highlighted the challenges one city is experiencing as the nation becomes more diverse. In Greensboro, North Carolina, a suit was filed [by the ACLU] recently stating that denying the use of other religious books in court would go...