Author: Alexandra Odynova

Source: The Moscow Times

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/new-national-holiday-irks-non-orthodox-faiths/407733.html

Russia will celebrate a new holiday next month under a decision backed by the Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church that is stirring up decidedly unholy feelings among non-Orthodox Russians.

Christianization of Rus Day on July 28 won't be counted...

Author: Mike Kelly

Source: North Jersey

http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/kelly/95748769_On_this_ground__zero_tolerance.html

Richie Mitzner of Fort Lee revved up his motorcycle and headed for Ground Zero on Sunday to proudly declare himself an "American Infidel."

He was not joking.

As a hot, humid wind blew off New York Harbor, Mitzner joined some 500 others to stir up a rhetorical...

Author: Fernando Alfonso III

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/06/sikhs-blast-raghead-comment-di

The "raghead" comment aimed at South...

Author: Tom Breen

Source: News Observer

Wire Service: AP

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/06/517896/muslim-turned-preacher-faces-university.html

The future of a prominent Southern Baptist preacher who converted from Islam may depend on which version of his past is closer to the truth.

Ergun Caner's supporters know him as a devout Muslim who discovered Jesus Christ at...

Author: Ambar Espinoza

Source: Minnesota Public Radio

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/06/02/st-cloud-religioius-tensions/

A pastor has upset Muslims and Christians with a paid newspaper advertisement that questions whether Islam threatens the United States.

Other religious leaders have criticized the advertisement as fearmongering. They say it has contributed to a tense climate in...

Author: Michele Chabin

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/06/muslims-churches-blast-israel

Tens of thousands of Muslims in the Middle East and...

Author: Aamer Madhani

Source: USA TODAY

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2010-06-01-iraq-christians_N.htm

The small bomb exploded inside the courtyard of the motherhouse just moments after Sister Maria Hanna received an anonymous phone call warning her to get her nuns out of the area.

The recent attack on the Immaculate Virgin convent was nothing new. By Hanna's count, it was the 20th time the convent in the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Muslim News

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=4664

Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, visited the Dawoodi Bohra community at their mosque, Masjid Al Hussein, in Northolt, Middlesex, on May 6. 

The Archbishop met with Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the 52nd Dai Al Mutlaq and spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Community. Amongst other topics, the two leaders...

Author: Mark Hicks

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100528/METRO01/5280364/1041/LIFESTYLE04/-Anti-Muslim--ad-sparks-suit

An ad aimed at Muslims who want to leave Islam that was rejected for display by a regional bus system has prompted a lawsuit alleging violation of constitutional rights.

"Americans have a right to know the truth -- Islam is a religion of intolerance...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10160335.stm

Monks and other religious figures have held a vigil in Bangkok a week on from the army's operation to clear the capital of anti-government protesters.

Several hundred monks led ceremonies which featured Christian, Sikh and Muslim leaders in mass prayers to bless the city.

The government says it wants to pursue reconciliation in the...

Author: Chris Echegaray

Source: The Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100525/NEWS01/5250345/Persecution-in-Egypt-brings-church-to-TN

These days, when incense smoke rises at St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church, it carries with it prayers of thanks from Nashville's Egyptian community, who lost furniture and carpets to the flood instead of lives.

The Egyptian...

Author: İsmihan Özgüven

Source: Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=0523121732018-2010-05-23

In the southeastern province of Hatay, along the Syrian border, it is not unusual to see a mosque, a church and a synagogue all on the same street – or even right on top of each other.

In Yoğunoluk village, part of the province’s Samandağ district, for example, there is an...

Author: Zubair Ahmed

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8697635.stm

Christian schools in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have opposed a proposal by civic authorities to promote Hindu culture in classrooms.

They argue that plans to introduce Hindutva culture - or the Hindu way of life - into missionary schools is unconstitutional and unfair.

The proposal is now being considered by the Maharashtra state government...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Wire Service: AP

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/20/replica-cross-in-mojave-desert-comes-down/

A replica of a cross honoring America's war dead that drew the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court before it was stolen this month mysteriously appeared Thursday in a Mojave Desert federal park, but officials...

Author: Tiffany Griffith

Source: WOKV

http://wokv.com/localnews/2010/05/multiple-faiths-urge-for-captu.html

Local Christians, Jews and Muslims are contributing to the reward money to find the man who bombed a Jacksonville mosque.

Bishop Wiley Tomlinson from New Covenant Ministries is among the local faith-based leaders who are showing support despite differences in beliefs with Jacksonville's Islamic Center. He's adding $5,...