Author: Tal Abbady

Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pceid28dec28,0,582047.story?coll=sfla-news-palm

Given 2,000 years of religious conflict, and current events, it's easy to forget that Christians, Muslims and Jews come from the same biblical stock.

As thousands of South Florida Muslims prepare for one of the holiest days on the Islamic...

Author: Fredrick Kunkle

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/25/AR2006122500525.html

WILLIAMSBURG -- The cross is small, perhaps no more than 18 inches above its base, its gleaming brass surface marked only by an inscription.

But the cross, which has graced the altar table in a chapel at the College of William and Mary for decades, has come to symbolize a...

Source: Baha'i World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story.cfm?storyid=498

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, 24 December 2006 (BWNS) -- The Baha'i community of Iceland joined with twelve other faith groups and collaborative partners here to form the country's first national interfaith forum last month.

The Iceland Forum for Interfaith Dialogue was officially founded on 24 November 2006 in ceremonies at the Reykjavik City Hall.

"The object of the Forum is to promote...

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/DN-Q%26Aharrell_23rel.ART.State.Edition1.3e4c799.html

Roy Harrell is in his 60th year as a Baptist minister, but he's best known around Dallas for his interfaith work.

There's probably nobody in the area with a Rolodex like his, which includes numbers for local leaders of nearly every organized religion....

Author: Suhag Shukla

Source: Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/media_news_danam_2006.htm

Two young women are at a potluck dinner. One is a biologist, who happens to have brought her homemade naan, to the potluck, and the other is a professional chef. As they are getting acquainted, naturally being at a dinner party and one of them cooking for a living, food is the topic of conversation.

“My...

Author: Kelly Griffith

Source: Orlando Sentinel

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/southwest/orl-lochinduside19121906dec19,0,5886937.story?coll=orl-home-promo

The United States has 716 Hindu centers or temples -- 42 in Florida -- says The Pluralism Project at Harvard University, considered the best source of such data, according to Vasudha Narayanan, religion director at the...

Source: The Peninsula

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Author: Michael Manekin

Source: Tri Valley Herald

http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/ci_4859712

When the Imperial Japanese Navy swooped over Pearl Harbor 65 years ago and destroyed more than 2,400 American lives, Mas Yamasaki was watching a church basketball game in Sacramento.

He was 12, and he didn't know that he would soon live in a detention camp at Tule Lake - sleeping on an Army-issued mattress, braving the elements...

Author: Terri Jo Ryan

Source: Waco Tribune-Herald

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/12/18/12182006wacTJRinterfaith.html

Eight months ago, when the Islamic Center of Waco hosted an event for the Greater Waco Interfaith Conference, mosque leader Al Siddiq playfully challenged Rabbi Mordechai Rotem of Temple Rodef Sholom to host the next event at his place.

Rotem’s initiative is...

Author: Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Source: Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2006/12/17.shtml#3

KAUAI, HAWAII, December 17, 2006: (HPI note: In the late 1980s, Hinduism Today's founder, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, created the festival of "Pancha Ganapati" in response to requests from his devotees living in the West for an alternative celebration to Christmas. It was especially meant for children. Following is his explanation of the...

Source: Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Rest_of_World/Britains_first_state-funded_Hindu_school_by_2008/articleshow/807163.cms

LONDON: Plans to set up UK's first state-funded Hindu faith school are at an advanced stage and Hindu leaders believe that it will inspire future generations to learn about the ancient religion.

Gauri Dasa, president of Bhaktivedanta...

Author: Natalia Antelava

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6169041.stm

From one angle it looks as if an earthquake has hit the village. From another, it is obvious that whatever the disaster, it picked its victims carefully.

In pristine snow by a shimmering lake, the ruins of 13 houses lie scattered amid the untouched cottages of their neighbours.

The iron fence around them is smashed. Just by its side, two...

Source: Khaleej Times

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/December/subcontinent_December229.xml&section=subcontinent&col=

CUTTACK — Dalits in Orissa are celebrating after a court ruled that all Hindus irrespective of caste have the right to enter any temple.

A division bench of the Orissa High Court made the observation on...