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    A Handbook for Muslim Teens

    January 3, 2008

    Author: Jane Lampman

    Source: The Christian Science Monitor

    http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0103/p14s04-lire.html

    Growing up in today's culture can be exciting, confusing, and chock-full of challenges.

    For young American Muslims, navigating adolescence has proven especially daunting since the events of Sept. 11, 2001. They must sort out not only who they are individually but also how they fit into a society that knows little about them but...

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    A Minority Finds its Place in the Mainstream

    January 2, 2008

    Source: The Buffalo News

    http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/moviestv/story/241565.html

    You don’t have to be Jewish to love “The Jewish Americans.”

    The six-hour documentary, airing three consecutive Wednesdays beginning Jan. 9 on WNED, does a magnificent job of explaining the history of American Jews.

    Beginning with the 23 Jews who fled Brazil in 1654 for New Amsterdam and working forward to today’s Jews, the...

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    Jewish Agency, Interfaith Group Deal Angers U.S. Jewish Leaders

    January 3, 2008

    Author: Anshel Pfeffer

    Source: Haaretz

    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/940527.html

    An agreement on increased cooperation between the Jewish Agency and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has upset many American Jewish leaders.

    The agreement was signed two weeks ago by Jewish Agency Chairman Zeev Bielski and IFCJ President Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. The IFCJ will give the agency NIS 180 million over the next three years, to be...

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    For Dutch Educators, Islamophobia can be a Teaching Aid for Holocaust Studies

    January 3, 2008

    Author: Cnaan Liphshiz and Ruthie Pliskin

    Source: Haaretz

    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/940592.html

    The Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority this week hosts a week-long seminar for 21 teachers, the first run by the museum for Dutch educators, with one day devoted to discussions about teaching Holland's Muslim minority about the Shoah.

    When teaching Holocaust studies to Dutch Muslim teenagers in Amsterdam,...

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    Malaysian Christian Challenges Islamic Authorities over Dead Wife's Faith

    January 3, 2008

    Author: Staff Writer

    Source: AOL News

    Wire Service: AP

    http://news.aol.com/story/_a/malaysian-christian-challenges-islamic/n20080103014309990005

    The Christian husband of a dead Malaysian woman sought to stop Islamic authorities Thursday from giving her a Muslim funeral amid a dispute over whether she converted to Islam before her death.

    The case is the latest in a series...

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    Buddhists Worry about 'Noisy' Bar

    January 2, 2008

    Author: Staff Writer

    Source: BBC News

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/7167584.stm

    A Buddhist centre in Nottingham has sent a petition to the city council opposing a new bar because noise may interrupt meditation classes. The centre said it could be forced to relocate if the licence was granted for the bar on St Mary's Gate.

    But the bar's managing director David Caddick said "impact from the...

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    Monk Group Urges Peaceful Protest

    January 2, 2008

    Author: Aye Nai

    Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Democratic Voice of Burma

    http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=82,5686,0,0,1,0

    The All-Burmese Monks Alliance called on the people of Burma to support their struggle against the regime, but stressed that they should not use violence, in a statement issued yesterday.

    The statement urged monks to continue with their boycott of the Burmese regime, and said that if monks and the...

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    Wiccan Priest Sues over Livingston Soothsaying Ordinance

    January 3, 2008

    Author: BOB ANDERSON

    Source: The Advocate

    http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/12997792.html

    SPRINGFIELD — A man who describes himself as a Wiccan priest has filed suit against Livingston Parish over its soothsaying ordinance.

    Inspiration from the divine transmitted by a Wiccan should be treated legally the same way as a message from God transmitted by a Christian minister, Cliff Eakin said Wednesday.

    “To dictate what you can...

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