October 2013
Interfaith News Roundup - September 2013
Interfaith News Roundup - July 2013
Egypt’s Religious Conflict Raises Questions – Threats to Religious Freedom Increasing – URI Launches Interactive Anti-hate Effort – Weaning the World Away from Coal and Oil – Kenyan Interreligious Collaboration Taking on Alcohol and Drug Abuse – Tragic Religious News from Myanmar – Syrian Christian and Shiite Shrines Resisting Sunni Aggression – Congregations Commit to Weekly Civil Disobedience in North Carolina – Intentional Interfaith Congregation Established – Astounding Results from ‘Sponsor a Child’ Research
Interfaith News Roundup - June 2013
Imams from Around the World Visit Holocaust Sites – Finding Higher Religious Ground in Pakistan – 120 Years After Vivekananda in Chicago, Congress Welcomes Hindu Monk – FBI Finally Agrees to Recognize Religious Distinctions – Catholic Social Justice on the Road Again – Clinton Becomes an Interfaith Activist – Stanford Offering Interfaith Financial Support – On the Evolution of Religious Communities – Dismantling Stereotypes about Our Values – Exploring Muslim Roots of Peace
Interfaith News Roundup - May 2013
Obama Addresses Interfaith Service in Boston – Kidnapped Syrian Bishops Still Missing – Religious Leaders in Syria Commit to Peace – Threats to Religious Freedom Escalating – Christians and Muslims Get Acquainted in Kansas – Muslim Leaders Decry Violence and Terrorism – Muslim Roots in Iowa Town Celebrated – Ukrainian Interfaith Conference Draws Protests – American Indians Discerned in 1494 Vatican Painting
Interfaith News Roundup - April 2013
Interfaith Activists Encouraged by New Pope – Unprecedented Orthodox-Roman Catholic Engagement
– Time Running Out on Anti-Poverty Goals – KAICIID Announces Major Interfaith Program in Africa –
Fratricide in the Land of Cain and Able – Proactive Muslim Interfaith Activists in Morocco – A Deeper
Dialogue at Passover – The Good & Bad News about Interfaith Marriage – A Mystic Path for Us All
March 2013 - From Toddlers to Millennials - Reimagining Interfaith Community
Dalai Lama, Religious Leaders Celebrate Vivekananda’s 150th Birthday – Francis of Assisi Was a Christian-Muslim Peacemaker – Fundamental Shift in Roman Catholic Interreligious Perspective – Faith Redefined Geographically – How We Understand God Figures Directly in How We Treat Our Planet – United States Authorities Rapped for Ignoring Religious Abuse – Religious Violence Plagues Pakistan – Reevaluating Linguistic Judgmentalism
Interfaith News Roundup - February 2013
Chinese Communist Attitude towards Religion Evolving – Historic Interfaith Heroes Memorialized 70 Years Later – Abrahamic Leadership Raises Alarum – Makers and Shakers Talking Religion – Global Campaign Against Food Waste – Philippines Legislature Promotes Interfaith – Religious Leaders Stand Up for Family Planning – Zaytuna College Brings Muslim Higher Education to the United States – Stanford Program to Reexamine Religious Liberty – Centennial Celebration for Northern California Interfaith
Interfaith News Roundup - January 2013
Interfaith News Roundup - December 2012
Interfaith News Roundup - November 2012
Interfaith News Brit Parliament Salutes Azerbaijani Multi-faith Culture – How Religious Diversity is Changing U.S. Politics – Elections Enhance Multireligious Leadership in Washington – U.S. Election Deals Body Blow to the Religious Right – The Spiritual Elephant in the Room – Charge that Interfaith Dialogue Masks Religious Prejudice in Indonesia – Religious Hate Speech Condemned at the U.N. – When Values Bump into Each Other – New Shared Human Rights Course for Egyptian Children – Egyptian Christians Choose a New Pontiff – Interfaith Ceremony in the Surf
Interfaith News Roundup - October 2012
National Council of Elders Challenges People of Faith & Practice – President Obama Addresses Free Speech and Religion – Millennium Development Goals Renewal Sought – U.S. Tribal Leaders Raise Concerns with Feds – Religious Freedoms Increasingly Threatened – Mormons Sponsor Women’s Interfaith Gathering – European Circumcision Debate Signals Growing Religious-Secular Divide – Jewish-Muslim Solidarity in Opposing Religious Prejudice – Benedict XVI Calls for Pluralistic Society – Interfaith Dialogue Comes to Myanmar – African Religious Leaders and Conservationists Collaborating – Vedanta Society Sponsors New Interfaith Song-Cycle – Amazing Parable for Understanding ‘the Other’
Interfaith News Roundup - September 2012
Sacred Hospitality and Assassination – Interfaith Responses to an American Tragedy – IFYC Making a Difference on College Campuses – Progressive Interfaith-friendly Cardinal Laid to Rest – Larger than the Abrahamic Family – Multifaith Responses to the HIV-AIDS Epidemic – Love Banishes Fear in Srebrenica – American Muslim Leaders Gather in Washington – South Africa Faith Communities Opposing Corruption – Canadian Faith Groups Debate New Pipeline – Religious Freedom Report Denounced in Beijing – Taking Scripture More Seriously – KidSpirit Online Goes Interfaith – Pew Details Asian American Religion – A 12-Step Wisdom Proposal to Find Common Ground
Interfaith News Roundup - July 2012
Archbishop Commends Bangladeshi Interfaith Harmony – U.S. Ambassador’s Wife Networked with Pakistan’s Interfaith Women – U.S. Congressman Promoting Global Meditation – Toronto Rabbi Targets Religious Certainty – Associated Baptist Press Reassesses Interfaith Friendship – Global Anti-Malaria Net Effort Travelling the World – Interfaith Themes Featured at Film Festival – Religious Leaders & White House Chef Talk Childhood Obesity – Buddhists Host Christians, Jews & Muslims in New French Temple – In Memoriam: Abdulaziz Khaki, Canadian Interfaith Leader
June 2012
Archbishop Commends Bangladeshi Interfaith Harmony – U.S. Ambassador’s Wife Networked with Pakistan’s Interfaith Women – U.S. Congressman Promoting Global Meditation – Toronto Rabbi Targets Religious Certainty – Associated Baptist Press Reassesses Interfaith Friendship – Global Anti-Malaria Net Effort Travelling the World – Interfaith Themes Featured at Film Festival – Religious Leaders & White House Chef Talk Childhood Obesity – Buddhists Host Christians, Jews & Muslims in New French Temple – In Memoriam: Abdulaziz Khaki, Canadian Interfaith Leader
Interfaith News Roundup - May 2012
Global Nutrition in Trouble – Tanzania Succeeds with Religious Peacemaking – Calls for Peace in the Midst of War – Jewish Trained Muslim Woman Staffs Christian Coalition – Clerics Stand Against Arizona’s Harsh Anti-Immigrant Law – Middle Eastern Christians Threatened – Florida Amendment Proposes State Funding for Religion – Tibetan Temple In Texas – Student Prize-winning Interfaith Comic Book – Catholic-Sikh Relations Affirmed – Houston Interfaith Gala Raises Over $1 Million – A Neuropsychological Basis For Spirituality? – Remembering Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
Interfaith News Roundup - April 2012
Interfaith Community Called to Account on Climate – Saying No to Trafficking – Dying for the Cause – Religious Freedom Monitored Globally – Interfaith Reconciliation Efforts in Sri Lanka – Love Letters for the Middle East – Muslims Broach the Tough Issues – Waking Up About Water – Tourism for the Common Good – Michigan High Schoolers Receive Interfaith Funding – Spiritual Perspectives on Animal Care – Coptic Christians in Mourning
Interfaith News Roundup - March 2012
Major New Interfaith Award – Faith Groups Appeal to Politicians – NYC Religious Leaders Say No to Religious Profiling – Rome Calls for Financial Accountability – Elizabeth Promotes Protection of All Religions – Interfaith Civic Group Stops Crime – United Kingdom’s Nine Major Faith Communities To Collaborate – Jewish Cooperation Enables Shi’ite-Sunni Cemetery – Lebanese School teaches Respect of others and of Religion – Visitation Program in Chicago Connects Eight Traditions
Interfaith News Roundup - February 2012
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Interfaith Perspective – South Africa’s Religious Leaders Organize – RFP Condemns Interreligious Violence in Nigeria – Muslims and Jews Under One Roof – Interfaith Peace Workshops Launched in Pakistan – Interfaith Youth Meet in Cambodia – Interfaith Youth Take on Landmines in Poland – Pope Promotes Young Adult Jewish-Catholic Dialogue – Praying & Chanting Each Month for Peace – Greening America’s Sanctuaries – Scarboro Mission’s Golden Rule Poster Now in Urdu
Interfaith News Roundup - January 2012
Obama Hosts Religious Tolerance Conference for Muslim Governments – Pope Calls for “Shared Responsibility” Among Religions – U.S. Military Welcomes its First Hindu Chaplain – Faith Communities Educating Each Other in Singapore – Muskegon, Michigan, Dedicating a Year to Interfaith Understanding – Australian Interfaith Activists Oppose Domestic Violence – 35 Acres Purchased for Multifaith Neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska – Praying Together a 5-Year Tradition in Edmonton Abrahamic Communities – Haifa's Holidays Embrace Religious Differences – Muslim, Hindu, Christian Children Celebrate Together at One Pakistan School