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A moderate Muslim research institute focusing on interfaith issues in Indonesia reported 35 cases of government violations of religious freedom – including 28 against Christians – and 93 instances of community intolerance of churches in 2009, reports Charisma News Online.
The Wahid Institute issued a year-end report of violations that included the revocation of the building permit for the HKBP Cinere Church – later overturned in court – opposition to a Catholic Church in Purwakarta an… >>
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A moderate Muslim research institute focusing on interfaith issues in Indonesia reported 35 cases of government violations of religious freedom – including 28 against Christians – and 93 instances of community intolerance of churches in 2009.
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Compass Direct News Indonesia, Interfaith, Muslim
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“Some say this church looks like a mosque,” said Father Dall’Oglio, as his guests warmed their frost-stiffened hands over a wood-burning stove. “We are very proud of that.”
Father Paolo, as he is known here, presides over a group of 10 monks, nuns, and volunteers who welcome guests year-round and struggle to build harmony around a religious fault line that has only grown more volatile since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His passion for interfaith dialogue — he recently published a memoir titled “Believing in Jesus, Loving Islam” — has helped draw ever-larger flocks of visitors up the mountain to sleep in the monastery’s stone huts and take part in its multilingual prayer services.
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(author unknown) Interfaith, Jesus, Nun, Nuns, Prayer
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The administration sealed off the building site in Jejalen Jaya subdistrict following a series of protests by local residents over the legality of the church.
Dozens of public order officers were deployed for the task.
Sudarno, deputy head of the so-called Bekasi Interfaith Forum (FKUB), who supervised the sealing, said the move had been taken to “ensure stability in the subdistrict”.
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Catholic hospital head says NY Times got the story wrong Dec. 28, 2009 By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service A June 24 interfaith rally in support of universal health care in Washington. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) WASHINGTON — Despite a New York
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(author unknown) Bishop, Catholic, Health, Interfaith
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Nirmala Carvalho ("AsiaNews," December 14, 2009)
New Delhi, India – Plans to decriminalise homosexuality is creating “confusion” and represents a “grave danger to the social fabric of society,” a view shared by Christian, Hindu, Sikh and Muslim leaders at an interfaith roundtable promoted by Mgr Vincent M. Concessao, archbishop of New Delhi.
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(author unknown) Bishop, India, Interfaith, Muslim
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Manila, Philippines, Dec 3, 2009 / 01:37 pm (CNA).- A Philippines massacre which killed at least 57 people may endanger interfaith relations between Catholics and Muslims in the country. The deterioration in relations is in part due to the spread of extremist Wahhabi Islam in recent decades, a priest involved in interfaith dialogue says.
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(author unknown) Catholic, Interfaith, Muslim, People, Philippines, Priest
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A rabbi, a Protestant minister and a Muslim sheik take their experiences in interfaith understanding on the road.
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By LAURIE GOODSTEIN Interfaith, Muslim
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In many parts of Africa access to clean drinking water is still a pipe dream for millions of people, the Rev. Ishmael Noko, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, has told an African interfaith meeting in the Botswana capital, reports Ecumenical News International.
“The need for water cuts across faith and other community boundaries, and requires leadership and common action,” Noko said in an opening address at the 17-21 November meeting of Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa,… >>
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Thousands of Church of England schools are taking part in the United Kingdom’s first interfaith week, which kicked off on Sunday. Local groups are holding events to highlight their work in promoting understanding between people of different faiths
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Charles Boyd Interfaith, People, School
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CNN commentator Lou Dobbs abruptly announced that he was quitting the
news network last night, but not before he included misleading
information about the United Church of Christ and its support for the
interfaith media justice coalition, So We Might See. In October,
through its website, the coalition asked individuals to sign onto a
letter to the Federal Communications Commission calling for a public
hearing into the effects of anti-immigrant hate speech in the media.
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(RNS) Jewish leaders are welcoming a revised statement from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that rejects suggestions that interfaith dialogue could lead to the conversion and baptism of Jews. American Jewish organizations had raised concerns that a document released by the bishops in June reversed earlier statements and indicated…
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Michael Consoli Bishop, Catholic, Conversion, Interfaith
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This is the 40th anniversary of Crop Hunger Walk, a national interfaith program sponsored by Church World Service and viewed by many as the granddaddy of charity walks. Its feet-on-the-ground method has since been emulated for other causes, from fighting breast cancer and HIV-AIDS to raising funds for animal shelters.
Nationwide, this year’s Crop Hunger Walks are expected to draw an estimated 200,000 participants sponsored by 2 million people. In years past, sponsors would pledge a specific amount of money for every mile walked by the volunteer. These days, most sponsors simply contribute a lump sum, no matter how far the volunteer walks.
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(RNS) Religious leaders are urging their colleagues and politicians to keep comparisons to Nazism and the Holocaust out out of American public policy debates. The Interfaith Alliance responded to a recent onslaught of references to Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust, particularly as an analogy to the current discussion on health…
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Michael Consoli Health, Holocaust, Interfaith
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The Elijah Interfaith Institute will be hosting the Fourth Meeting of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders in Israel from October 18-22. Over 50 religious leaders from around the world will be participating, representing Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Sikh, reports Elijah Interfaith Institute in its press release. Representatives from the Vatican and of the Dalai Lama will be in attendance. Previous meetings were held in Spain, Taiwan and India, and this year’s event is be… >>
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Christians, Jews, Muslims, Zoroastrians and more are represented at the interfaith event. They join in prayer, song and surfing and honor victims of the recent natural disasters in Southeast Asia.
With the sun peeking out through scattered clouds Sunday morning, hundreds of people gathered inches from Huntington Beach’s waters to celebrate the ocean through song and prayer.
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(author unknown) Interfaith, Muslim, Natural Disasters, People, Prayer
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Christian, interfaith and civic groups seeking protection of the Japanese peace constitution have urged the incoming prime minister to resign as constitutional advisor to the country’s parliament to avoid a clash of interests, reports Ecumenical News International.
Yukio Hatoyama, the head of the Democratic Party of Japan, assumed the post in March 2008, but on 16 September he was to be sworn in as the country’s new prime minister. His party won a landslide victory in elections for the lower… >>
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