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Fasting crosses religious lines, from Ramadan to Lent |
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From the Anniston (Alabama) Star; annistonstar.com
Fasting crosses religious lines, from Ramadan to Lent
by Brett Buckner
Special to The Star
08.14.10 - 03:01 am
As a biology professor at Jacksonville State University, Safaa Al-Hamdani is used to getting apologies from students this time of year.
The familiar looks of embarrassment come moments after they sit down for a lecture and tear into a bag of potato chips or twist the cap off a cold soda. That's when they remember Al- ... |
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Resource: From the Anniston (Alabama) Star; annistonstar.com |
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Religion as a force for peace |
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From the Jerusalem Post; jpost.com
Religion as a force for peace
Aug. 27, 2009
Reuven Hammer , THE JERUSALEM POST
Every once in a while - a great while - there is a ray of light in the darkness that is the Middle East. Perhaps "ray" is too strong a word; "spark" might be better.
I saw such a glimmer not long ago when I participated in a meeting of clergy of three faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - from Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Six representatives of ea ... |
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Resource: Reuven Hammer , THE JERUSALEM POST |
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Ramadan iftar unites Christian, Jewish leaders in Turkey |
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From World Bulletin; www.worldbulletin.net
Ramadan iftar unites Christian, Jewish leaders in Turkey
Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders came together in Iftar diner in Istanbul.
Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:14
World Bulletin / News Desk
Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders came together in Iftar diner in Istanbul on Monday, Turkish media said.
Religious leaders met in "Love and Peace Iftar". Many important guests, including lawmakers, also attended the iftar which was in Lut ... |
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Resource: www.worldbulletin.net |
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On behalf of my fellow Christians, I apologize |
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From Expert Click; www.expertclick.com
On behalf of my fellow Christians, I apologize
Aaron D. Taylor
In the Pentecostal Christian tradition, there's a practice that has gained some ground over the past few years called identificational repentance. Taken from the examples of men like Daniel and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Scriptures (also known as the Old Testament), identificational repentance is when a group apologizes for the sins of its ancestors or when an individual apologizes ... |
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Resource: www.expertclick.com |
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Translation of Dr Omar Abdelkafy's Speech at the ISNA Masjid in Toronto. |
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It is a favour from Allah s.w. that such a large number of believers are living in this part of the world which belongs in its entirety to Allah s.w.: “Verily, this Earth belongs to Allah who provides its resources to whomever He chooses of His servants.” Al-A’raf (7:128). Allah s.w. made available for us two manifestations of His creation: Al-Kawn Al-Mastoor (The written manifestation) and Al-Kawn Al-Manzoor (The visual manifestation); the written being the Words of Allah s.w. (as re ... |
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Islamic Perspectives of Inter-Community Relations |
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Islamic Perspectives of Inter-Community Relations
By Maulvi Yahya Nomani,
(Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)
The issue of what Islam has to say about inter-community relations is one about which much misunderstanding exists. Anti-Muslim propagandists claim that Islam preaches hatred for non-Muslims, and that the Quran is a menace to world peace. They go so far as to argue that world peace is simply impossible as long as the Quran exists. In order to back their propagand ... |
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Resource: Maulvi Yahya Nomani (Two Circles; twocircles.net) |
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Encouraging Interfaith Dialogues |
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Article Date: Dec 4, 2007 - 11:49:30 PM
As I have traveled the world the last two years on behalf of America’s public diplomacy, I have often met people whose faith has inspired them to do great good. I’ve met Muslim American doctors who traveled to Pakistan to help victims of the earthquake there, Catholic nuns who helped families left homeless by mudslides in Central America, volunteers from many nations who help fight AIDS or malaria in Africa or build schools in Afghanistan. I hav ... |
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Resource: Karen P. Hughes |
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The Abrahamic Religions: An Alternative to War |
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Religion throughout the ages has been the catalyst of numerous wars, conflicts, civil wars and ethno-political violence. In all probability more people have been killed in the name of God than for any political cause. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to use religion as a means to combat conflict.
None of the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity or Islam - known as the Abrahamic religions as all three derive from Abraham, or Ibrahim in Arabic - are immune to having been ... |
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Resource: www.metimes.com |
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Allen: New realities make dialogue between religious groups more important than ever |
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By J. Michael Parker
For Today’s Catholic
With a growing number of critical challenges facing the world in the coming years, the Catholic Church will find dialogue more necessary than ever, National Catholic Reporter Vatican correspondent John L. Allen Jr. said in San Antonio. Allen gave three lectures June 24-25 in conjunction with the Oblate School of Theology’s 2008 Summer Institute, “Megatrends in the Church and Society.” More than 100 people attended each of his lectures at the ... |
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Resource: From Today's Catholic (San Antonio, Texas); satodayscatholic.com |
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West should be sincere in calling for global peace |
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By Faraz Omar Saudi Gazette
SEARCH for “Interfaith Dialogue” on the international media websites and you will find few reports on the historic interfaith meet in Spain.
Time magazine has articles and issues since 1930 on its website, but the interfaith report titled “Saudi King calls for Interfaith talks” it published in March has been pulled down. It no longer exists. The CNN site has a 2-minute video file on the event, but no story.
BBC does have a couple of reports on it, but n ... |
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Resource: From the Saudi Gazette; www.saudigazette.com.sa |
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Islam and Saudi Arabia, champions of dialogue? |
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Samir Khalil Samir
The Saudi king takes more steps to show openness towards Christians, Jews and other religions. The most urgent reason is to rectify Islam’s violent image but also stems from a new attitude towards inter-faith dialogue towards the People of the Book (Jews, Muslims and Christians), but also atheists, Hindus and Buddhists.
Beirut (AsiaNews) – The Muslim world is showing increasing signs that it wants to engage others in dialogue. Greater tolerance is increasingly vi ... |
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Resource: From Asia News; www.asianews.it |
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Editorial: Building bridges between faiths |
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15 July 2008 —
THE interfaith dialogue, which starts tomorrow in Madrid, is of the greatest importance. We say that not because it is very much the idea of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah or because he will address it. The fact is that dialogue between faiths has to occur if the world is to be a safer place. Dialogue is the foundation for respect between peoples. If people do not respect each other, how can they live with each other?
At the very heart of respect f ... |
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Resource: From Arab News; www.arabnews.com |
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