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Radio Address of President Bush To The Nation (Popularity:  )
http://www.whitehouse.gov
The following is a radio address from President Bush to the nation: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives held a conference to highlight the work being done by our Nation's armies of compassion, with help from the Federal government. This conference demonstrated the remarkable difference these groups have made over the past eight years. When I first came to office, I ...
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Worldwide Muslim Leader Visits US to Engage 10,000+ Followers (Popularity: )
http://www.ahmadiyya.us
Several thousands greeted the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as he arrived to the US last Monday. Ten thousand more American followers are expected to converge in Harrisburg this weekend (June 20-22), starting on Friday, as His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad presides over the 60th Annual Convention of the US branch. The visit is part of his world tour in celebration of 100 years of spiritual leadership (i.e. ...
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Chabad Wins Appeal Against the Russian Federation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Popularity: )
http://www.bingham.com
In a landmark ruling today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States (Chabad) may pursue its claims in a U.S. federal court against the Russian Federation, the Russian Ministry of Culture and Mass Communication, the Russian State Library, and the Russian State Military Archive to recover a collection of sacred religious books and archives. The D.C. Circuit held ...
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Sacramento Churches Join Together at Faith Fair to Support Area Foster Youth (Popularity: )
http://www.casey.org
Over 20 churches join with foster care advocates bringing critical resources to Sacramento area foster youth and families. Tomorrow, Casey Family Programs, Sacramento County Child Protective Services, Sacramento Valley Region Care Coalition and other foster care advocates present the Faith Fair. The program brings resources from local organizations and area churches together in one place to highlight services available to foster youth. Community leaders and youth will come together to ...
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Interfaith Alliance on Senator Obama Church Resignation: Decision for Political Reasons Dishonors Religion and Disrespects Constitution (Popularity: )
http://www.tialliance.org
The Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, a practicing Baptist minister and President of the Interfaith Alliance, issued the following statement upon the news that presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama resigned his nearly two decade membership at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago: "No candidate for the presidency should ever have to resign from or join a particular house of worship in order to be a viable candidate for that ...
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Lutherans Responding to People Affected by Iowa Immigration Raid (Popularity: )
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Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, Iowa, are responding to the needs of people who have been affected by a May 12 federal immigration raid at a Postville meat processing plant. Hundreds of family members of those arrested have taken refuge inside St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Postville, said the Rev. Stephen P. Brackett, St. Paul Lutheran Church. On May 12 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 390 ...
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Lutherans Work to Meet the Needs of People in Myanmar (Popularity: )
http://www.elca.org
International Disaster Response of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) provided $100,000 as an initial response to help meet the basic needs of survivors in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis battered the Southeast Asian country May 3. "The Myanmar government reported that nearly 22,500 people died and close to 41,000 are missing," said Dr. Belletech Deressa, director for international development and disaster response, ELCA Global Mission. These figures are only ...
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Aid Agency Welcomes Proposal Boosting U.S. Food Aid (Popularity: )
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World Vision welcomes the Bush Administration's proposal to boost hunger assistance funding by $770 million in the next fiscal year, as a sign of leadership and commitment amid a global crisis driven by spiraling food prices. The international Christian humanitarian organization World Vision partners with the World Food Programme and the U.S. government to provide food aid to millions of people in more than 30 countries, while also working with ...
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Penn. Muslims Seek 'Balance' in Police Training on Islam (Popularity: )
http://www.mcall.com
The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) today called on police training officials in that state to offer a Muslim perspective in a Municipal Police Officers Education & Training Commission (MPOETC) class on Islam. CAIR-PA is also seeking clarification of the content of MPOETC's mandatory in-service training class called "Radical Islam: A Law Enforcement Primer" because of concerns that the class may present stereotypical views of ...
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New DVD Illustrates Lutherans Working for Peace in the Middle East (Popularity: )
http://www.elca.org
"Peace Not Walls: Making a Difference in the Holy Land" is a new DVD that illustrates how the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is working for "peace with justice" in the Middle East. The 28-minute video examines the ELCA's engagement with Christians, Jews and Muslims working for peace, accompaniment with Palestinian Lutherans, the Israeli separation barrier and settlements and more. "Peace Not Walls is an ELCA campaign dedicated to ...
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