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Bukkyo University Sponsors Seminar to Foster Understanding Between Christians and Buddhists (Popularity:  )
http://www.bukkyounivla.org
Bukkyo University is hosting a seminar, Buddhism and Christianity: American and Japanese Moralities, to bring greater clarity and understanding between the cultures of East and West. The seminar, will be held Saturday, March 14, 2009, 1:00PM-4:15PM at their campus in the Little Tokyo area. Specific seminar information can be found at http://www.bukkyounivla.org/The seminar will have a series of speakers from academia: Dr. Dyron Daughrity and Dr. Glenn T. Webb of ...
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CAIR Condemns Cross Burning on Lawn of NJ Obama Supporters (Popularity: )
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The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today condemned the burning of a cross on the lawn of supporters of President-elect Obama in that state. According to media reports, a Warren County family of Indian descent discovered the burned cross on their front lawn Thursday morning. The family's homemade cloth sign celebrating Obama's victory was draped over the fallen cross. SEE: Cross Burned on Lawn of ...
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Dorje Chang Buddha Returns and Is Living in America (Popularity: )
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A close disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, is leading a delegation across the USA to introduce this American based Buddha to the West and present the treasury of Buddha-dharma contained in the recently released book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. As proven in the book, this Buddha-dharma can enable one to become enlightened in this lifetime. H.H. Penor Rinpoche, a supreme ...
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Peace Award to Muslim-Jewish-Christian Co-op and No. Calif. Coffee Company (Popularity: )
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The Tufts Institute for Global Leadership has awarded Thanksgiving Coffee Co. of Fort Bragg, Calif. the prestigious Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award for supporting a co-op of Muslim, Christian and Jewish coffee farmers in Africa. Former winners of the award include Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Thanksgiving shares the award this year with partners Peace Kawomera Fair Trade Coffee Cooperative in Mbale, Uganda and Kulanu, a grassroots, U.S. volunteer ...
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AJWS Concerned by Recent Obama Administration Statement on Darfur Genocide (Popularity: )
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American Jewish World Service (AJWS), long involved in the fight against the genocide in Darfur, expressed concern today that the Obama administration is sending contradictory signals in recognizing the magnitude of what has taken place and continues to occur on the ground in Darfur."We believe that when conditions are as deplorable as they are, when millions remain displaced from their homes - many of them victims of rape and assault ...
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VA Rep Asked to Apologize for Anti-Muslim Remarks (Popularity: )
http://www.cair-net.org
The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) tonight called on Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) to apologize for anti-Muslim remarks he made in a recent letter to a constituent. Goode's letter to the head of the local Sierra Club chapter slammed the planned use of a Quran for the ceremonial swearing-in of Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress. (No religious texts of any kind are used for the official ...
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Religions for Peace World Assembly Unites Religious Leaders (Popularity: )
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The Eighth World Assembly of Religions for Peace -- which began with masterful swipes from a Japanese calligrapher's brush across the convocation's massive banner -- concluded today with 800 delegates from more than 100 countries and all major religious traditions endorsing the Kyoto Declaration on Confronting Violence and Advancing Shared Security. "At a time when religion is being highjacked by extremists, the religious leaders gathered in Kyoto demonstrate for all ...
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Worldwide Muslim Leader Visits US to Engage 10,000+ Followers (Popularity: )
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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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As It Was DVD Video Series Offers A Powerful Way To Experience The Bible By Reenacting RealityTV Style Scenes On Location In Israel (Popularity: )
http://www.asitwas.com
Youth groups, churches, home schooled students and others will be able to experience the Bible in ways never before seen. This is made possible thanks to an innovative and powerful technique of relating Bible stories from the perspective of those who lived it in the DVD series “As It Was,” offered by ZRG Productions, Inc. a film production company with offices in San Francisco, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. “The ...
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U.S. Muslims to Offer Qurans to 100,000 American Leaders (Popularity: )
http://www.cair.com
On Tuesday, June 30, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a news conference in Washington, D.C., to announce the launch of a major campaign to distribute free copies of the Quran, Islam's revealed text, to 100,000 local, state and national leaders.WHAT: CAIR News Conference to Announce Launch of "Share the Quran" CampaignWHEN: Tuesday, June 30, 11 a.m.WHERE: CAIR National Headquarters, 453 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C.CONTACT: CAIR ...
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