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Martin Luther King: the story behind his 'I have a dream' speech It's 50 years since King gave that speech. Gary Younge finds out how it made history (and how it nearly fell flat) by Gary Younge http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/martin-luther-king-dream-speech-history The...

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A little known Sikh businessman from Nova Scotia visited Surrey on Friday as part of his bid to become leader of the New Democratic (NDP) party. With passing of former leader Jack Layton in August an election for the leadership of the NDP will occur on March 24, 2012. The winner of the election...

Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder The central Confucian virtue of jen, most often rendered as "goodness," defines the proper relation of one person to another, a relationship always articulated for Confucianism in ethical terms. Its core...

By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service A coalition of Christian churches answered the Rev. Martin Luther King's 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail," conceding that Americans have often chosen to be comfortable rather than "prophetic" on racism. Leaders of Christian Churches Together in...

YouTube - Steve Martin: Atheists Don't Have No Songs

The inspirational speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. ring out every year at this time, as they should. In their urgency — and undeniable beauty — his words embodied and galvanized the civil rights movement. Yet in celebrating his life, it can be easy to forget how radical his vision was and...

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey By: Baldev Singh I am writing this letter because I think of you as an enlightened person. This letter is about the statements you made during the show you dedicated to the memory of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther...

Meet Sardar Martin (Jarnail) Singh By Jagpal S Tiwana (Director Communications) Jan 24, 2006, 21:32 Martin with his Family The Maritime Sikh Society created its own little piece of history when it unanimously elected a 33-year-old gora (white) Sikh, Martin (Jarnail ) Singh, as its president...

The most revered symbol of the Sikh faith was violated last Thursday when a local high school student had his turban forcibly removed and hair shorn during a brazen daylight attack in a local elementary school field...

TORONTO (CP) - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty raised the stakes Tuesday in his ongoing funding feud with Prime Minister Paul Martin, demanding an admission that Canada's richest province pays Ottawa billions of dollars more each year than it gets back in federal programs and transfers...

OTTAWA (CP) - Three federal leaders are scheduled to be in Toronto on Sunday in what might be called pre-election electioneering. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12nvmb2jb/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050423/ca_pr_on_na/elxn_leaders_1

OTTAWA (CP) - Three federal leaders are scheduled to be in Toronto on Sunday in what might be called pre-election electioneering. But the attention is likely to be focussed on just two of them - Prime Minister Paul Martin and NDP Leader Jack Layton...

NDP Leader Jack Layton walks down the street after addressing the Co-operative Housing Association of Eastern Ontario. in Ottawa Saturday. OTTAWA (CP) - Three federal leaders are scheduled to be in Toronto on Sunday in what might be called pre-election electioneering...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050119/CARDINAL19/TPNational/TopStories Block gay marriage, Catholics tell Martin The Globe and Mail, Canada - 7 hours ago ... His proposals come as the Prime Minister felt the heat of religious criticism yesterday in India...