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for Tejwant Singh Malik ji Cordoba House," the name initially given to the projected Islamic cultural center in downtown New York in the vicinity of Ground Zero, has receded into the background and been replaced by "Park51," a name derived from the address of the location. The name "Cordoba"...

There are two mosques in the Fox River Valley. There,s a synagogue in Appleton and a modest Sikh temple, too. There are Hindus and Buddhists living around us and you may be one of them. Now and then, I bump into a colorful atheist or engage in a conversation with a sincere agnostic...

Most people don't believe in God. At least not really. I'm speaking primarily of people who claim to believe in God. My assertion isn't that no one really believes in God. It's merely that far fewer people than you might think really do believe in God. This assertion does not itself...

The most trivial part of the relationship between science and religion, and yet one that generates lots of debate, is the simple question of compatibility: Can they co-exist? I have written a bit about this, but I have to confess that this question is boring. Establishing that two things can...

As director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Mark Juergensmeyer brings the sociology of religion to bear on the analysis of violent conflict in the contemporary world. His recent books include Global Rebellion: Religious...

From the Editorial Desk of Narayanjot Kaur, SPN Administrator: Recently, in fact only yesterday, a site on the web removed all of the digitized animations of a well-known series of stories about the life of Guru Nanak. The day before protests were lodged against You Tube and the video user...

Recently, in fact only yesterday, a site on the web removed all of the digitized animations of a well-known series of stories about the life of Guru Nanak. (An image grab of a frame from one of the videos is attached.) The day before protests were lodged against You Tube and the video user...

Vienna - One man from India remained in Austrian police custody Friday, a prosecution spokeswoman said, after three others were released following their arrests at a talk by an Indian religious leader.The four men were arrested Wednesday at a talk by Gurinder Singh, the leader of the Radha...

Religious Difference in Marriage Must be Addressed and Negotiated by CHESTER GILLIS Chelsea Clinton (daughter of Bill and Hilary Clinton), raised as a Methodist Christian, and Marc Mezvinsky, Jewish, will wed this weekend. Statistics show that 37 percent of Americans have a spouse of a...

There was tension in the Manan village since Monday morning and a small skirmish between the Ravidasi and the Jat Sikh communities over placing the Ravidasi’s new granth Amrit Bani Guru Ravidas, a portrait of their guru Ravidas and the new religion’s symbol Nishan Sahib in the main hall of...

June 24 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday asked the Congress party not to interfere in the religious matters of the Sikhs with an eye to the forthcoming Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) general elections. Addressing a public rally in this town in...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 9:40p.m. By Liz Puranam The New Zealand Sikh Council are meeting this evening to decide whether to take the Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club to the Human Rights Tribunal. The meeting follows the club’s decision to refuse entry to Sikhs wearing turbans. “We...

US retailer forced to Withdraw Offensive Use of Sikh religious insignia US retailer forced to Withdraw Offensive Use of Sikh religious insignia @ www.punjabnewsline.com LONDON: An online retailer based in the USA has been forced, by community pressure, to withdraw its designs which...

Society Of Burned Lives: Book Review: "The Construction of Religious Boundaries" by Harjot Oberoi Central to the main theme of this book is the notion that there is nothing natural or self-evident about such religious categories as ‘Hindu’, ‘Muslim’, or, in particular, ‘Sikh’. Due to the...

In the midst of the Iraq War, a 12-year-old girl attending a middle school in the Schenectady, New York Central School District began wearing a red-white-and-blue beaded necklace. She wore the necklace to display her support for soldiers in Iraq and, more specifically, her family members serving...

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Tearing Away the Veil By JEAN-FRANÇOIS COPÉ MOMENTUM is building in Europe for laws forbidding the wearing of garments that cover the face, like the Islamic burqa and niqab, in public. Just last week, the lower house of the Belgian Parliament overwhelmingly passed a ban on face coverings...

Religious Freedom (Dawn Editorial) DAWN.COM | Editorial | Religious freedom This year’s report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, released on Thursday, puts Pakistan on the list of 13 “countries of particular concern” that are serious violators of religious...

Supreme Court Hears Religious Students Case Supreme Court Hears Religious Students Case WASHINGTON (RNS) The nation's highest court took up a case Monday (April 19) that pits the rights of a Christian student group against the efforts of a California public law school to enforce its...

Campaign seeks to eliminate religious discrimination in workplace Campaign seeks to eliminate religious discrimination in workplace By Nikki Roberti (AXcess News) Washington - When Zainab Al-Suwaij's interviewer asked in a displeased tone...