http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:21:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26177/muslims-helping-to-rebuild-christian-school-in-kashmir http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26177/muslims-helping-to-rebuild-christian-school-in-kashmir#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:38:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26177 Muslims in Kashmir, in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, are supporting the re-building of a Christian school that was destroyed by fire during anti-Christian violence one year ago.

On 13 September, 2010, the Tyndale Biscoe School was the target of Muslims protesting a reported desecration of the Quran in the U.S. that marked the ninth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26177/muslims-helping-to-rebuild-christian-school-in-kashmir/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25635/southern-baptist-leader-leaves-mosque-coalition http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25635/southern-baptist-leader-leaves-mosque-coalition#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:56:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25635 interfaith coalition that supports the rights of Muslims to build mosques in their communities.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25635/southern-baptist-leader-leaves-mosque-coalition/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25563/interfaith-group-seeks-to-protect-california-deserts http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25563/interfaith-group-seeks-to-protect-california-deserts#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:47:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25563
It didn't take long for members of the newly formed Desert Stewardship Project, an interfaith coalition dedicated to protecting the vast expanses of arid California, to find what they were seeking, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Moses met the Lord in the form of a burning bush on a mountain in the Sinai desert. Jesus prayed in the desert for 40 days before beginning his ministry. The prophet Muhammad meditated in a cave on the desert mountain of Hira, where the Angel Gabriel recited the Koran to him.

The coalition's members — churches, synagogues, mosques and cultural organizations mainly in the Inland Empire — are linked by the spiritual connections between their local desert landscapes and the parched sacred grounds that have nurtured some of the world's great religions.

Their mission is to spur more congregations to take on issues affecting desert lands, vistas and waterways and help provide what Burklo described as "a new dimension and depth" to the conversations about them. The areas of interest include alternative energy development, mining, recreation, military exercises, transportation corridors and proposed national monuments.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25563/interfaith-group-seeks-to-protect-california-deserts/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25481/german-protestant-head-says-a-european-islam-needed-for-dialogue http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25481/german-protestant-head-says-a-european-islam-needed-for-dialogue#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:43:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25481 A European form of Islam needs to develop before a meaningful interfaith dialogue can take place on the continent, the new leader of Germany's 24 million Protestants has said.

"We are only at the beginning of a serious inter-religious discussion on a theologically high level and that is because there are problems with finding counterparts," the Rev. Nikolaus Schneider says.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25481/german-protestant-head-says-a-european-islam-needed-for-dialogue/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25000/muslims-in-spain-campaign-to-worship-alongside-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25000/muslims-in-spain-campaign-to-worship-alongside-christians#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:23:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25000 Muslims in Spain are campaigning to be allowed to worship alongside Christians in Cordoba Cathedral -- formerly the Great Mosque of Cordoba.

Today, at the original Cordoba mosque in Spain, there is no call to prayer, only the ringing of church bells. That's because the former mosque is now a working Catholic cathedral, performing a daily mass.

It's been a Cathedral since Spain's Christian monarchy conquered Cordoba in the 13th century, but the site remains significant for Muslims as a symbol of Islam's golden age of learning and religious tolerance. The Mosque of Cordoba was once famed for allowing both Christians and Muslims to pray together under the same roof.

Now, some Muslims are trying to repeat that history. Mansur Escudero, a Spanish convert to Islam, is leading the movement that is pushing for the right of Muslims to pray at the Cordoba Cathedral.

"I don't think it's important for Muslims. I think it's important for humankind," Escudero says. "We think this is a beautiful paradigm of tolerance, knowledge, culture. People of different religions living together."

See also: Do Muslims, Jews and Christians worship the same God?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25000/muslims-in-spain-campaign-to-worship-alongside-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24512/a-priest-at-pendle-witch-camp http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24512/a-priest-at-pendle-witch-camp#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:00:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24512 You can learn a lot from pagans, Mark Townsend suggests: "I'm actually a priest of the Church of England – but with a difference. Though I'm still in "holy orders", I now work full time as a magician, writer and retreat leader. I've been described as a "priest at the edge". My latest book, The Path of the Blue Raven, describes my own encounters with the Pagan traditions of this land and what great treasures I've learned from them." "I'll always be a priest. It's where it all began, and the beauty of the unpolluted Christ-message is still enough to send shock waves of love rippling down my spine. But when I spend time with pagans and absorb the openness, warmth, magical-power and sheer delight in being human, I catch a glimpse of what the church ought to, and (perhaps) could be like." See also: Neo-Paganism: Is Dialogue Possible?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24512/a-priest-at-pendle-witch-camp/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22896/catholic-islam-interfaith-dialogue http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22896/catholic-islam-interfaith-dialogue#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:59:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22896 Muslim and Vatican officials are holding historic talks in Rome to establish a better inter-faith dialogue and defuse any future tensions.

Catholic-Muslim ties soured after Pope Benedict XVI's speech in 2006, in which he linked Muslims with past violence.

The speech provoked Muslim outrage and triggered violent protests.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22896/catholic-islam-interfaith-dialogue/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21778/archbishop-of-canterbury-claims-christian-doctrines-is-offensive-to-muslims-fails-to-note-islamic-doctrine-is-offensive-to-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21778/archbishop-of-canterbury-claims-christian-doctrines-is-offensive-to-muslims-fails-to-note-islamic-doctrine-is-offensive-to-christians#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:20:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21778 As if he did not already have his hands full with the (pending) schisms within the denomination he supposedly leads, the 'Archbishop of Canterbury' keeps finding opportunities to court controversy.

Dr Williams also said violence is incompatible with the beliefs of either faith and that, once that principle is accepted, both can work together against poverty and prejudice and to help the environment.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21778/archbishop-of-canterbury-claims-christian-doctrines-is-offensive-to-muslims-fails-to-note-islamic-doctrine-is-offensive-to-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20832/tony-blair-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20832/tony-blair-3#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:05:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20832/tony-blair-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20832/tony-blair-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20747/muslim-hindu http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20747/muslim-hindu#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:40:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20747/muslim-hindu http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20747/muslim-hindu/feed 0