WORLDWIDE NEWS OF
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
FOR 2000-AUG

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We also have a list of religious intolerance news items
for this month.
Sad to say, these are usually much longer lists. 
 | 2000-AUG-1: Iran: Women permitted to lead
prayers: According to the BBC Newsroom:
Religious leaders in Iran have terminated a ban which prevented women
from leading prayers. They may now conduct prayers for other women and
girls. Some feel that there is a less interest in Islam among Iranian
youth. By allowing female teachers and others to lead schoolgirls in
prayer, there may be a renewed interest among young Muslims in their
faith. |
 | 2000-AUG-13: Scotland: Catholic-Protestant
tolerance: According to Newsroom: 3
"Efforts to bridge the gap between Protestant and Catholic
neighbors in Scotland received a boost on Sunday with the first
official visit of a moderator of the Church of Scotland to St.
Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh.
'It is a lie that Protestants are against Catholics. Those who
say that Protestants are against Catholics are liars, but no lie can
live forever and this one is long past its die-by date,' said the
Right Reverend Andrew McLellan in a sermon to mark the start of the
Edinburgh International Festival. 'It is a lie which has done immense
damage to Protestants for it has allowed the most wicked parts of our
psychology -- I mean our capacity to hate people -- to have some
spurious quasi-religious justification'." |

References:
- DayWatch is a daily service of Maranatha Christian
Journal. It provides "a daily summary of news headlines
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- Newsroom is a service of Worldwide Newsroom Inc. Their
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WorldNewsToday.net, WebCastGuide.net, and
ChristianCollegeGuide.net
- Reuters is "the world's leading financial
information and news group. Their web page is at: http://www.reuters.com/
- CitizenLink is a service of Focus on the Family. They
send regular Emails containing news items interpreted from a
Fundamentalist Christian perspective. Signup is at: http://www.family.org/cforum/clinksignup.cfm
- Earth Religions Legal Assistance Network is a leading
anti-defamation group which fights discrimination against Neopagans.
See: http://www.conjure.com/ERAL/eral.html
- Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS) maintains a free
mailing list. Go to http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/
to subscribe.
- "Tutu says no religion has a lock on truth: Religious
leaders asked to find new image of God," Associated Press,
at: http://www.spokane.net:80/news-story-body.asp
- EWTN is a news service of the Roman Catholic Church. It posts
news items from Newsline, Newslink, and The World Over on its Internet
site at: http://www.ewtn.com/news/index.htm
- Alternative Religions
Educational Network (AREN) is an information organization located
in Philadelphia. It has monitored discrimination against Wiccans
throughout North America for three decades. Their web page is at: http://aren.org
- Simon de Bruxelles, "Faiths alight on a
burning desire to talk," The London Times, London UK,
2000-JUL-1.
- Sizwe samaYende, "Witchcraft Show Reduces Attacks,"
African Eye News Service (South Africa), 2000-JUL-19, at: http://www.africanews.org/
Copyright © 2000
Originally written: 2000-AUG-1
Latest update: 2000-AUG-16
Compiler: B.A. Robinson

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