WORLDWIDE NEWS OF
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
FOR 2001-JAN

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2001-JAN-2: Israel: Christian
groups support Palestinian sovereignty: According to Religion Today:
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In a joint statement, representatives of the Anglicans, Armenian Orthodox,
Copts, Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholics, Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and
Syriacs, have called for Israeli withdrawal from territory occupied as a
result of the 1967 war. It said, in part, "Both peoples can then live
peacefully side by side, each in their own sovereign state, without being
a source of fear for the other." The statement also supported recent
Palestinian protests, criticized the use of force by the Israeli army, and
shared sovereignty in Jerusalem. |
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2000-JAN-4: USA: Religious groups promote adoption:
According to ReligionToday: 4
Recent changes in federal legislation has made it easier for parents
to adopt children and has increased the number of minority children
available. Churches and synagogues in over 30 states are cooperating
in order to find more adoptive homes. According to Geneva Hackett, the
movement's coordinator in Philadelphia, PA: "Many of the
children are hardened and difficult to deal with, and the adoptive
families need other families in the churches to help support
them." The drive is being organized by the "One
Church, One Child" movement that a Chicago priest, George
Clement, organized in 1980. |
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2001-JAN-20: President Bush mentions Muslims: For
the first time in history, Muslims were referred to in a President's
inaugural address. On Inauguration Day in Washington DC. President George
W. Bush said "Church and charity, synagogue and mosque, lend our
communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our
plans and in our laws." He did not include a reference to Hindu
Temples, Buddhist Temples, or Sikh Gurdwaras. |

References:
- DayWatch is a daily service of Maranatha Christian
Journal. It provides "a daily summary of news headlines
with a Christian perspective..." The newsletter is free on
request. Their web site is at: http://www.mcjonline.com
- ENI (Ecumenical News International) provides free bulletins
and subscriptions to full text articles. Their home page is at: http://www.eni.ch
Its postal address is: PO Box 2100, CH - 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
- Newsroom is a service of Worldwide Newsroom Inc. Their
articles are written by "a network of journalists, scholars
and other professional contacts in country." You can
subscribe to their free service from their website at http://www.newsroom.org/
- ReligionToday provides free newsletters to which you can
subscribe at: http://www.ReligionToday.com.
These summaries are part of GOSHEN.net, which also includes LiveIt.net,
Devotionals.net, ChristianShareware.net, ChristianClassifieds.net,
ChristianMessageBoards.net, BibleStudyTools.net, MediaManagement.net,
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.
- 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
Copyright © 2001 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally written: 2001-JAN-3
Latest update: 2001-DEC-18
Compiler: B.A. Robinson

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