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 | 2002-MAR-4: Morocco: Sacred Musical Festival: According to Sarah Tours of Alexandria VA, "In May, 2002, travelers from all over the world will meet in the holy city of Fez - Morocco, for the 8th Annual World Sacred Music Festival. A sacred place and a noble event where leading musicians of world caliber will share sacred music from the spiritual traditions of both East and West." This year's theme is "Paths of Wisdom." 11 |
| 2002-MAR-17: Pakistan: Christians pray for gunman: One, perhaps two, gunmen throwing grenades killed five Christians at the Protestant International Church in Islamabad in Pakistan. Two Americans, one Pakistani, one Afghan and one unidentified male were among the dead. Forty-five people were injured, including ten Americans and three Canadians. 12 In hospital, the injured Christians conducted a prayer session advocating on behalf of the gunman. |
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
- "8th Annual World Sacred Music Festival & Tour, Fez, Morocco, 2002-MAY 28 to JUN 11," Sarah Tours, Inc., at: http://www.morocco-fezfestival.com/
- "Fury as 5 die in church raid," Associated Press/Canadian Press, 2002-MAR-17.
Copyright © 2002 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally written: 2002-MAR-3
Latest update: 2002-MAR-27
Compiler: B.A. Robinson
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