For millennia, people of all faiths have enriched their religious lives by embarking on physical journeys to sacred places. This summer, New York’s Rubin Museum of Art invites you to explore the role of these important pilgrimages in three of the world’s largest religious traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
“Pilgrimage and Faith” represents the greatest [...]
Wednesday Democrats challenged Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) second Muslim radicalization hearing, a hearing that many find to be nothing but thinly veiled religious discrimination and bigotry, and a betrayal of American values of religious freedom and liberty.
Representative Laura Richardson (D-CA) spoke for many Democrats at Wednesday’s hearing by noting that King’s obsession with Islamic [...]
New York’s interfaith leaders have termed last summer the “Summer of Intolerance.” Negative bloggers sparked a heated national debate about a Muslim-run community center in Lower Manhattan that went far beyond laws regarding private property and religious institutions and invoked two intolerable questions: can Muslims truly be American — and if so, will Muslim Americans [...]
Thousands of Americans have come out in New York to protest the current US wars and other diverse matters.
The economy and the persisting social programs were also protested against by peace and community activists in the commercial part of the city.
Demonstrators called for peace and solidarity with Muslims, saying an elite political group [...]
VIGIL FOR EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Date: Friday September 10, 2010, 7:15pm – 10pm
Location: Corner of Church St. and Park Place
On the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, we will join together in support of the American constitutional values of religious freedom, diversity, and equality, and the rights of Muslim Americans to build a community [...]
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