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Wooing Jews Barack Obama met recently with about 100 Jewish activists to assuage doubts about his commitment to Israel (during the Feb. 26 debate, he said Israel's "security is sacrosanct"), his faith (in the face of false rumors that he's Muslim) and his longtime pastor (who has praised Louis Farrakhan). Several Jewish leaders have defended Obama against the Islam rumors. Hillary Clinton won among Jewish voters in New York and Maryland, but Obama won Jews in Connecticut and California. Is the wooing working? Exit polls in Texas and Ohio on March 4 should tell which candidate...
Americans love to shop, even for religion. More than 40% of U.S. adults have changed their faith since childhood, many opting for no faith at all. That's the key finding of a major study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which surveyed 35,000 people in five languages to create the most detailed portrait yet of the country's religious landscape...
...disaster," says Sonny Keraf, Indonesia's former Environment Minister and head of a parliamentary investigation into Lusi. "They are leaving the people to face the company when it should be acting as a bridge between them." Keraf says that, while he believes Lapindo is acting in good faith, the government's indecisiveness is blunting any sense of urgency. A yearlong police investigation into the eruption has resulted in no indictments or clear conclusions. "It's all about politics," says Ivan Valentina Ageung, head of legal affairs for the environmental group Walhi, referring to the disaster in general. Walhi sued Lapindo...
...Terrorism completely negates the teachings of Islam, which is the faith of love and peace.' MAULANA MARGHOOB-UR RAHMAN, chief rector of the Darul-Uloom Deoband near New Delhi, one of the oldest and most radical Islamic schools in South Asia, disavowing extremism at a gathering of Indian Muslim clerics...
...Yale, Page says he reaffirmed his faith and decided he wanted to become ordained. As he was preparing to graduate, he ran into Peter J. Gomes, who has served as the minister of Memorial Church since 1970. Page says Gomes encouraged him to apply for the Epps fellowship, which sponsors a newly ordained seminarian to serve as Memorial Church’s chaplain to the undergraduate community for two years. Page calls it a dream...