Military

Author: Arielle Gingold Source: The Interfaith Alliance http://interfaithalliance.org/fallnewsletter10/410-fosteringrespectairf… In mid-November, Rev. Gaddy and I had the privilege of attending a conference on religious respect at the United...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Yahoo News Wire Service: AP http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/army-gets-first-sikh-enlisted-s… The first Sikh to become an enlisted U.S. Army soldier in nearly three decades said Wednesday he's...

Author: Whitney Jones Source: Beliefnet News Wire Service: RNS http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2010/11/air-force-academy-cites-progre.p… A recent survey on the religious climate of the U.S. Air Force Academy showed that 41 percent of non-Christian cadets...

Author: Samara Kalk Derby Source: The Wisconsin State Journal http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_249d7369-dacc-5451-9e60-… On a warm, sunny Halloween day, a group of 20 people drove up a rural road at Circle Sanctuary, a nature...

Author: Nancy Puffer Source: The Republic http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2010/10/22/20101022… Advocates of paganism say it is on the rise in the "Southeast Valley, mirroring a nationwide trend of...

Author: Jaweed Kaleem Source: The Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/16/1828829/rabbis-reach-out-to-priso… In a small, bustling office tucked into an Orthodox synagogue in Surfside, a dozen men and women spent Thursday stuffing FedEx...

Author: Steve Elliott Source: The United States Army http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/09/09/44944-second-sikh-doctor-allowed-t… Standing at attention deep in the ranks of the Soldiers in crisp ACUs and...

Author: Michael M. Phillips Source: The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487034670045754638332650552… They say there are no atheists in foxholes. There's one on the front lines here, though, and the chaplain isn't...

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Sikh Coalition http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1607/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast… For the third time in less than a year, the U.S. Army announced that it will accept a Sikh recruit. The recruit, Simran Preet...

Author: Devlin Barrett Source: The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487037918045754395912744613… Rabbi Menachem Stern's stringy brown beard is hardly an unusual sight in his Brooklyn neighborhood. But in trying to...