US religious leaders meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

US religious leaders meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -27/09/06 Some 45 religious leaders from Christian and Muslim faith backgrounds met with the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 20 September 2006, in an open discussion about the role religious communities...

US urged to end sale of cluster bombs to Israel

US urged to end sale of cluster bombs to Israel -20/09/06 The discovery of hundreds of US-made cluster bombs among the tens of thousands of unexploded munitions carpeting the south of Lebanon, has led to calls on Washington to impose a moratorium on sales of the...

Nonviolence a focus for Religion After 9/11 gathering

The religious basis of peace, non-violence and reconciliation in a plural world was one of the main discussion points at a recent meeting of faith leaders in the light of the fifth year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York. A...

US churches repeat plea to abolish torture

US churches repeat plea to abolish torture -20/09/06 As the US Congress debates the meaning of provisions of the Geneva Convention, religious and human rights leaders are repeating their plea to eliminate torture as a tool of American policy. The statement, signed by...