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ynet News.com
Saving the planet through religious cooperation
As religion is being used around the Middle East to advocate murder, a group of clergy in Jerusalem say they want to use religion as a means of shared environmental activity. "In Islam, the earth is the place that God chose to that people can use it for worship," Imam Wisam Barhum, from the village of Ein Rafa near Jerusalem, told The Media Line. "We must preserve this place and keep it the way God created it so man can worship God."
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Catholic Ecology
Interfaith sustainability in Jerusalem
Thanks to the work of the Jerusalem-based Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, men and women of various faiths are discussing sustainability—and they're seeking ways to come together and achieve it. Rachel Winner of the Center spoke with me on Thursday as conflict was stirring outside her window. She apologized for the noise but didn't let it impede our conversation about stewardship.
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The Green Prophet
Jerusalem’s on fire, but these “enemies” put faith in ecology
Jerusalem’s been boiling over with violent and deadly conflicts over the last half a year. But faith leaders intent on ecological ideals as a peace bridge have met again at the the Faith and Ecology conference in Jerusalem last week.
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Green Prophet
Jerusalem’s on fire, but these “enemies” put faith in ecology
Jerusalem’s been boiling over with violent and deadly conflicts over the last half a year. But faith leaders intent on ecological ideals as a peace bridge have met again at the the Faith and Ecology conference in Jerusalem last week.