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Habitat for Humanity brings faiths together to build home for Louisville family

Posted to Religious Diversity News on November 18, 2019

Habitat for Humanity partnered with volunteers from three faith traditions to help build a home in their Interfaith Build on Sunday morning.

A group of volunteers from Middletown Christian Church, Temple Shalom, and Al Noor Mosque worked together to build a new house for a family originally from Sudan who moved to the United States three years ago.

Source: Habitat for Humanity brings faiths together to build home for Louisville family

Grand opening of Buddhist temple in Iroquois neighborhood

Posted to Religious Diversity News on September 3, 2019

It was a special celebration in the Iroquois Neighborhood Sunday.

More than 600 people came to the new Buddha Blessed Temple to celebrate its grand opening.

Source: Grand opening of Buddhist temple in Iroquois neighborhood

Louisville jail sued after Muslim woman photographed without hijab

Posted to Religious Diversity News on August 1, 2019

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Louisville officials, saying she was made to remove her hijab in front of male officers while being booked.

Source: Louisville jail sued after Muslim woman photographed without hijab

After attack on Hindu community, Kentucky shows the way forward

Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 20, 2019

(RNS) — Indian and Hindu Kentuckians work with leaders across faith and cultural backgrounds to show a united front in the face of hate crime against Hindu temple in Louisville, Ky.

Source: After attack on Hindu community, Kentucky shows the way forward – Religion News Service

Prayer Service for Muhammad Ali Draws Thousands to Hometown Arena – The New York Times

Posted to Religious Diversity News on June 10, 2016

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Muhammad Ali was well known as a world champion boxer, but Hussein Hamdani remembers him more for what he did out of the ring, especially his devotion to Islam.And that was why Hamdani, his brother, Sallah, and their friend Kamran Bhatti traveled from Toronto to pay their respects to Ali, who died last week after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, and who was honored here on Thursday at a Muslim funeral ceremony.

Source: Prayer Service for Muhammad Ali Draws Thousands to Hometown Arena – The New York Times

Mourners From Far And Wide Honor Muhammad Ali At Muslim Prayer Service : NPR [Audio]

Posted to Religious Diversity News on June 10, 2016

A Muslim prayer service to honor the life of Muhammad Ali was held on Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky — in the same building where he won his final hometown fight in 1961.

Source: Mourners From Far And Wide Honor Muhammad Ali At Muslim Prayer Service : NPR