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Posted 12/14/2001

> Ramadan Awareness
(Transcript of Dr. Robert M. Franklin's commentary broadcast on National Public Radio Broadcast, December 12, 2001)

Ramadan represents a firm and gentle challenge to people who find it easier to profess than practice their faith. It challenges us to recall that the God of Abraham, Jesus and Muhammad invites people to experience life more fully through simple disciplined acts such as prayer, fasting, meditation, study, and service.


Posted 11/27/2001

> Thanksgiving: A Native American View
(AlterNet, November 21, 2001)
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For a Native American, the story of Thanksgiving is not a very happy one. But Jacqueline Keeler, a member of the Dineh Nation and the Yankton Dakota Sioux, finds occasion for hope.


> In Elkader, Iowa
(AlterNet, November 19, 2001)
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Elkader, Iowa, is the only town in the U.S. named after an Islamic revolutionary. It is also a place where relations between Arab-Americans and non-Arab-Americans have remained amazingly strong.

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