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Article: Interfaith `passport' opens doors to a wider world. (September 11: a year later).(Kansas City Interfaith Council)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 6, 2002
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Once the smoke cleared from the tragic events of Sept. 11, many Americans came to realize that there was "collateral damage" far beyond what the nation first imagined. It took various names: racism, suspicion, religious intolerance; ignorance. As in cities around the country, religious leaders in Kansas City, Mo., quickly convened their congregations to provide interfaith services for the community, offering prayer and healing in the wake of the disaster. But they also knew that in the post-9/11 climate they needed to do even more.
Hatred and intolerance--and a terrible distortion of one religion's beliefs--had been a major force behind the death and destruction ...