CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 1, 2000 | Associated Press
Worshipers wearing a rainbow of saris, robes and yarmulkes filed into a hall at Carnegie Mellon University, clapping and singing in praise of the world's religions. As drums beat, the 225 participants from six continents celebrated their own faiths and reached out to other believers in the signing of the United Religions Initiative Charter calling for religious cooperation. It includes prohibitions on aggressive recruitment.