British Unitarians raise concerns about growing threats to religious freedom with UK Government

 07 September 2012 IARF British Chapter board member Derek McAuley, Chief Office of our member group in Great Britain the GAUFCC (General Assembly of Unitarian & Free Christian Churches), has raised his concerns about the growing threats to religious freedom in many parts of the world with new government International Development junior minister, Lynne Featherstone MP.   […]

SACC-RFYN Conference, Mysore 2012

@Adhichunchanagiri Mutt, Mysore, Karnataka, India 30th – 31st Oct 2012 Organiser:  Prof. Anbumani Arumugam, International Young Adult President, IARF-RFYN.   Report (PDF, 11 pages illustrated) Photos    

HRE workshop in Orissa

Siddheswar College, Balasore, Odisha (Orissa), India6-7 October 2012      This kind of program actually brings us to a new horizon in life. As a member of minority community, it gives lot of ideas and inspiration to me.   Report (PDF, 5 pages illustrated) Photos            

Mythology of Evolution, The

  What is the nature of life? Scientists turn to natural selection, genes or adaptation to explain the living world, but much of the imagery used to present evolution threatens to distort our understanding of the incredible history of our planet. There is no science without mythology, and the only way to reveal the facts […]

RFYN International Youth Conference 2012

24 to 28 September 2012 @Nobili Pastoral Centre, Madurai, TamilNadu, India Organized in association with the Angelo Province of the Institute of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, India.  A historic gathering for IARF in being a first attempt to be self-funded (that is, funded entirely from local member group contributions). 21 different Sacred Heart bodies around […]

Dutch Chapter seminar report

2012 Thursday, October 4th @ Apostolic Society, Azielaan 155, 3526 SG Utrecht Theme: “Religion and Diversity: Strength or Dilemma?” IARF Dutch Chapter and her partners in Interfaith Dialogue, express their gratitude to The Apostolic Society in Utrecht, The Netherlands for hosting and sponsoring the seminar. The Keynote speech – “Pussy Riot and the refusing civil servant – […]

Bangladesh chapter statement on anti-Buddhist riots

Attack on the Buddhists and their Temples in Bangladesh  A Report by IARF Bangladesh Chapter   07 October 2012 On the night of the 29th September 2012 a militant group of people attacked the Buddhist communities of Ramu, a small town in the district of Cox’s Bazar of Chittagong division in Bangladesh. The culprits set […]

Bangladesh Chapter launches young adult branch

23-25 September 2012@Department of World Religions, Dhaka University, Bangladesh A reception for the visit to Bangladesh by IARF-JLC member Rev. Takahiro Miwa (accompanied by Mrs. Yukari Miwa and IARF-SACC president Dr. Thomas Mathew) was organised by the head of the Bangladesh Chapter of IARF-SACC, Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam (of the Department of World Religions, Dhaka […]

Beyond the Dysfunctional Family

  Jews, Christians and Muslims in Dialogue With Each Other and With Britain   This book is the fruit of 15 years of face-to-face interfaith dialogue [in Britain] between practitioners of the three Abrahamic faith communities, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.