In the Name of the Lord: Understanding Blasphemy Laws

Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra serves as an Imam and Scholar of Muslim theology, and appears regularly in print and on television. In this piece, written for the Spring 2013 edition of Inter-Faith Matters, newsletter of the Edinburgh Inter Faith Association, Shaykh Mogra discusses Blasphemy Laws, a divisive topic that has seen recent protest in Edinburgh. A number of countries […]

HRET Vivekananda Seva Nikatan, W. Bengal

Human Rights Education workshop @Vivekananda Seva Nikatan, West Bengal 30 April-1 May 2013 Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu   Report (PDF, 6 pages illustrated)   Photos      

Tehmina Kazi on Religion, Religious Freedom and Secularism

  Religion, Religious Freedom and Secularism – by Tehmina Kazi This article appeared in the March 2013 edition of the IARF British Chapter’s Newsletter and IARF Peacemaking Commission News For the last three and a half years, I have been the Director of a registered charity named British Muslims for Secular Democracy. When I tell […]

HRET Swarnachuda College, Nilgiri, Odisha

Human Rights Education training@Swarnachuda Degree College, Mitrapur, Nilgiri, Odisha27-28 April, 2013 Facilitator:  Asit Kumar Basu   Report  (PDF 6 pages, illustrated)   Photos        

HRET Jan Sikshna Samsthan, Vizag

Human Rights Education training@Jan Sikshana Samsthan, Visakhapatnam-316-17 April 2013 Facilitators:  Prof. N.Prakasarao & Prof. E. P. S. Bhagyalakshmi   Report (PDF 5 pages, illustrated)   Photos           

Guidelines for arranging group visits to Houses of Worship

  From Scarboro Missions, comprehensive guidelines for visiting houses of worship of various faiths, authored by renowned Canadian multifaith educator, JW Windland.          

HRET DIET, Mysore

Human Rights Education training@District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Mysore, Karnataka State14-15 March 2013 Facilitators: Adv. Md. Shabeer Ahmed & Adv. Mrs. M.A. Hemalatha Rao This training was held with International Women’s Day in mind, as well as the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.   Report (PDF 6 pages, illustrated)   Photos      

RFYN meets UN official India visit

27 April 2013, Chennai Following the wave of concern over women’s issues in India since the New Delhi rape atrocity of December 2012, the  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the United Nations arranged, under the ‘Special Procedures’ instrument for human rights issues, a country visit by the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, from April […]