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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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.      

21 September 2012 The IDP was marked in several locales of our South Asia region. The theme of this year’s observances was “Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future“.    

  …proponents of bans on veils in Europe see them as a way to liberate women and protect women and girls from societal pressure to veil themselves. As alien as it may seem to some Europeans, veiling can be a choice, in the same way that other convictions or conduct that have been shaped by […]

September 10, 2012 Professor Tariq Ramadan at the University of Michigan “From the Arab Awakening, Forward: Islam, Democracy & the Pursuit of Civil Society” (YouTube)  The new book:   Islam and the Arab Awakening      

 September 20, 2012   …third in a series of reports by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life analyzing the extent to which governments and societies around the world impinge on religious beliefs and practices. These reports have drawn widespread attention to the fact that a substantial portion of the world’s population […]