Interfaith Cricket MatchEid-Ghah grounds, Sargodha8 June 2012 This was a floodlit night match with young Muslim, Baha’i and Christians participants, reported in the Daily Aftab and its Sunday magazine. As a boundary wall, banners were hung that carried texts about peace and harmony between religions. Please see photos here (link to Picasa) Interfaith in Youth is a program […]

  Faith and Freedom – “a journal of progressive religion published at Harris Manchester College, Oxford”, has been produced regularly since 1947. It carries a mixture of articles covering theological, historical, religious and faith topics including sermons, poems and other pieces as well as regular reviews of new publications. The journal is now edited by David […]

@Gujarati Science College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh16-17 January 2009facilitator: Bro. Albert Xaviour   Report: HRE training at Gujarati Science College, Indore – 16 & 17 Jan 2009 (PDF, 9 pages) Photos on Flickr      

The Emir of Kuwait is faced at this very moment with the decision of approving a law that would impose the death penalty against unrepentant Muslims (and varying prison sentences upon others) who exercise their religious freedom of speech in a way deemed blasphemous. So far, this is the most extreme version of such a […]

IARF (Foundation) Day, May 25th 2012 @Angelo ITI, Hindupur (Andhra Pradesh, India) The program was organised by RFYN-Hindupur, with Mr. Mohanlal and Br. M.Sengole invited as guests along with students from Angelo ITI & nearby schools.      The students performed many cultural programs, and Br. Albert Xaviour presented a PowerPoint about the history of IARF & its activities in […]

First IARF Annual Training on UN Human Rights mechanisms Geneva, 26th-27th May 2012 Facilitators: Mandat International (the UN welcome centre in Geneva); the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. More than 30 participants from 10 countries were involved in the course. Under the guidance of Morse C. Flores, IARF’s main representative at UN, and Ursula […]

  Please download this presentation on the non-project activities in our South Asia region from 2011 to date (May 2012).   IARF-SACC interfaith activities 2011-12 (presentation, .ppsx format)    

18th May 2012 Madurai, India   An encounter of the young adults of RFYN from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a group of graduate students from the University of South Carolina, led by Prof. Hal French, chair of the US Chapter.   Report: US Chapter student tour meets RFYN Madurai (PDF illustrated, 4 pages)            

  Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam Today and Allah, Liberty and Love claims that moderate Muslims are afraid of breaking out of religious orthodoxy and explains why she’s calling for a reformation within Islam.   Video, 12 March 2012