January 2012 ToM: Resolution 16/18
By on 02/01/2012
Resolution 16/18, a measure adopted “by consensus” – without a vote – at the U.N. Human Rights Council – was introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a coalition of 57 Muslim states. Formally entitled “combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against […]
Human Rights Day 2011 at Visakhapatnam
By on 19/12/2011
At Visakhapatnam Public Library, 10th December 2011 Please visit the photo set on Flickr.
December 2011 ToM: Syrian secularism under transformation
By on 14/12/2011
Topic of this month is the demise of secularism in an Arab republic. http://wwrn.org/articles/36648/ Site of film to which above article refers
TED talk by Council member Yehuda Stolov
By on 12/12/2011
Dr. Yehuda Stolov, IARF Council representative from our Israel member group the Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA), delivered a TED talk at TEDx Jaffa, 2011.
Japan & U.S. Chapters’ first person-to-person exchange
By on 14/11/2011
On 20th October 2011 a delegation of 23 members of the Japan Chapter of the IARF arrived in Washington, D.C., led by former IARF President Rev. Norio Sakai.Please see the reports below. While still in Boston, Rev. Sakai asked Rev. Richard Kellaway if he would help organize a return visit to Japan. This is planned for October 2012. […]
HRE workshop in Mysore
By on 14/11/2011
27-28 June 2011, @Vidhyavardhaka Pre-University, Mysore.132 participants. Mr H P Sandesh, Principal District Session judge, inaugurated… See photos here (launches Flickr tab).
Peace Day 2011 observed in Chennai
By on 14/11/2011
On 8th August, 2011 between 03 & 05pm. @Ethiraj College for Women (Autonomous), Egmore, Chennai As per the direction of IARF (SACC), Kerala & IARF India Chapter), the Peace Day was observed in memory of Victims of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan on 6 & 9th August, 1945 The program started as per the Invitation schedule […]
New Servetus title from IARF
By on 13/11/2011
Publication: On the martyr Servetus 2011 was the 500th Anniversary of the birth of Miguel Servetus (1511-1553), a Unitarian martyr for religious freedom, burned at the stake with his books in Geneva, 27 October, 1553… Our British Chapter has collaborated to produce a festschrift titled “Servetus – Our 16th Century Contemporary” (PDF download), edited by […]
November 2011 ToM: The fate of USCIRF
By on 09/11/2011
Has the U.S. Senate “chosen to quietly shut down the independent U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom” (USCIRF)? Do the American people “need to remind their senators of the importance of religious freedom in foreign policy and of USCIRF’s key role”? Consider this article by Nina Shea.