Congress 2023: Updates On Programme, Keynote Speaker, And Sponsorships
The International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) is thrilled to share some crucial updates on our forthcoming 36th World Congress in Cluj, Romania (to be held on 4-6 September 2023 as a hybrid event, also available on Zoom).We’re eager to engage with all participants, both in person and online, in what is set to be […]
IALRW’s Congress to Follow the IARF Congress on 7-9 September 2023
The International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) is delighted to announce that our member organisation, the International Association of Liberal Religious Women (IALRW), will be hosting their World Congress in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) from the 7th to the 8th of September, 2023. This congress comes directly after the IARF World Congress, presenting a unique opportunity to attend both events in succession.
IARF’s 36th World Congress – “Faith in Reconciliation” (4-6 September 2023)
About the Congress Join the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) for its 36th World Congress, titled “Faith in Reconciliation,” taking place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and online from September 4-6, 2023. This highly anticipated event will bring together the multifaith, multicultural, and multiethnic IARF community that began in 1901. Congress Accessibility For the first time […]
President Ince’s New Year’s Message
On behalf of the International Council of the IARF, I send our best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all our member organisations, chapter members, supporters, and followers throughout the world. We wish to pay tribute to all those who have worked tirelessly for the IARF in 2022, a year that was […]
Human Rights Day Observed by the Visakhapatnam Branch
On Saturday, December 10th 2022, the BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony and the India Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom Visakhapatnam Branch organized a special meeting to mark World Human Rights Day. The event was held at the SVVP VMC Degree and PG Courses seminar hall in MVP Colney, Visakhapatnam. The purpose […]
IARF’s Statement on the Attack on Salman Rushdie
We are shocked and abhorred by the recent attack on the author Salman Rushdie. We wish him a speedy recovery, staunchly reaffirming our commitment to freedom of expression, which is not only compatible with freedom of religion and belief but a condition of it. All religious communities and people of good will should support the […]
A Statement on the War in Ukraine
A Statement on the War in Ukraine From the International Council We are deeply saddened and appalled by the hostile acts that led to this war and the increased threat this now presents to peaceful coexistence in the region and the world beyond. We believe that armed conflict should never be a way to resolve […]
New Year’s Message from President Ince
On behalf on the IARF, may I wish you all a very Happy and Safe New Year. 2021 will no doubt go down in history as the year that brought the world to its knees with the Covid virus in its many strains. In 2020, we thought we had seen the worst of it, and […]
Save the date: 28/11, “Religious discrimination and the misappropriation of symbols” – Motivational Dialogue with Morgana Synthove from the Pagan Federation
The Meeting The next meeting in the second series of our Motivational Dialogues will be held on Sunday the 28th of November at 5pm CET on Zoom (see below for different time zones). You can watch recordings of previous meetings here. Morgana Sythove, a leading figure in the International Pagan Federation and the Pagan community […]