Introducing our New Community Platform on IARF.net!
We are thrilled to announce the addition of a community platform to our official website, IARF.net. This platform is designed to foster stronger connections, promote grassroots activities, and provide our volunteers with efficient teamwork tools. Registration Every member of a Member Group or a Chapter, an individual member, or a registered Congress participant is encouraged […]
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.
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 […]
The President’s New Year Message
At a time when much of the world is in the darkness of Covid-19, its peoples call out for the faith and hope that religions can offer. It is easy to be disheartened by what we see before us and yet, with many celebrating the light feasts of their tradition in this period of the year, those who […]
Festive reflections: Chanukah
In the coming year we will be publishing reflections around the time of big festivals of the many religions represented in IARF. We begin with Chanukah, the Jewish festival of light. The author of this piece is Rabbi Robert Carroll, member of the International Council, our governing body, and the Interfaith Encounter Association, one of […]
The 35th Congress: Reimagine Interfaith
Our 35th Congress, held on 29 July – 1 August at George Washington University in Washington DC (USA), was something we hadn’t tried before. Namely, we chose the format of a collaboration project and were able to gather many wonderful, diverse partners with the support of the host, our member group, the Unitarian Universalist Association. […]