Global Citizens Pursuing a Just, Peaceable, Inclusive and Sustainable Future: An ICCGC-CoNGO Collaborative Conference

The CoNGO-ICCGC Global Futures Conference in New York, August 2024, unites religion and civil society to address global harmony, justice, and sustainability. Featuring sessions on global ethics, peace, interfaith dialogue, climate action, and global citizenship education.

IARF 124th Annivesary Celebrated by BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony

IARF 124th Formation Day celebrated by BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony in India, promoting interfaith harmony and coexistence.

Limits of Religious Freedom and Tolerance: IARF EME Conference 2025

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The IARF Europe and Middle East Regional Conference 2025 will explore the “Limits of Religious Freedom and Tolerance” in Frankfurt and Offenbach, Germany. This hybrid conference, hosted by German IARF member groups, will bring together members from all regions to discuss and promote liberal religion.

IARF-US Launches Monthly Discussion Series

The US Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom is excited to announce a new monthly discussion series. On the third Wednesday of each month between April and December 2024, presenters will share their personal global spiritualities or alternately provide suggestions for how to support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)—an essential element […]

Levels of Dialogue: Religious Experience in an Interfaith Context

Join us on Zoom on 13 November All are invited to attend this joint Event of the British Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom and the World Congress of Faiths to mark Inter Faith Week on 13 November 2023 from 18.30-20.00 (UK time) on Zoom. You can register for the event and obtain the […]

IARF India Chapter’s Engagements in October: Solidarity and Discourse

By Dr. James Arputharaj Williams, India Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom An Inter-Faith Journey of Solidarity to Manipur Backdrop of the Crisis: Manipur, a state nestled in Northeast India, recently witnessed devastating ethnic unrest. Since 3 May 2023, long-standing tensions between the Kuki tribe, primarily Christians, and the Meitei community, who are […]

BV Foundation Commemorates International Day of Peace 2023

Summary The BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony, a member group of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), hosted a special event in honor of the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2023. The event was conducted at SVVP Degree College in MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, under the chairmanship of Prof. Prakasa […]

Visakhapatnam Commemorates Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by Prof. Narava Prakasa Rao, IC Member, IARF and Chairman, BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony Member Group VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA – From August 6th to 9th, 2023, the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) in collaboration with the BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony conducted a series of commemorative meetings at various schools and colleges […]

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.

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 […]