EME Regional Conference 2016: Programme and Registration

The quadrennial conference of the EME, IARF’s Europe and Middle East region, will be held on 22-25 August 2016 in Tetovo, FYR Macedonia. It will be hosted by the Bektashi Community and the Evropa Centre for Human Rights. The theme will be Religion and Conflict Prevention. You will find the programme and other details here. […]

Training of Trainers in Human Rights and Interfaith Peace

On the 24th and 25th of October the Kenya Chapter of IARF held a training event concerning human rights and interfaith peace. Here you can read the full report (PDF,  1MB).

Human Rights Day in Malakapuram, India

Below is a short report written by Narava Paska Rao, chairman of the BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony, from its 2015 Human Rights Day celebration. The BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony, a member group of IARF India, organised a meeting to observe the Human Rights Day at St. Ann’s College for Women in Malakapuram on Thursday […]

EME Region Conference 2016: First Announcement

The next IARF Europe and Middle East Region Conference will be held on 22 – 25 August 2016 in Skopje and Tetovo, Macedonia, in collaboration with our local member group, the Bektashi Order (here you can read about IARF’s delegation recent visit to the region which included, among other things, preparations for the Conference). The […]

Pakistan Chapter’s Peace Day Celebration

Briefly about IARF Pakistan: IARF Pakistan strives to promote peace and harmony among Islam and minority religions, including many Christians, Bahai, Sikh and others. Bahai and Sikh have proper relations and coexist well with Muslims, but there are tensions between the Muslim and Christian communities. We organize peace meetings with representatives of all faiths to discuss and promote tolerance […]

Visit to the Bektashi Order (Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania)

On 2 – 7 September 2015 IARF delegation paid an official visit to the Bektashi Order in Macedonia, an IARF Member Group, as well as its sister communities in Albania and Kosovo. The delegation consisted of Wytske Dijkstra, IARF President and Derek McAuley, the chairman of our Europe and the Middle East region. Arben Sulejmani, chair of the […]

Independence Day Event in Pakistan

  Briefly about IARF Pakistan: IARF Pakistan strives to promote peace and harmony among Islam and minority religions, including many Christians, Bahai, Sikh and others. Bahai and Sikh have proper relations and coexist well with Muslims, but there are tensions between the Muslim and Christian communities. We organize peace meetings with representatives of all faiths to discuss and promote […]

Introductory Meeting of IARF – Kampala, Uganda, 10may2015

  Introductory Meeting of IARF – Kampala, Uganda, 10 May 2015  (PDF 7 pages, illustrated)      

Kenya Chapter – Human Rights event, Bungoma

Human Right Sensitization Meeting @Prayers Warriors Ministry Center, Bungoma, Western Kenya 1st March 2015 BUNGOMA IARF REPORT (PDF illustrated, 8 pages)      

India Chapter Chennai branch Human Rights Day event

10 December 2014@Quaide – Milleth College for Men, Medavakkam, Chennai PROGRAM: Invocation: –  Students Welcome Address: Dr. D. Ayub Khan Dawood, QMC for men, Chennai-100 Presidential Address: Dr. A. Rafi, M.Com. M.Phil., Ph.D., Principal, QMC for men, Chennai-100 Inaugural address & Power point on UDHR:  K. Ramachandran National Vice-President, IARF, India Chapter Sharing experience with IARF: […]