British Chapter AGM: talks
2012 Annual General Meeting of the IARF British Chapter19 May 2012, Unitarian Church Croydon, London “Challenges to Civil & Religious Liberty Today” (350th Anniversary of the Great Ejection of 1662) Rev. Andrew Hill spoke on The Great Ejection in 1662, of two thousand Puritan clergymen from Church of England, which eventually led to the foundation of […]
Pakistan Chapter: Interfaith in Youth IARF Cricket Gala 2012
Interfaith Cricket MatchEid-Ghah grounds, Sargodha8 June 2012 This was a floodlit night match with young Muslim, Baha’i and Christians participants, reported in the Daily Aftab and its Sunday magazine. As a boundary wall, banners were hung that carried texts about peace and harmony between religions. Please see photos here (link to Picasa) Interfaith in Youth is a program […]
IARF Day
IARF (Foundation) Day, May 25th 2012 @Angelo ITI, Hindupur (Andhra Pradesh, India) The program was organised by RFYN-Hindupur, with Mr. Mohanlal and Br. M.Sengole invited as guests along with students from Angelo ITI & nearby schools. The students performed many cultural programs, and Br. Albert Xaviour presented a PowerPoint about the history of IARF & its activities in […]
Training on UN Human Rights mechanisms
First IARF Annual Training on UN Human Rights mechanisms Geneva, 26th-27th May 2012 Facilitators: Mandat International (the UN welcome centre in Geneva); the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. More than 30 participants from 10 countries were involved in the course. Under the guidance of Morse C. Flores, IARF’s main representative at UN, and Ursula […]
IARF-SACC interfaith activities 2011-12
Please download this presentation on the non-project activities in our South Asia region from 2011 to date (May 2012). IARF-SACC interfaith activities 2011-12 (presentation, .ppsx format)
RFYN Madurai meets US Chapter tour
18th May 2012 Madurai, India An encounter of the young adults of RFYN from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a group of graduate students from the University of South Carolina, led by Prof. Hal French, chair of the US Chapter. Report: US Chapter student tour meets RFYN Madurai (PDF illustrated, 4 pages)
London Conference on plight of Sabian Mandaeans of Iraq
26th April 2012House of Lords, London IARF was contacted on 20 March 2012 by Dr Layla Alroomi, the spokesperson of the Mandaean Human Rights Group (MHRG), with a request to attend a conference regarding: The plight of the Sabian Mandaeans of Iraq as a Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic minority …getting more serious. Since 2003 this small […]
EME 2012 conference – forms
EME region conference 2012 – Trifold flyer (PDF, 2 pages) EME region conference 2012 – Updated Programme Information (4 July) (PDF, 2 pages) EME region conference 2012 – Registration Form (PDF, 1 page)
Council member addresses Bektashi Sufi symposium, Albania
Council member & Chair of our Europe & Middle East region, Rev. Drs. Wytske Dijkstra, was invited to attend & address on behalf of IARF a symposium of the Bektashi Sufi Order in Tirana, Albania, in commemoration of their late leader Haji Reshat Bardhi Dedebaba (1935–2011). The audience included the Prime Minister of Albania and other government ministers, civil servants, and representatives […]
US Chapter Conference 2012
This year’s IARF-US conference was held February 3-5, 2012 at Hilton Head, South Carolina, at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, in connection with the UN-sponsored World Interfaith Harmony Week (theme: “Faith, Interfaith, and Freedom”). For reportback, see the relevant Chapter Newsletter (PDF). Sri Kota’s conference notes Photos (link to US chapter site) Opening Ceremony performance by college group Cocktails