Dr. Dhalla in Munich, 2011

“Bound to Live Together: Faiths & Cultures in Dialogue”, Munich, Sept 11-13, 2011 IARF’s Dr. Dhalla lights the Lamp of Peace on behalf of the Zoroastrian community worldwide On 11 September 2011, a commemoration ceremony was held in the open for the victims who perished in the tragedy of 9/11 in New York. This was […]

Chennai inter-collegiate competition “Communal Harmony”, 2011

“We have celebrated International Human Rights Day on 10th December, 2011 at Shri Krishnaswamy College for women, Anna Nagar, Chennai by conducting Inter Collegiate competition under the Topic ” Communal Harmony”. Different colleges were participated. As a coordinator, I requested & invited Director P.V. Prasath, Cine Director (Best Film Kadalil Vizhunthen) (Song Nakka mukka) & […]

Human Rights Day 2011 at Visakhapatnam

    At Visakhapatnam Public Library, 10th December 2011 Please visit the photo set on Flickr.

TED talk by Council member Yehuda Stolov

  Dr. Yehuda Stolov, IARF Council representative from our Israel member group the Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA), delivered a TED talk at TEDx Jaffa, 2011.    

Japan & U.S. Chapters’ first person-to-person exchange

  On 20th October 2011 a delegation of 23 members of the Japan Chapter of the IARF arrived in Washington, D.C., led by former IARF President Rev. Norio Sakai.Please see the reports below. While still in Boston, Rev. Sakai asked Rev. Richard Kellaway if he would help organize a return visit to Japan. This is planned for October 2012. […]

HRE workshop in Mysore

27-28 June 2011, @Vidhyavardhaka Pre-University, Mysore.132 participants. Mr H P Sandesh, Principal District Session judge, inaugurated… See photos here (launches Flickr tab).

Peace Day 2011 observed in Chennai

On 8th August, 2011 between 03 & 05pm. @Ethiraj College for Women (Autonomous), Egmore, Chennai As per the direction of IARF (SACC), Kerala & IARF India Chapter), the Peace Day was observed in memory of Victims of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan on 6 & 9th August, 1945 The program started as per the Invitation schedule […]

New Servetus title from IARF

Publication: On the martyr Servetus 2011 was the 500th Anniversary of the birth of Miguel Servetus (1511-1553), a Unitarian martyr for religious freedom, burned at the stake with his books in Geneva, 27 October, 1553… Our British Chapter has collaborated to produce a festschrift titled “Servetus – Our 16th Century Contemporary” (PDF download), edited by […]

Japan 2011 disaster response

  Relief donations to Japan 2011 superquake & tsunami victims The devastation of North-Eastern Japan’s provinces by the unprecedented earthquake and tsunami occurred shortly before our 2011 Council meeting. IARF members in several countries spontaneously raised donations of £4,574, which was added to considerable donations made by IARF members in Japan, and given to relief work in Sendai. […]

“Dialogue between religions: Future or past?”

  Saturday, October 15, 2011 Amsterdam (video, Dutch language) A seminar about the how & why of a dialogue between the religions (Does this dialogue have a future?  How to do the dialogue of the future? ) Speakers included Manuela Kalsky & Bart Brandsma. The seminar was organized by the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) Netherlands Core Rural Female Trialogue (KLVT) Inter Religious Reflection – Dutch Centre forInter-religious and philosophical dialogue (IB NSID) United Religions Initiative (URI) Netherlands World Conference on […]