HRE training Indore January 2009

@Gujarati Science College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh16-17 January 2009facilitator: Bro. Albert Xaviour   Report: HRE training at Gujarati Science College, Indore – 16 & 17 Jan 2009 (PDF, 9 pages) Photos on Flickr      

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 […]

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)    

Shinto and Japanese New Religions

 On Shinto  Shinto scripture   Shinto Kokusai Gakkai (Japanese research body)   Encyclopaedia of Shinto   National Christian Council in Japan – Center for the Study of Japanese Religions   On “NEW RELIGIONS” Tenri-kyo Konko-kyo

British Chapter AGM 2012

  British IARF AGM 2012 (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 […]

India on USCIRF watch list again (2012)

  India, March 21, 2012: The US government panel that monitors global religious freedom has once again listed India among countries that require close monitoring due to religious freedom violation.   USCIRF Identifies World’s Worst Religious Freedom Violators