Kenya Chapter press conference
IARF’s new Chapter in Kenya held its first press briefing with reference to the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi on 21 September 2013, by Somalia-based Al-Shabaab. The Chapter’s particular concern is a possible Islamophobic backlash against members of Kenya’s Somali community. It hopes to establish a media presence that advocates the principles for which […]
RFYN new News Bulletin
In August, IARF’s India-based young adult network RFYN launched a new headquarters outside Bangalore. See the reports here. The first edition of their newsletter was released as a follow-up: RFYN July-Sep 2014 News Bulletin (PDF 38 pages, illustrated)
Statement on the Westgate Mall attack, Nairobi
Kenya Chapter statement on the Westgate Mall attack, Nairobi 23 September 2013 The International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) Kenya Chapter condemns in the strongest terms possible, the terrorist attack at the Westgate shopping mall in Westlands, Nairobi that has left many of our loved ones dead and injured. It is an attack on innocent […]
Conference Report: Religious Freedom & Responsibility for Planet & People
IARF Peace Commission / World Congress of Faiths / Horsham Interfaith Report on 2013 Conference “Religious Freedom and Responsibility for Planet and People” @Unitarian Church in Horsham, Sussex20-23 August 2013 Report: Horsham hosts international conference (PDF 4 pages) PAPERS (available as a print publication) French, Prof. Hal – The Genius of Interfaith Gehrmann, Dorle – Doing the Splits Hunter, […]
Thomas Mathew at UUA GA
IARF South Asia Co-ordinating Council chairman Dr. Thomas Mathew represented IARF at UUA General Assembly on June 19-23, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. A personal account of his participation: An outsider became an insider (PDF 2 pages illustrated)
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 2013, Vishakhapatnam
6 – 9 August 2013 Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India IARF member group Bala Vikas Foundation for Peace & Harmony is organising commemorative meetings around the city with the goal of inculcating an anti- nuclear mindset in the public, especially the student community. A photo exhibition showcasing the Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosions is also part of the events. On 6th, […]
Congress 2014 venue familiarisation
6 July 2013 Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake, representing IARF’s president Most Rev. Mitsuo Miyake, visited Birmingham together with IARF Treasurer Jeff Teagle and British Chapter committee member Derek McAuley (Chief Officer of the Unitarian General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches), as guests of Shaykh Muhammad Amin-Evans, Chair of the Congress Host Committee. They were given a […]
Council meeting 2013
[nggallery id=31] REPORT: 2013 International Council meeting at the Konko Church of Izuo in Osaka, 17-19 April 2013 Preceded by the annual Executive meeting – hosted once more by our Osaka member group Shitennoji Temple – the two-day annual board meeting ended on Friday (19 April), in general agreement that this was the most positive so far during the […]
SACC role in Kochi first
11 March 2013 The campaigning body of one of the world’s leading peace organizations, Mayors for Peace, known as the “2020 Vision Campaign“, has chosen the city of Kochi as its first Associate Member in South Asia. SACC chairman Thomas Mathew was instrumental in this choice being made, in reciprocation of the generous help given […]
Bangladesh Chapter president honoured
Dhaka, Bangladesh7 December 2012 The Gurudwara of Dhaka celebrated the 500th year of Guru Nanak’s visit to Dhaka and his stay on the present Gurudwara campus, then known as Nanak’s Chapra. About 300 Sikhs from India attended the program. President of IARF’s Bangladesh Chapter, Prof. Kazi Nurul Islam, received special recognition at a reception, in the […]