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News and reports from IARF’s Europe and Middle East region, including regional gatherings, member-community developments and issues directly connected with EME’s work.
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Online Conference “Does Religion Set You Free” – registration, speaker and programme details
We set out to explore some aspects of the relationship between religion and liberty – through lectures, workshops, circle groups and a panel – to offer you an interesting mix of learning, sharing and socializing. There will also be an opportunity to meditate or pray together at interfaith devotions.Please visit the conference page for programme […]
Save the date: “Does religion set you free?” – EME Online Conference 2021 on 8-11 May 2021
The Europe and Middle East region of the IARF, IARF EME, will hold an online conference on Saturday 8 May – Tuesday 11 May 2021. It is scheduled as follows: Saturday: from 6:30pm to 10pm CEST Sunday: from 10am to 6pm CEST Monday: from 4:30pm to 9:30pm CEST Tuesday: from 4:30pm to 9pm CEST The […]
Festive reflections: Chanukah
In the coming year we will be publishing reflections around the time of big festivals of the many religions represented in IARF. We begin with Chanukah, the Jewish festival of light. The author of this piece is Rabbi Robert Carroll, member of the International Council, our governing body, and the Interfaith Encounter Association, one of […]
2017 International Council Meeting
The International Council* of the IARF had its annual meeting on 19-20 April in IJmuiden, the Netherlands. It was an occasion to share experiences, concerns, ideas and moments of meditation, and savour the atmosphere of diversity, friendship and cooperation that characterizes IARF. This time several people joined the session by teleconference to make the meeting […]
EME Conference 2017
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British Chapter meeting: EME Conference and Week of Prayer for World Peace
Watch our “Conference at a glance” video On Thursday 20 October, at Essex Unitarian Church in Kensington, London, the British Chapter and the Peace Commission of the IARF hosted a report on the August Europe and Middle East IARF Conference in Macedonia, Religion and Conflict Prevention. Speakers were former IARF International Council member Dr. Shlomo Alon […]
EME Conference 2016: Report
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Bahrain: Continued Harassment of Activists by the Government
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expressed it’s concern about continued harassment of human rights activists by the Bahrain authorities and restricting their right to free expression. Sheikh Maytham al-Salman, a noted spokesperson, human rights defender and chairman of the Bahrain Interfaith Center, our associate member organization, together with several other persons, was summoned […]
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 […]
