Events & Programmes
Congress 2014 venue familiarisation
Published on 11/07/2013
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...
Member & Community News
British Chapter committee member elected to IFN-UK Executive
Published on 10/07/2013
1 July 2013The British Chapter of IARF has congratulated committee member Derek McAuley on his election to the Executive Committee of the Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom. The Inter Faith Network plays a key role in promoting good relations between people of different faiths in this country and...
Advocacy & Public Affairs
EU Guidelines on FoRB Promotion & Protection
Published on 03/07/2013
On 24 June 2013, the Council of the European Union adopted the Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief, and said the EU will: recall at all appropriate occasions that laws that criminalize blasphemy restrict expression concerning religious or other beliefs; that they are often...
Advocacy & Public Affairs
British parliamentary RF group launch report
Published on 02/07/2013
The newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom launched a report at the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 June 2013, revealing that millions of people in 184 countries have experienced aggression or intimidation because their beliefs. Article 18: An Orphaned Right
Member & Community News
Launch of Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC)
Published on 19/06/2013
Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, India On Thursday 8 August 2013, a multi-part event marked a new phase in the Human Rights work of RFYN (IARF’s youth network) in India. HRRC Launch Report RFYN Leaders’ Gathering post-HRRC Launch Council member Br. Albert Xaviour, young adult representative on IARF’s international governing board, organized the event,...
Events & Programmes
Announcement of 34th World Congress, 2014
Published on 11/06/2013
“Challenges for Religious Freedom in the digital age” Sun 24 to Weds 27 August 2014 University of Birmingham,United Kingdom Announcement flyer (PDF) Updates (also on Twitter and Facebook Friends and Event pages) Information to date on the Congress
Ideas & Reflections
In the Name of the Lord: Understanding Blasphemy Laws
Published on 29/05/2013
Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra serves as an Imam and Scholar of Muslim theology, and appears regularly in print and on television. In this piece, written for the Spring 2013 edition of Inter-Faith Matters, newsletter of the Edinburgh Inter Faith Association, Shaykh Mogra discusses Blasphemy Laws, a divisive topic that has seen recent protest in...
Events & Programmes
HRET Vivekananda Seva Nikatan, W. Bengal
Published on 28/05/2013
Human Rights Education workshop @Vivekananda Seva Nikatan, West Bengal 30 April-1 May 2013 Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu Report (PDF, 6 pages illustrated) Photos
