Member & Community News
International Day of Peace, South Asia region
Published on 27/09/2012
21 September 2012 The IDP was marked in several locales of our South Asia region. The theme of this year’s observances was “Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future“.
Advocacy & Public Affairs
European bans of Muslim veil & the freedom of choice
Published on 27/09/2012
…proponents of bans on veils in Europe see them as a way to liberate women and protect women and girls from societal pressure to veil themselves. As alien as it may seem to some Europeans, veiling can be a choice, in the same way that other convictions or conduct...
Ideas & Reflections
Islam, Democracy & the Pursuit of Civil Society – Tariq Ramadan
Published on 21/09/2012
September 10, 2012 Professor Tariq Ramadan at the University of Michigan “From the Arab Awakening, Forward: Islam, Democracy & the Pursuit of Civil Society” (YouTube) The new book: Islam and the Arab Awakening
Advocacy & Public Affairs
Pew Report: Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion
Published on 20/09/2012
September 20, 2012 …third in a series of reports by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life analyzing the extent to which governments and societies around the world impinge on religious beliefs and practices. These reports have drawn widespread attention to the fact that a substantial...
Advocacy & Public Affairs
United Nations HRC 2012: Joint NGO Statement on Human Rights Education
Published on 18/09/2012
@21st Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva September 2012 Joint Oral Statement by 21 organisations, including IARF: The World Programme for Human Rights Education [WPHRE] is an essential tool forimplementing the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, a newnormative reference for the international community. We affirm that human...
Advocacy & Public Affairs
Peace Commission statement on Syria
Published on 09/09/2012
Statement on Syria 09 September 2012 The Peace Commission of the International Association for Religious Freedom has noted with great concern that in the pursuit of geostrategic policies, ill-considered military and material support of ‘popular’ revolutions with poorly-defined aims and structures has led to situations where human rights have been systematically...
Events & Programmes
HRE workshop Bethune College, Kolkata
Published on 06/09/2012
25 – 26 August 2012 @Bethune College, North Kolkata, West Bengal Facilitator: Asit Basu (Ramakrishna Mission) Report of HRE held at Bethune College PDF, 5 pages illustrated)
Ideas & Reflections
Phantom minorities and religions denied: Muslims, Bahá’ís and international human rights
Published on 04/09/2012
An article by Nazila Ghanea from the SHI’A AFFAIRS JOURNAL, VOL 2 (2009)
