Ideas & Reflections
TED conversation: A “U.N.” for Religions?
Published on 22/04/2012
Feb-March 201285 comments I’m thinking of a way to bring the religious leaders of every religion, cult, sect or any other religious beliefs representatives together
Ideas & Reflections
Shinto and Japanese New Religions
Published on 22/04/2012
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
Events & Programmes
British Chapter AGM 2012
Published on 05/04/2012
British IARF AGM 2012 (PDF, 1 page)
Ideas & Reflections
Documentary: Prisms of Light
Published on 27/03/2012
From the film’s website: Are people spiritual because they need a crutch, or do they sense something others don’t? A film director with a burning question goes to India, where almost two million Westerners travel as spiritual tourists each year. Are they running away from something, or towards something?...
Advocacy & Public Affairs
Europe bishops slam Saudi fatwa against Gulf churches
Published on 27/03/2012
Paris, France – Christian bishops in Germany, Austria and Russia have sharply criticised Saudi Arabia’s top religious official after reports that he issued a fatwa saying all churches on the Arabian Peninsula should be destroyed.
Events & Programmes
Council member addresses Bektashi Sufi symposium, Albania
Published on 26/03/2012
A 2012 account of Wytske Dijkstra’s address to a Bektashi symposium in Tirana, with photographs and the transcript of her speech.
Advocacy & Public Affairs
Kolkata unrest over Kali image
Published on 25/03/2012
In its Monday edition, The Telegraph English language daily carried a morphed picture of a naked woman holding an image of the goddess Kali in front of a cricketer — believed to be a Pakistani — bowing before it. The newspaper had taken the picture from the Twitter account...
Advocacy & Public Affairs
India on USCIRF watch list again (2012)
Published on 25/03/2012
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
