This year’s IARF-US conference was held February 3-5, 2012 at Hilton Head, South Carolina, at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, in connection with the UN-sponsored World Interfaith Harmony Week (theme: “Faith, Interfaith, and Freedom”).
For reportback, see the relevant Chapter Newsletter (PDF).
Photos (link to US chapter site)
Opening Ceremony performance by college group Cocktails
Discover Sony Computer Education, GVAN, and IARF’s transformative tree plantation event at the district hospital premises on World Environment Day 2024. Join the global movement for a greener, more sustainable future and protect our planet.
Explore the controversy surrounding Kane’aki Heiau, a sacred Hawaiian shrine now inaccessible due to private property laws. Learn about the clash between indigenous religious rights and U.S. property regulations, and the efforts to protest this restriction on freedom of worship at an ancient temple.
IARF 124th Formation Day celebrated by BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony in India, promoting interfaith harmony and coexistence.
The IARF Europe and Middle East Regional Conference 2025 will explore the “Limits of Religious Freedom and Tolerance” in Frankfurt and Offenbach, Germany. This hybrid conference, hosted by German IARF member groups, will bring together members from all regions to discuss and promote liberal religion.
Religion largely aims to instill the Golden Rule, emphasizing compassion across different traditions, as highlighted on Karen Armstrong’s CharterforCompassion.org. This ethos, promoting altruism, drives human survival and outlines initiatives like the Unitarian Universalist Association’s commitment to transforming the world through liberating love, addressing global ills such as hate, greed, and social inequalities.
Rev. Dr. Richard Boeke’s latest book is Fideology: Building Trust through the Shared Experience of Faith at the Root of the World’s Religions. Fideology refers