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Recently, I had someone tell me that Interfaith in their area was dead. What they meant was that disagreements between two major faith communities over world events had reached a point of tension where communication between communities was extremely strained. World events can cause strained relations, and has done so many, many times. Heightened emotions … Read more

Continuing in our commitment to sharing festivals from other faiths so we might better befriend andunderstand our neighbours, as mentioned by Sarah Kerr, our President, here are the Faiths festivalstaking place in March. Christian St. Davids day 1st Marchhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51649367 Baha’I Fast 2nd to 20th MarchAdherents of the Baháʼí Faith observe a sunrise-to-sunset fast annually for … Read more

Empowering Inclusion: Bridging Gaps for Social Justice  What is social justice? Social justice is the idea that everyone should have fair and equal access to rights, opportunities and resources, regardless of who they are or where they come from. It focuses on creating a society where people are treated with dignity, fairness and respect and … Read more

Of significant help to getting to know people from different faith and belief backgrounds is to learn something about their festivals. Here are some festivals being marked in February. Pagan Imbolc 1st – 2nd FebruaryThe Festival of Imbolc, celebrating light and the first signs of spring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is__7nQr6cE Jewish Tu B’Shevat 1st – 2nd FebruaryTu B’Shevat … Read more

February begins with World Interfaith Harmony week from 1st to 7th February.The World Interfaith Harmony Week was first proposed at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010 by H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Just under a month later, on October 20, 2010, it was unanimously adopted by the UN and henceforth the first … Read more

Each year on 27 January, communities across the world stand together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day — a day of remembrance for the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust, and the millions more who were targeted and killed under Nazi persecution, as well as in genocides that followed in Cambodia, … Read more

Every year includes some challenges for relations between different faith communities, both in the UK and globally. Navigating difference can be hard to do, especially when the differences are rooted in something as close to the core of our identities as our beliefs, be they religious or non-religious. But recent years have seen an escalation … Read more

November saw me involved with lots of Interfaith activities, including the National Launch of Interfaith week, attended by National Faith representatives, Interfaith bodies, education bodies and both the former and the current Faiths minister. I attended a meeting of 40 National faith representatives, representatives of local and national interfaith organisations and education organisations, as reported … Read more