AFN members attended an evening to celebrate International Dance Day where, for the first time in the UK, these traditional dances that are an expression of the cultural and religious heritage of different parts of India.
Tribal dances Garo of Meghalaya, Cheraw of Mizoram and Siddi of Karnataka, Pavara dance of Maharashtra as well as a lesser seen adivasi dance, alongside Thiruvathirakali dance of Kerala in the folk genre. The event, titled “Dance and Development” marked International Dance Day in London was organised by Sanskruti Centre for Cultural Excellence. The programme thematically highlighted art, culture and empowerment of tribal communities of India.
The Word of Life Ministries International held its annual awards ceremony on 7th December awarding Ambassadorships to 6 people who have carried out good works in around the world. H.E The Right Reverend Dr. Michael Steele, CDKA, was Master of Ceremonies and H. E. The Rt. Honorable Dr. Phillip Phinn, DEA, D.C.P.C., Ph.D., keynote speaker,…
The CESNUR conference ended with a field trip to two religious communities in the area. The first was the Church Universal Soul, a monastic Christian community with an understanding of reincarnation. See https://www.cesnur.org/conferences/riga2000/plz.htm for some limited information about the community. The second visit was to Damanhur, a Federation of spiritual communities, with its own Constitution,…
Exploring Belief, the second Religion Media Festival, featured a stellar line-up of speakers and included panel discussions on some of the most important issues facing religion and media today: The need to understand religion’s role in events and the need for the media to explain it. The need for religious literacy, and for expertise among…
The All Faiths Network for the United Kingdom is registered charity 1145611, and is a network which reaches into some twenty-five different belief and faith traditions. We welcome membership without discrimination from every faith and belief which is recognised under Section 10 of the Equality Act 2010.
The All Faiths Network participated in UK’s Interfaith Week with an event featuring a broad range of different artistic religious performances intermixed with short talks from an equally wide range of speakers. The purpose of our event was to show that whilst religions may be widely different in expression and approach, there is also…
The Jalsa Salana is the biggest gathering of Muslims in the UK with about 35,000 people attending over a three-day period. The major aim of the gathering “is that the sincere members of the Jama’at should be able to derive religious benefits and at the same time they should acquire more knowledge and advance in…
