After attending a number of interfaith events during the week the All Faiths Network launched its own event on the evening of Friday 16th November creating a truly inter-religious and inter-cultural event of music, dance and food brought by different participants. The talented performers were Sufi singers, a Hindu dancer, a Christian Psalmist, a Muslim…
At the start of Interfaith week 3 members of All Faiths Network attended Bandhi Chhor at the Guru Maneyo Granth Gurdwara in Slough, the largest Gurdwara in Europe and the USA (we understood). “Bandi” means “imprisoned”, “Chhor” means “release” or “Day of Liberation” celebrating when “right” prevailed over “wrong”. See http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bandi_Chhorh_Divas for more details. It…
All Faiths Network members attended the annual Pan-African Peace Symposium 2018 and AFN Director Martin Weightman was honoured to be sitting on the presiding table. Top speakers included Lord Tariq Ahmad, UK Government Minister and Karim A.A. Khan QC, Special Adviser and Head of the Investigative Unit into ISIL for the United Nations. Mr. Khan…
We would like to bring to your attention the treatment of Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh, spiritual leader of one of the largest Sufi orders in the world, the Gonabadi Sufis. The Iranian Regime is trying to eradicate Sufism in Iran, because it poses a threat to the Extremist interpretation of Islam they wish to spread…
Freedom of Belief, a Federation of Associations that advocate freedom of thought, religion and belief, asks for your support on their petition for the Attention of the President of the People’s Republic of China. Freedom Of Belief stands against every form of religious discrimination, including any arbitrary distinction between “religions” and “cults”; across the decades…
The interfaith movement in the UK faces many challenges. Some of its representative bodies face allegations of collusion with unrepresentative, right wing, extremist groups; some are the subject of allegations from dissenting and minority faith traditions who feel excluded them from the table of dialogue; all have to cope with the seductions of state and…
Council of Europe building in Strasbourg The European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom and the All Faiths Network coordinated extensively together, working with many other concerned groups and Parliamentarians to assist in dealing with this issue. We joined together in this newsletter to provide a detailed account and explanation of what occurred. Newsletter PACE victory
