All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Religion in the Media Call for written evidence: Inquiry into religious literacy in print and broadcast media Scope of inquiry: The APPG recognises that religion continues to play a crucial role in public life. Traditional religious adherence is declining in the UK and new forms of spirituality are becoming increasingly…
All Faiths Network is supporting the drive to request that the United Nations recognises September 30th as World Moral Education Day. Tens of thousands of people have already signed a petition requesting the UN to consider this. We want as many people around the world to join in with this initiative and make it grow…
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…
15 November 6pm – 9pm 35-37 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 6DX We invite you to join us for a celebration of UK Interfaith Week at en evening of dance, song and music.If you would like to contribute a 5-10 minute presentation please contact us, otherwise we hope you will come just to join in. Please…
The issue of censorship is sometimes a difficult one. Spreading the line between freedom of speech and incitement to violence. With regards to Lord Singh’ decision to withdraw from the BBC I would have thought that should a presentation on a sensitive subject (that a Sikh stood for the right to practice his own religion…
This booklet, which can be downloaded, has just been published by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). They are guiding principles for each country to apply with regards to respecting freedom of religion or belief. The following are extracts from the introduction: “While OSCE participating States have adopted different strategies to ensure…
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,…
Director of AFN, Martin Weightman, attended the annual international conference of CESNUR – a leading body of academics in the field of religion – held at the University of Turin. Headed by Professor Massimo Introvigne, CESNUR has led the way in gathering a wide range of religious experts and developing expertise in the field of…
On 20th June the second Religious Roundtable Europe this year was held. The Roundtable is an informal group of individuals from civil society who gather regularly to discuss FoRB (Freedom of Religous Belief) issues on a non-attribution basis. It is simply a safe space where participants gather, speak freely in sharing ideas and information, and…
We reprint here an article by Martin Banks of New Europe magazine. See the full article here Religious freedom and belief often “take a back seat” to policymaking, according to Martin Weightman, the director of the All Faiths Network, who told participants that the rights of religious minorities are overshadowed by issues affecting other groups….
