AFN members, along with 60,000 Hindu pilgrims attended the biggest Hindu festival outside India Bhaktivedanta Manor, near Watford. The event was to celebrate Sri Krishno Janmashtami – the birth of Lord Krishna and there were events, plays, games dancing, talks and prayer throughout the day – something for all the family to be involved in…
Dublin City Interfaith Forum reports that the Republic of Ireland has been classed among the most tolerant in the world for religion, citing a recent study from the Pew Research Center. The small, mostly Catholic, nation of the Republic Of Ireland has shown that it’s famous warmth and welcome also extends to people of other…
Four All Faiths Network members attended Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK meeting members from other faiths, parliamentarians, civic leaders and diplomats from different countries, some of whom also addressed the gathering and underlined the convention’s objective of enhancing unity, understanding and mutual respect. His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor…
London: The UK’s Interfaith Network (IFN) celebrated its 30th anniversary today. The IFN brings religions and interfaith groups from around the UK together. It was also decided to hold the annual general meeting on the same day. The All Faiths Network was confirmed as a National Interfaith Member Body – one of four formal categories…
AFN members have been helping over the last few week with the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster, working other religions, aid organisations and the local councils with hundreds of hours of volunteer assistance.
The Manchester attack is a most horrible and insane incursion into our society and highlights that there are a small number of people in this world whose lives are dominated by destructive intentions which they justify by some twisted purpose and inner turmoil. That such individuals can harbour such a world view is an aberration…
Dear Friend It is our pleasure to write in relation to a fun interfaith Star Wars video to mark the 40th anniversary of the first Star Wars film. This has just gone online with the petition to recognise the role Star Wars has had on bringing together diverse families and communities. Please check out our…
The Director of the All Faiths Network attended an interfaith peace event held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elder Association UK in Crawley recently. The event was titled World Crisis and Pathway to Peace. Four different faiths spoke and about from their own scriptures and religious activities on how their religion contributed to peace in the…
Forum 18 reports that from September to December 2015 at least 35 individuals and three religious organisations exercising freedom of religion or belief were prosecuted in Russia under Administrative Code Article 20.29 (“Production or mass distribution of extremist materials”). Courts imposed fines in 34 of these cases, and one Jehovah’s Witness was sentenced to a…
Catholic peer, Lord Alton, has called on the British government to accept the “reality” of the persecution of Christians in Pakistan, as a report launched today finds UK government policy on Pakistani religious minorities to be inadequate. The All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, of which Lord Alton is a…
