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 emphasised the importance of personal responsibility and the need for all of us to become involved in activities that would bring about improved conditions and contribute towards peace. Different community activities were highlighted by various speakers. The conference was organised by the Pan-African Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (PAAMA) and the full recording can be found here http://www.mta.tv/paama/.
Lord Ahmad, Government Minister speaking at conferenceFull Presiding PanelSymposium attendeesAFN members with President of PAAMAAFN member Rabinder Sohil and community worker of the Ahmadiyya community
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…
Video of the speech by Mr. Martin Weightman, Director of All Faiths Network, England, at the Round Table of the International Convention Law and Freedom of Belief, an arduous journey, held in Florence on 18-19 January 2018. Click here for the video, and below for a transcript of the presentation. Martin Weightman – Transcription
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Yklas Kabduakasov, a Seventh-day Adventist, was recently sentenced to serve two years in a labor camp for “inciting religious hatred.” Kabduakasov was accused of making incendiary comments during lectures with students of the capital university. A charge which Kabduakasov has consistently denied. On December 22, the City Court judge decided to reopen the case and…
Whilst the conflict in the Middle East continues it is difficult to make any statement whilst at the same time not being seen to be supporting one side over another. So, to start this statement we should like to say that we feel no enmity to any of the religions caught up in this war,…
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