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The All Faiths Network held its yearly Interfaith Week event to celebrate religions in their diverse manifestations as well as demonstrate how religions can work together. This year brought us new challenges with a UK-wide lockdown and many months of disrupted society, so we went on-line to hold a memorable and uplifting 2-hour event. AFN…
- AFN | Europe | France | Islam | News Items
French Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ says Human Rights Council
The UN Human Rights Council experts criticized France’s football and basketball federations for banning hijab-wearing players, including at the amateur level, and the government’s decision to prevent hijab-wearing athletes from representing France at the Paris Olympics. They argued that these measures violate fundamental rights, including religious expression and cultural participation. The experts stated that France’s…
Two quite different religious communities: The Church Universal Soul and Damanhur
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,…
- AFN | Areas | Middle East
Petition: Free 91 year old Spiritual Master & Former Human Rights Lawyer from House Arrest
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…
