Pakistan Earthquake Relief
September 11th, 2007 by sfuqua
The official report from Mohammed Ijaz Noori in Sialkot about what they have been doing in earthquake-affected Azad Jammu Kashmir for the past two years.
October Editorial
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
Dear Readers,
When Joel Beversluis and I launched this site four years ago, we had a bulleted list of purposes for the site and newsletter:
- Provide an independent and central forum for news about inter-religious groups and programs, including access to newsletters of diverse interfaith organizations around the world.
- Highlight good news and positive actions and activities of religious, spiritual and inter-religious communities.
- Provide information about and links to selected resources and media such as inter-religious organizations and directories, religious web sites and viewpoints, multifaith materials and web sites, and other sources.
- Provide an alternative to traditional media coverage of religion and spirituality, and provide a reputable, common source for journalists to draw upon.
- Provide forums for invited columnists and occasional other contributors to relay analysis or personal views on issues of wide interest.
- Offer this content in several electronic formats.
Universal religious values animate UN’s work, Annan says
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
UN News Service – 12 September 2006 – Observing that universal religious values animate the work of the United Nations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that men and women of faith are crucial to the world body.
Global Warming a Moral Issue, Say Interfaith Panelists
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
“Representatives from a variety of world faiths discussed the role of religion in addressing global warming and other pressing environmental challenges at a September 18–21 conference on climate stabilization in Washington, D.C. Sharing a panel on “Achieving Intergenerational and International Equity,” speakers from the Catholic, Episcopal, Evangelical, Islamic, Jewish, Mormon, and Presbyterian faiths described the progress their communities are making in tackling climate change.”
UN forum sees interfaith dialogue as essential to peace
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
UNITED NATIONS, 8 October 2006 (BWNS) — Last month some 33 governments sent delegations to a special conference here on how religions and governments can work together for peace.
U.S. religious leaders meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
NEW YORK, N.Y. (MCC) - Sept. 22, 2006 - Nearly 45 religious leaders from Christian and Muslim faith backgrounds met with the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sept. 20, in an open discussion about the role religious communities can play in reversing the deepening crisis between Iran and the United States.
World Summit of Religious Leaders condemns religiously sanctioned abuses
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
Ecumenical News International – June 6, 2006 – The World Summit of Religious Leaders, the largest interfaith gathering to convene in Russia since the time of the Cold War, has closed by passing a resolution condemning terrorism, economic inequality, environmental abuses and the denigration of moral values in the modern world – writes Sophia Kishkovsky for Ecumenical News International.
2nd Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions Convenes in Kazakhstan
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
2nd Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions Convenes in Kazakhstan
Political Conflicts No Longer Solvable Exclusively on the Political Level
Newly Launched Interfaith Commission Will Guide Africa’s Religious Leaders’ Action for Peace
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
Newly Launched Interfaith Commission Will Guide Africa’s Religious Leaders’ Action for Peace Rwandan President Kagame Hails Interfaith Approach for “Removing Ambiguities”
Interfaith Summit on Africa: "The Intelligence is in Africa"
October 24th, 2006 by sfuqua
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2006 — The Interfaith Summit on Africa, presented by Church World Service and the All Africa Conference of Churches July 19-21, brought together 53 African religious leaders from 23 countries with U.S. faith leaders and policymakers in Washington, D.C., at a time of great global unrest and worsening uncertainty.
