Calls are intensifying for the U.S. to pressure Iran to free pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen of Iranian descent who is being tortured in an Iranian prison and persecuted for his Christian faith.More than 80 U.S. Congress members from…
Continue readingThe Interfaith ObserverHappy World Religion Day! Within the Baha'i Faith, every third Sunday in January marks World Religion Day. The aim of this day is to promote interfaith understanding and harmony. Through a variety of events held around the globe,…
Continue readingLack of understanding of Islam and of the critical importance between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims is fueling a disastrous American policy in Syria, as it has elsewhere in the region…. Read more … …
Continue readingThe Interfaith Observer"We are trying to make interfaith cooperation a social norm, in a way similar to how multiculturalism, volunteerism, and environmentalism have become social norms."The Art and Science of Interfaith Cooperationwww.shma.comIn the following interview, Or Rose speaks with Eboo…
Continue readingOn Saturday, May 19, 2012 Dr. Frank Kaufmann presented a paper on a multi-religious panel of speakers at a New York City conference, sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation. Here is the promotional flyer for the program:…
Continue readingAbba (Pope) Shenouda III was a good friend and supporter of the Council for the World’s Religions (CWR) (root organization of IRFWP). In 1985 Pope Shenouda welcomed CWR director Frank Kaufmann and senior adviser Francis Clark for an extended stay…
Continue readingA video to help us appreciate Israel’s history and its religious / historical significance to the world. Over the past 5,000 years, Jerusalem has been completely destroyed twice, attacked 52 times and captured / recaptured 44 times. Jerusalem | Filmed…
Continue readingThis articles examines the ideal of mutual respect, even appreciation among believers and people of conscience,Lent is a widely practiced time of reflection, repentance and renewal. Yet some Christians believe its observance is wrong. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320413…
Continue readingThe post enlightenment era fractured the sacred monolith in the Western worldview and social development. There emerged what some hold to be “purely secular” sectors of enterprise. Void of sacred roots, from where will these sectors gain their ethical and…
Continue readingHelpful analysis from the founder of Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding.What passes for "religious" violence, conflict, intolerance, and other misappropriations and misapplications of religious teaching and sentiments, invariably reflect ethnicity, history, and misuse of politics.Professor Bennet's article sheds important light…
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