URI Stories of Impact

URI Women Wing Pakistan organized a program on International Day for the Elimination Violence against Women with the collaboration of multiple URI member groups.

Ambassador Mussie Hailu, who has served as Global Envoy and Director of the United Religion Initiative (URI) for Africa and Representative of URI to the Africa Union and the United Nations, has accepted a new role as Director of Global Partnerships.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a strong leader in the American Civil Rights Movement.

The United Religions Initiative global network is celebrating World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) around the planet. The United Nations has designated February 1-7 of every year as a time to celebrate interfaith peace and cooperation worldwide.

URI Cooperation Circle (CC) Lienz/Austria shares a beautiful plan for World Interfaith Harmony Week, which is February 1-7 every year. They invite you to join their project, "Rain of Friendship."

Makara Sankranti (also known as Makaraa Sankrānti or Maghi) is a 5,000-year-old Hindu festival marking the sun’s journey after the winter solstice and the beginning of longer days.

Father James Channan OP, URI Regional Coordinator in Pakistan, sends this article from Paris, France on the important interfaith and peace work which Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, Grand Imam Of the Badshahi Mosque and he are doing in Pakistan.

This is a positive sign in Pakistan because, through URI, students are taking the initiative to promote peace and interfaith harmony. Together, Christian and Muslim students organized this program.

The first step of our New Year celebration was lighting candles as we directed our prayers towards World Peace.