Our community is working tirelessly to bring peace and justice in all areas of the world regardless of religion. Read stories straight from the organizers.
The co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Centre, a URI Cooperation Circle from Kaduna Nigeria, West Africa, receive the first Commonwealth Peace Prize.
Meet URI's new Executive Director, Karen Volker - As I step into my new role as URI’s first woman Executive Director, I want to acknowledge and highlight that I have joined a movement filled with remarkable individuals and organizations that harness collective strength to create meaningful impact—from local communities to the global stage.
After years of trying to entice the interfaith groups here in New Zealand to mark the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, I was able to coordinate a cultural concert in our capital, Wellington, this year.
The URI member group "Peace Foundation CC, Muzaffar Garh, Pakistan" organized a one-day seminar in Mir Hazar Khan city, which is about 300 miles from Lahore, Pakistan in the Southern Punjab area.
The Regional Coordinator of URI Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region participated in the “Integration of Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers” seminar as a key speaker in Sicily, Italy, on 26 May 2018.
United Religions Initiative-Africa is delighted with the good news of the end of the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and highly commends the signing of the Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship on 9 July 2018 by the governments of the two countries.
“We live our faiths, not compromise them, by joining together to provide decent housing for all. And we do it for the sake of the world God created and loves!”
Launching Leaders Co-Founder Steve Hitz has created an insightful Op-Ed article discussing a positive approach to engaging younger generations of leaders.
People of Islamic, Buddhist, and Christian faiths gathered together for this celebration. Their goal was to use the occasion to motivate people to stop deforestation and to develop concern for natural resources. They released fish into the natural environment and planted trees as an interfaith group.
