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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.
Dear Friends -- Greetings of love and peace from Kottarakkara. I began today, the final day of the holy books conference, the way I begin most days, with stretching exercises, meditation and quiet reflection, and then a lovely walk down the lane past Abraham’s house. This place is so lushly beautiful and the climate here has been ideal. The people are friendly in a gentle way that matches the natural beauty and temperate climate.
Around 500 people, mostly youths, gathered at the Peace Bell in the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City on September 21 for the IDP celebrations dubbed “Kapayapaan, Ating Karapatan” (Peace is our Right).
Dear Friends -- Greetings of love and peace. Today began at KIPS with a peaceful interfaith prayer gathering under a mimosa tree planted seven years ago by Abraham and now big enough to provide shade for our group, seated in a circle of chairs on the red dirt, listening to the music of the Earth and sharing the sacred wisdom of different traditions, listening with open hearts and minds, with joy and gratitude, as small yellow petals floated down from the tree.
Dear Friends -- Greetings of love and peace from Kottarakkara, India. Today was a wonderfully full day – the first day of the Fourth International Interfaith Conference on Holy Books – Holy Books and People of Differing Faiths, as well as the inauguration of the Interfaith Peace Research Institute.
Dear Friends -- Greetings of love and peace from Kottarakkara, in Kerala State in southern India – a land local people refer to as “God’s Own Country,” at least in part because of its lush green beauty.
On Friday 19 August CCs in Jordan decided to help their families in the South of Jordan, 300 km from Amman, the Capital. They went to a remote area called Al Thagrah, around 30 Km from Maan City. Al...
2011 is the year ArabSpring flourished in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria. Jordan isn't an exception we need reforms just like anyone else. We dream of a better today before tomorrow.
Thousands, nay millions, of Muslims in the city are celebrating Ramadan. Meanwhile, the Hindu Puja Season has begun with Varalakshmi Puja and Raksha Bandhan last weekend.
