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His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Endorses Nuclear Prayer Day

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew endorses Nuclear Prayer Day

Prestigious Guru Nanak Prize awarded to URI and its Founder the Rt. Rev. William E. Swing

URI Receives the 2024 Hofstra's Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize

URI CC Receives the Common Wealth Peace Prize

The co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Centre, a URI Cooperation Circle from Kaduna Nigeria, West Africa, receive the first Commonwealth Peace Prize.

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Posting #1 from India

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.

Jordan CCs experience in the middle of desert

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...

Youth Ambassador attends URI Africa and Great Lakes Regional Conference

The conference on "The role of religions to build Peace,Security and Counter Violent Extremism in Africa" at the Hotel Africana in Kamapala, Uganda

Reviving Reforms in Jordan

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.

URI appeals for famine relief in Somalia

URI Executive Director Charles Gibbs urges members to support millions suffering from hunger

Puja Season

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.

Happy Krishna Janmashtami from URI Pakistan

Dear Hindu Brothers and Sisters, Happy Krishna Janmashtami from URI Pakistan May the Celebrations of JANMASHTAMI (Birth of Lord Sri Krishna- August 22, 2011) be the source of happiness, joy and to..

Jerusalem Peacemakers CC continues bridge building in the Holy Land

In a time of momentous change in the Middle East, the Jerusalem Peacemakers CCcontinues the work to build bridges between religions and peoples in the Holy Land. Inspired by protests for change in Israel and the Arab world, our circle of religious peacebuilders continue to hold the prophetic vision of a shared future in the region. With the recent escalation in southern of Israel and Gaza, its important also to hear the positive stories that dont make the news.

URI Intern Aaron Lerner reflects on Ramadan from a Jewish perspective

Hello My Fellow Interfaithers,

It has been awhile since I have written on this blog, but I felt it would be worth re-activating it to reflect on some of my recent experiences, particularly fasting on the Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av during the Muslim month of Ramadan.

Action for Peace Conference held August 5-12, 2011

Thirty-five participants came together in Baia Mare, Romania, on August 5th for a week-long youth conference on the topic “European Consciousness through Action for Peace.” The youth, most between the ages of 15 and 25, came from Romania, Switzerland, Germany, UK and Hungary.

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