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.
We live in times of remarkable upheaval and URI is in the midst of it. URI leaders were in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the extraordinary 18 days that opened the door to a new future for the people...
I wrote about Pakistan’s blasphemy laws back in January, after Punjab governor Salman Taseer was killed for advocating their reform; but when Pakistan’s Minister of Minorities Shahbaz...
Members of Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation with other peace activists on December 2, 2010, the Los Angeles Day of Non-Violence. URI CC Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation was recognized by the...
An extraordinary and urgent Meeting of Executive Committee of Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights held under the chair of Muhammad Ijaz Noori Chairman. In the meeting great concerns were shown over the murder of Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Govt. of Pakistan and Chairman of Minority Alliance in Pakistan. While addressing the meeting Mr. Ijaz Noori said that murder of federal minister is purely security laps. He attributed the efforts of Shahbaz Bhatti for the promotion of Inter religious dialogues, harmony and human rights.
Father James Channan, URI Regional Coordinator for Pakistan, writes about Wednesday's assasination of Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, an outspoken voice for justice and interfaith peace.
We are living in a dramatic moment of history. Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Iran: hundreds of thousands of people in the streets demanding freedom; autocrats and royals...
Our advisor Bob Barrett has described how “the ten roles (outlined in this book) might be useful for us to think about as we envision what roles URI might play, and how the Conflict Resolution/Peacebuilding Satellite might describe such functions, for the future.”
On February 7, children of different faiths gathered in Tala Caloocan, Philippines to make flower and candle holders for a peace ritual to end the 40-year civil war in Mindanao province. Inspired by...
