Interfaith Programs
UPF organizes programs that help build understanding, respect and cooperation among people of different faiths.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Oko
Abuja, Nigeria – At a summit held in December, leading Nigerians formulated goals and action plans in the next step toward national unification.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld, UPF-Israel Secretary General
Acre, Israel - The Jerusalem Interfaith Forum met in December for a special occasion, in support of the Imam Sheik Samir Aasi.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia - A forum reviewing progress in religious freedom in Eastern Europe took place Dec. 3, 2014.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - A 
Religious Youth Assembly in Abuja Nov. 29, 2014, focused on the role of religion in pace, security and countering violent extremism in Nigeria.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld
I'billin, Israel - During a time of escalating tension among religious groups, leaders from Israel’s four main religions came together for a Nov. 26, 2014, forum on "Religion and Reconciliation."
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - Israel
Jerusalem, Israel - A day after the Nov. 18, 2014, massacre in a synagogue in Jerusalem, Sheik Samir Aasi arrived with other religious leaders to express support and sympathy for the affected community. Several hours later, acid was thrown on his car.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - Australia
Sydney, Australia - UPF-Australia held an interfaith conference entitled “Religions as Peace Builders” in Sydney Nov. 11, 2014.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Marc Laurin, UPF-Montreal
Montreal, Canada - UPF-Canada held a conference Nov. 8, 2014, in Montreal on the theme ‘‘The Question of Religion in a Secular State: Should Religion Be Removed from the Public Sphere?’’
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Mr. Mai-Hsien Chai, Secretary General, UPF-Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan - UPF-Taiwan organized a seminar on Oct. 24, 2014 at Taiwan National Chengchi University with the theme “Orthodoxy and Heresy from the Perspectives of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Unificationism.”
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: John Bellavance, vice president, UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—A seminar on “The Role of Interfaith in International Relations and Peacebuilding” was held at Monash University.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - A fraternal environment prevailed among diverse spiritual and community leaders during a lunch at the Jewish Museum of Buenos Aires on Sept. 29, 2014.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - Argentina
Cordoba, Argentina - “Interreligious Cooperation in Peacebuilding” was the title of a speech by Mr. Miguel Werner, UPF-Argentina’s secretary general, on Sept. 3, 2014, at a congress on “Religious Freedom in the 21st Century: Religion, State, and Society.”