Interfaith Programs
UPF organizes programs that help build understanding, respect and cooperation among people of different faiths.
- 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.”
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF International
Bali, Indonesia - UPF sponsored a side event on the theme of “Building Trust through Interreligious Dialogue” at the UN Alliance of Civilizations’ Sixth Global Forum in Bali, Indonesia, Aug. 29-30, 2014.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Christopher Davies and Wim Koetsier, UPF-Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands - UPF-Netherlands held an Ambassadors for Peace meeting on Aug. 28, 2014, in Utrecht focusing on Christianity in China.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Bruno Miresse, Secretary General, UPF-Ireland
Dublin, Ireland - UPF-Ireland organized a prayer vigil at the Lantern Interfaith Center in the heart of Dublin on Aug. 9, 2014, to take a stand on the escalation of violence around the world.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - France
Paris, France - UPF-France supported the initiative of a young student who raised her voice and organized a gathering in Paris on August 3, 2014, to show a peaceful relationship between Jews and Muslims in France. The theme was "Gathering for Peace, Jews and Muslims, Hand in Hand."
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - Israel
As the war between Israel and Hamas continued to claim victims, and cause suffer and misery in both Israel and Gaza, two prayer meetings took place to offer interfaith prayers for peace during the day in Daliat El-Carmel and Nazareth on July 30, 2014.