World Interfaith Harmony Week 2015
- Written by: Christina Ishizaki Rutkauskas, UPF - UK
London, UK - A forum in a committee room of the House of Lords in London on Feb. 4 featured people from various backgrounds and religions giving their perspective on the topic of "Interreligious Harmony and Free Speech."
- Written by: UPF - Germany
World Interfaith Harmony Week observances took place in Munich and Stuttgart.
- Written by: Dr. Trevor Jones, Executive Director, UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru - Representatives of various religions gathered at UPF headquarters on Feb. 2 with Ambassadors for Peace to observe the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Written by: UPF - Canada
Ambassadors for Peace and friends and supporters of UPF gathered in Montreal and Vancouver in support of World Interfaith Harmony Week for prayers, readings and ceremonies of interfaith harmony.
- Written by: Gregory Stone, secretary general, UPF-Australia
Sydney, Australia—During World Interfaith Harmony Week, the first bimonthly Ambassadors for Peace meeting for 2015 was held with the theme “Future Directions for Interfaith: A Young Person’s Perspective.”
- Written by: UPF - Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh - An Interfaith Harmony Rally on Feb. 1 opened the observances of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2015 at the University of Dhaka.
- Written by: Kazunori Arase, Director of Publications, UPF-Japan
Tokyo, Japan - About 25 leading religionists representing Shintoism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity gathered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on Jan. 29 for a forum on "The Mission of Religious Leaders at This Critical Juncture."
- Written by: Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld, Secretary General, UPF-Israel
Jerusalem, Israel - The Jerusalem Interfaith Forum held a special session for a group of Muslims visiting from Azerbaijan, entitled “Interfaith Cooperation for Peace.”