World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—UPF-Nigeria has received an honorable mention in the HM King Abdullah II of Jordan World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017 Prize.
- Written by: Genie Kagawa, director, UPF Executive Office
Abuja, Nigeria—UPF of Nigeria has been honored for a special conference it organized, together with United Religions Initiative-West Africa, in commemoration of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017.
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
Moscow, Russia—Ambassadors for Peace, representatives of traditional religions, and leaders of public and charitable organizations were the speakers at a World Interfaith Harmony Week event.
- Written by: UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru—UPF in Peru held a forum in celebration of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017 at the Peruvian Congress.
- Written by: UPF-Italy
Bergamo, Italy—UPF-Italy celebrated World Interfaith Harmony Week with an interreligious public meeting on the topic "Faith in Peace—Peace in Faith."
- Written by: Geoffrey Fyers, secretary general, UPF-New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand—Ambassadors for Peace commemorated World Interfaith Harmony Week by visiting the worship centers of three faiths.
- Written by: Daniel Lajda, UPF-UK
London, United Kingdom—“World Interfaith Harmony Week and Anti-Radicalization” was the title of a discussion held by UPF-UK.
- Written by: UPF-Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal—UPF-Nepal, in partnership with three Nepalese nonprofit organizations, organized an event to commemorate World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Written by: UPF-Germany
Stuttgart, Germany—Interfaith prayers and a ceremony with light and water were the highlights of the 2017 World Interfaith Harmony Week celebration.
- Written by: Tatyana Krasnosumova, secretary general, UPF-St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia—At the height of World Interfaith Harmony Week, followers of different faiths—believers and non-believers—gathered on February 5, 2017, in a close circle of song lovers.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria, and Dr. Emmanuel Ivorgba Ande, coordinator, United Religions Initiative-West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria—Representatives of Nigeria’s religious traditions were among more than 120 participants of a conference held in honor of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017.
- Written by: Barbara Grabner, UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia— A new national law that limits the rights of faith groups was the focus of the UPF observance of World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Written by: Santosh Neupane, chair, FFWPU-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—UPF-Fiji joined with affiliated organizations to celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Written by: Peter Haider, president, UPF-Austria
Vienna, Austria—Approximately 200 persons attended a UPF-Austria conference at the United Nations offices to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—UPF-Nigeria will observe World Interfaith Harmony Week with a special conference on interreligious peace education.
- Written by: UPF-Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan—UPF-Taiwan observed U.N. World Interfaith Harmony Week with a seminar on “Social Responsibility of Taiwan Religious Institutions in Facing Serious Social Moral Crisis.”