Interfaith peace building

Prague, Czech Republic—UPF invited four prominent speakers to give their views at an online discussion on the value of religion.

St. Petersburg, Russia—A UPF team played in an international, interreligious football and volleyball tournament.

Istanbul, Turkey—A diverse panel addressed a webinar on the need for commonly shared values.

Tirana, Albania—Religious leaders attending a UPF webinar gave messages of hope for these unprecedented times.

Geneva, Switzerland—Prominent religious leaders spoke at a webinar titled “Religion – A Way to Peace or a Cause of Conflict?”

Bhamdoun, Lebanon—The Interreligious Association for Peace and Development inauguration attracted nearly 30 participants.

Rome, Italy—UPF held an online meeting to launch the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development.

Las Vegas, United States—At the online rally, the UPF co-founder addressed an interfaith audience of hundreds of thousands.

Madrid, Spain—The latest interfaith program of UPF-Spain featured the national president of the Buddhist Interbeing Order.

Lisbon, Portugal—UPF hosted its third online interreligious forum, with the theme “God as Love and Compassion.”

Steyr, Austria—Participants bicycled more than 400 kilometers from the Hungarian border to the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Oslo, Norway—Speakers from many faith backgrounds joined a UPF commemoration of United Nations Day.

Lisbon, Portugal—For its second online interreligious forum, UPF chose the theme “God as Father and Mother.”

Jerusalem, Israel—An interfaith forum with about 40 participants was held during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Geneva, Switzerland—IAPD co-sponsored a two-day conference on “Empowering Youth for Peace.”

“Perspectives from Religious and Faith Leaders” was the fourth session of ILC 2020 of Africa, Europe and the Middle East. “Perspectives from Religious and Faith Leaders” was the fourth session of ILC 2020 organized by UPF of Africa and UPF of Europe and the Middle East. (Includes session video.)

ILC 2020 opened with the promise of “New Horizons for Relations between Africa and Europe.” (Includes session video.)

Intervention of Mr. Tageldin Hamad, Vice President and Director of Office of UN Relations, UPF International; IAPD International Coordinator, in session 4 at ILC2020.

Intervention of Rabbi Kevin de Carli, Center for Interreligious Studies and Interfaith Dialogue, Switzerland, in session 4 at ILC2020.

Lisbon, Portugal—The forum, with the theme “The Universal Identity of God,” was the first of a planned cycle of meetings.