Kaduna State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive governance and sustainable peace, leveraging interfaith dialogue as a tool for unity. At a high-profile Prayer Breakfast marking the World Interfaith Harmony Week, top officials, including Dr. James Kanyip, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, emphasized Governor Uba Sani’s dedication…
Manama, Feb. 2 (BNA): Officials and community leaders affirmed Bahrain’s longstanding values of harmony, coexistence, and peace, embedded in the vision of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, which promotes openness, tolerance, and social cohesion. Speaking to Bahrain News Agency (BNA) on the occasion of World Interfaith Harmony Week,…
By Olakunle Maruf Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah, has identified religious intolerance, fanaticism, and injustice as some of the factors responsible for insecurity in the country. Kukah stated this on Tuesday during the high-level town hall meeting organised by the Kukah Centre in collaboration with Global Right, a Non-Governmental…
By Regina Otokpa President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has stressed the need to promote interfaith dialogue as well as religious literacy among the citizenry. He made the call on Thursday at the 2025 United Nations World Interfaith Harmony week Al conference and awards in Abuja.…
By Bayo Agboola Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Sultan of Sokoto and co-chairman of Nigeria Interfaith Council, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Most Rev. Daniel Okoh, have preached religious tolerance among Nigerians to have united Nigeria. Others include former governor of Ogun State, Otunba…
By Abdullah Zubair Chairman, Guild of Interfaith Media Practitioners (GIMP), Mr. Abdulkarim Abdulmalik has called on the Nigerian Journalists to put the promotion of inter-religious dialogue on the front burner of their news coverage. Abdulmalik who made this statement in Abuja during the Guild’s commemoration of the World Interfaith…
The Country Director of Global Peace Foundation Nigeria, GPFN, Rev John Hayab has called on Nigerian Christians to make interfaith harmony a reality and ensure that no one is left behind. His call is in commemoration of the World Interfaith Harmony Week 2025 with the theme: “Everyone Belongs – Celebrating…
In News by Staff February 4, 2025 AMMAN — Ministry of Awqaf And Islamic Affairs on Monday celebrated the World Interfaith Harmony Week under the theme “Jordan as a Model of Harmony among Religious Sects and Faiths.” The event, organised in collaboration with the Chief Islamic Justice Department, the General Iftaa…
In News by Staff February 3, 2025 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Human divisions arise from the limitations of perspective, and the need of the hour is to foster unity from a state of disunity, said Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius, after inaugurating the World Interfaith Harmony Week at Santhigiri Ashram here on Saturday. The Bishop…
In News by Staff Jan 30, 2025 Interfaith harmony and human rights are woven together by the universal values of dignity, equality, and mutual respect. As we commemorate Interfaith Harmony Week (February 1-7), we are reminded that the bedrock of human rights lies in the recognition of our shared humanity regardless…