Leaders offer statement for World Interfaith Harmony Week, Feb. 1-7

In News by Staff January 28, 2025 In Psalm 150, the author says: “Praise the Lord with the sound of trumpet… harp… lyre… timbrel… strings… flutes… and loud clashing cymbals.” If you’re counting, that’s seven different instruments that are referenced, all of them praising the Lord. Imagine how all of those…

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Nigeria Commemorates Interfaith Harmony Week

By Naomi MacMurdie In commemoration of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2024, the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) Nigeria brought together over 56 Religious leaders from diverse faith backgrounds in Kaduna State. Held on February 6, 2024, at Hotel Seventeen Kaduna, the event aimed to strengthen interfaith collaboration and promote peaceful coexistence in…

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Nigeria Interfaith Dialogue Platform Establishes School at IDP Camp

Education is under threat in much of rural Nigeria as many children have been displaced by violence and hardship, with some schools closing due to kidnapping and violence. Already exacerbated by the Boko Haram insurgency as well as deadly attacks and kidnappings by herders and bandits, some targeting schools, educational opportunities…

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Bridging the Divide: Nigeria’s Interfaith Code of very Ushers in a New Era of Religious Harmony

In a nation like Nigeria, where the Christian and Muslim communities are nearly equal in population, faith forms the bedrock of cultural and spiritual life. Yet, this rich diversity, which could be the nation’s strength, has sometimes become its vulnerability. Today’s Nigeria grapples with significant religious, ethnic, political, and economic challenges.…

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Peace and Reconciliation Through Interreligious Dialogue in Nigeria

With over 182 million inhabitants comprising over 500 ethnic groups (according to the 2015 census), Nigeria has an almost even split between Islam and Christianity. According to a recent United Nations report, Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States as the third-most populous country in the world by 2050. Currently…

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