HJI Celebrates World Interfaith Harmony Week
You are invited to observe World Harmony Interfaith Week with HJI this Friday, February 6, at 2:00 PM EST. This webinar will feature speakers who will report on and discuss the impact of the World Interfaith Harmony Week. Hosted by Dr. Thomas Walsh, with presenting guest speakers: Guruji HH Dileepkumar Thankappan, Founder, CEO, and Global Chairman of the World Yoga Community, and Dr. Afsar Rathor, Director, Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations.
In October of 2010, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 65/5, which affirms that “mutual understanding and inter-religious dialogue constitute important dimensions of a culture of peace.” The resolution proclaimed the first week of February every year as the World Interfaith Harmony Week, a week to honor and promote cooperation among believers from all religions, faiths, and beliefs. It further “encourages all States to support, voluntarily, the spread of the message of interfaith harmony and goodwill in the world’s churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship during that week, based on love of God and love of one’s neighbor or on love of the good and love of one’s neighbor, each according to their own religious traditions or convictions.”
Date: Friday, February 6, at 2:00 PM EST.
This webinar will feature speakers who will report on and discuss the impact of the World Interfaith Harmony Week.
Host: Dr. Thomas Walsh
Speakers:
Guruji HH Dileepkumar Thankappan, Founder, CEO, and Global Chairman of the World Yoga Community
Dr. Afsar Rathor, Director, Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations
Dr. Tag Hamad, President, Universal Peace
Ms. Nagma Shesthra, UN Representative for International Association of Youth and Students for Peace