Elusive harmony
Week aims to promote harmony between peoples regardless of their faith through dialogue By Editorial Board February 05, 2025 Muslims, Christians urge world to respect holy books. — APP/File This past Saturday (February 1) marked the start of World Interfaith Harmony Week, celebrated annually in the first week of February since being designated by the UN General Assembly in 2010. The week aims to promote harmony between all peoples regardless of their faith through dialogue, mutual understanding and cooperation. Despite the opportunities for all three of these elements only rising with the growth of the internet and greater exchange of information across the world, the global landscape remains fraught with inter-religious tensions and persecutions, both within and across borders. For countries as religiously diverse as Pakistan, promoting inter-faith harmony has been particularly challenging. The violence in Kurram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that has led to the loss of over 200 lives and seen the region virtually cut off from the rest of the …