The I.S.A. Interreligious Studies Academy has started a program of lectures and seminars for young leaders and senior responsible of the different religious communities in Milan. The general title of the 2013 program, “Education, Tradition and Freedom”, inspires a reflexion upon the Edict of Constantine, which stated that the newly instituted Roman Empire “should grant to everyone the free chance to join, either Christian faith or any other religion which anyone consider to fit in”. As religious freedom is intended to be practiced in a perspective of mutual comprehension and social cohesion, also “A Common Word between Us and You”, five years after its publication, aims at deepening the doctrinal and practical consequences of Interfaith Harmony and Common Good. This event follows the assignment in the same city of Milan of the Saint Augustine Award for Interreligious dialogue in the Mediterranean to the Common Word document and initiative itself on last November 25th, 2012. The seminar will be held by Yahya Pallavicini, vice-president of the Italian Islamic Religious Community (CO.RE.IS. Italiana), signer of the ACW letter, and Don Alberto Cozzi, Director of the Superior Institute of Religious Science of Milan and school teachers’ trainer.

Living Interfaith Church is committed to embracing our spiritual diversity. This Sunday, we remind ourselves that celebrating World Interfaith Harmony does not mean giving up our own spiritual path. We see an Interfaith Alternative to our spiritual conflicts (www.interfaithalternative.com). We welcome the chance to share and to learn from each other without trying to convert or convince anyone. As we celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week, in word and in song, we celebrate the profound truths to be found in all our spiritual traditions.

Northwest Arkansas Interfaith Harmony Day February 2, 2013 The Fifth Annual NWA Interfaith Harmony Day will be held Saturday, February 02, 2013 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm in Parish Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 224 N. East St., Fayetteville, Arkansas The theme for this year’s event is “A World That Works for All” There will be time for music, food, art, storytelling, drama and discussion. FREE ADMISSION TO ALL

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The World Interfaith Harmony Week was first proposed at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010 by H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Just under a month later, on October 20, 2010, it was unanimously adopted by the UN and henceforth the first week of February will be observed as a World Interfaith Harmony Week.

The Isha Foundation is hosting a World Interfaith Harmony Lunch and Meditation Session to celebrate a homecoming of all faiths and people from all walks of life. This will be held on Saturday, February 02, 2013 from 11am to 1pm at: Westover Library, 1644 North McKinley Rd., Suite 3, Arlington, Virginia 22205. The Isha Foundation is an international non profit organization guided by the visionary yogi and mystic Sadhguru. Recognizing that of all the human pursuits, striving to transform oneself into a higher possibility is considered the most sacred. It is this pursuit that fulfills the purpose of the human form and it is this pursuit that brings wellbeing to all life. The basic purpose of Isha Foundation is to inspire, to stoke, and to nurture this innate search in every being, helping them realize the ultimate potential within. The Isha Kriya meditation is applicable to people of any faith or no particular background. It has transformed the lives of millions around the world.

Report on the Press Conference to announce the first Sarajevo UN Interfaith Harmony Week, held at 11.30, Thursday, the 17th of January, 2013, at the Drina Hall of the Holiday Inn International Forum Bosnia's Centre for Interfaith Dialogue is pleased to report the successful completion of a press conference to announce the holding of the first Sarajevo UN Interfaith Harmony Week, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, the 17th of January, 2013, in the Drina Hall of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Sarajevo. The organizers presented the programme for the first Sarajevo UN Interfaith Harmony Week, to be celebrated in accordance with the UN General Assembly's decree of the 20th of October, 2010. The programme includes: • “Musica sacra Bosnae”, a musical evening with the Pontanima Choir; • A public discussion on “Intellectual Approaches to Interfaith Relations”; • An exhibition on “Cultural Memory – A Disappearing Treasure: The Sacred Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina ”; • An exhibition on “New Works of Sacred Culture”; • An exhibition on “15 years of the Forum Bosnae Journal”; • A presentation of volume 60 of the Forum Bosnae Journal: the Bosnian Psalter; • A presentation of 8 recent works by Academician Rusmir Mahmut?ehaji?. The programme was presented by the Vice President of International Forum Bosnia, Prof. Krsto Mijanovi?, and the Chair of the IFB Centre for Interfaith Dialogue, Asim Zub?evi?. Presentations were made by fra Ivo Markovi? regarding the planned performance by the Pontanima Choir and by Mirela Handan-Mulali? of the BiH Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments regarding the planned exhibition on Cultural Memory – A Disappearing Treasure: The Sacred Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brief remarks and responses to questions from the press were made by members of the panel which will discuss Intellectual Approaches to Interfaith Relations: fra Mile Babi?, Prof. Mehmedalija Hadži?, Prof. David Kamhi, Prof. Rusmir Mahmut?ehaji?, fra Ivo Markovi?, Prof. Krsto Mijanovi?, and Prof. Marica Petrovi?. The press conference was attended by 20 representatives of the major press, radio, and TV media in Sarajevo, to whom copies of the final programme and supplementary materials. Four photographs from the press conference are attachedere distributed. Asim Zub?evi? Chair of the IFB Centre for Interfaith Dialogue 061/913-582

Report on the Press Conference to announce the first Sarajevo UN Interfaith Harmony Week, held at 11.30, Thursday, the 17th of January, 2013, at the Drina Hall of the Holiday Inn International Forum Bosnia's Centre for Interfaith Dialogue is pleased to report the successful completion of a press conference to announce the holding of the first Sarajevo UN Interfaith Harmony Week, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, the 17th of January, 2013, in the Drina Hall of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Sarajevo. The organizers presented the programme for the first Sarajevo UN Interfaith Harmony Week, to be celebrated in accordance with the UN General Assembly's decree of the 20th of October, 2010. The programme includes: • “Musica sacra Bosnae”, a musical evening with the Pontanima Choir; • A public discussion on “Intellectual Approaches to Interfaith Relations”; • An exhibition on “Cultural Memory – A Disappearing Treasure: The Sacred Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina ”; • An exhibition on “New Works of Sacred Culture”; • An exhibition on “15 years of the Forum Bosnae Journal”; • A presentation of volume 60 of the Forum Bosnae Journal: the Bosnian Psalter; • A presentation of 8 recent works by Academician Rusmir Mahmut?ehaji?. The programme was presented by the Vice President of International Forum Bosnia, Prof. Krsto Mijanovi?, and the Chair of the IFB Centre for Interfaith Dialogue, Asim Zub?evi?. Presentations were made by fra Ivo Markovi? regarding the planned performance by the Pontanima Choir and by Mirela Handan-Mulali? of the BiH Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments regarding the planned exhibition on Cultural Memory – A Disappearing Treasure: The Sacred Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brief remarks and responses to questions from the press were made by members of the panel which will discuss Intellectual Approaches to Interfaith Relations: fra Mile Babi?, Prof. Mehmedalija Hadži?, Prof. David Kamhi, Prof. Rusmir Mahmut?ehaji?, fra Ivo Markovi?, Prof. Krsto Mijanovi?, and Prof. Marica Petrovi?. The press conference was attended by 20 representatives of the major press, radio, and TV media in Sarajevo, to whom copies of the final programme and supplementary materials. Asim Zub?evi? Chair of the IFB Centre for Interfaith Dialogue 061/913-582

Religious leaders will gather at the City Chamber of Sao Paulo to discuss the possibilty to create an Inter-religious Council to help the city councillers build a Culture of Peace.

Unity of Fairfax fully supports the sixty-four day international Season for Nonviolence (January 30 - April 4, 2013) educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities. Our vision is of a world that works for everyone, carried forth by the proactive, life enhancing philosophy of nonviolent action as demonstrated by Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the opening event of the Season for Nonviolence, and in confluence with World Interfaith Harmony Week, Unity of Fairfax will host an interfaith peace celebration featuring representatives from various faith traditions in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. Faith leaders will share readings, teachings and expressive elements of their faith weaving around the theme of peace. In addition, experiential elements such as brief stories, songs, meditations, prayers, music, and ritual will be shared at the event.