The majority of papers touch on topics that have never been broached in academic literature – a welcome departure from the past. Education Integration Challenges: the Case of Australian Muslims is a publication which compliments an earlier one titled: Us and Them: Christian Muslim relations and cultural Harmony in Australia (Australian Academic Press, 2010).(Both book are already on 70 + websites). The book also contains results from a national survey which I conducted for the Government during 2005-2009.These results comprise attitudes of 3000 senior students at 52 Catholic schools and colleges to Muslims in Australia.

The Cabinet committee on the promotions of understanding and harmony among the adherents of all religions in Malaysia organised a three-days events to celebrate the World Interfaith Harmony Week for 2014. The events carried out from the 7 to 9th of February 2014 are : i) (7 Feb.@ 3.30 pm) A conference with State leaders who are potentially capable of developing policies pertaining to harmonious co-existence. ii)(7 Feb @ 8.00 pm) A forum on living in harmony as experienced by youth of different religious background. Panelist were from the Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Hindu faiths and belief. iii) (8 Feb. @7.00 am) Harmony Travelodge participated by a Federal Minister and State Ministers visiting all houses of worship in Kota Kinabalu and Bukit Padang. Mode of the visit was by transport to Sikh's Gurdwara, Tao and Buddhist temples and by walking in harmony from the Christian church to Hindu temple and ended in the mosque. Launching of the WIHW celebration was done here by our Federal Minister in charge of Unity and Integration. iv) (8 Feb. @ 3.00 pm) Harmony Bowling is organised participated by leaders and adherents of all religious NGOs in Kota Kinabalu. v) (8 Feb. @ 8.00 pm)Harmony Dinner sponsored by Chief Minister of Sabah, the land below the wind. The Federal Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah delivered speeches on harmonious co-existence in a multi-religious Sabah and Malaysia. vi) (9Feb.from 8.00am - 4.00pm) A workshop on "Strengthening integration in the Community of youth" was conducted by Institute of Islamic Understanding, Malaysia or IKIM. The target group was 80 youths from the National Service Camp in Sabah.

February 7th 2014 was the beginning of a new interfaith service project/educational mentoring program for 7-14 year olds at a community center in Salt Lake City Utah, USA. It is sponsored by the Westminster College Office of Spiritual Life, the campus Interfaith Club, the Scott Community Center, and has been facilitated through the Westminster College Center for Civic Engagement and the Promise South Salt Lake Partnership. Westminster College students will serve on an ongoing basis to empower, encourage, and motivate junior high school students to strive for increase interfaith understanding, true friendship, and empower them through the power of expression to create change through service to their communities. This will take place most Friday afternoons at the community center. Encouraging the power of expression and their ability to share their beliefs, their concerns with others, and work to improve their community, hand in hand with college mentors is the main purpose of this project. Through this program, they will begin their process of becoming global-minded leaders and oriented towards service to others. Our first gathering had individuals from many countries participating, truly making our beginning an encounter in World Citizenship. Everyone was there to learn from each other and gain a better understanding of how we can all live together in a more peace filled society. We began with sharing our names, where we were from and something we liked to do. This was followed by "Where the West Wind Blows" an active game of similarities, and a conversation about what are the spiritual universal qualities that everyone wants in a true friend. The club ended with everyone playing cards and other games and just talking one on one. In the future, there will be more discussions of a spiritual nature, discussions of service projects, and how the club members can be agents of change for the betterment of their communities. The program was led by four Westminster College students with the assistance of community mentors.

A LECTURE WILL BE GIVEN TO CYJ(CAMEROON YOUTHS FOR JESUS)LIMBE ON THE THEME RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY:A FACTOR OF PEACE,HARMONY AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE 20TH FEB 2014.

Muslim, Jew, Christian and Hindu each took a seat on the stage in the Bowman Auditorium at Ohio University Southern on Tuesday to discuss the differences and similarities of their respective religions. The discussion was deemed “InterFaith Dialogue: Finding our Common Ground” and its goal was to bring together communities and promote understanding and cooperation among people with different faiths through communication. Amanda White (Judaism), from the B’Nai Sholom Congregation in Huntington, W.Va., the Rev. Damion Sneed (Christianity), from Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Ironton, Dr. Jagan Valluri (Hinduism), professor at Marshall University, and Dr. Majed Khader (Islam), professor at Marshall University, all discussed their religious beliefs and origins and gave an overview of their respective religion. B’Nai Sholom is the only Jewish congregation in the area, White said, and three others have dissolved in recent years. She has been a Jewish educator for eight years and began her discussion by stating Judaism is a monotheistic religion based on the Old Testament.

The Havurah will hold its third event in an interfaith series on death and dying at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at 185 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Adie Goldberg will lead a discussion on fears, realities and options concerning death. http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140219/NEWS02/402190312/-1/NEWSMAP

Kuhr was one of six students from various religious backgrounds who charmed a diverse group of faith leaders at a Feb. 11 ecumenical luncheon at JDCHS, which hosted the Interfaith Roundtable in celebration of February being Interfaith Month. Those who attended were from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Calvary Baptist Church, Hilltop Methodist, Unification Church, Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, Greek Orthodox Church, VA Medical Center Chapel and Catholic Community Services. A common narrative among the six students was a first impression of being welcomed to the school. Ikuna Tavake is Tongan, serves as a student ambassador and on student government, and plays lacrosse. He is Mormon, and learned about Juan Diego from cousins who attended before him. He started as a sophomore after being homeschooled, and "it didn’t matter what faith I was," he said. "I really like the idea I could pray before classes – especially if I didn’t study for an exam the night before! Can’t do that in public school. Here it’s okay, and we are all a tight-knit family together."

An interfaith service will be held at the Marsh Chapel on the Boston University campus.

The theme of the forum that accompanied our invitations best describes what the organizers, United African Congress and Give Them a Hand Foundation hoped to achieve. Here it is. THEME FOR THE 2014 WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK FORUM The United African Congress and Give Them a Hand Foundation are once again planning as they have done in the past two years, to observe the 2014 UN Interfaith Harmony Week with the theme of the program focusing on Tolerance,Forgiveness and Reconciliation. Late last year we mourned collectively the passing of Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, the moral conscience and citizen of the world. His epic struggle and principled stand against an evil system to gain equal rights for his people based on one man one vote is legendary. It is, however, his willingness to forgive his jailers and seek peaceful solutions to seemingly intractable problems posed by the apartheid system that will be his everlasting legacy and a lesson to humanity that the core values of the spiritual teachings of the major faiths; love, forgiveness and tolerance are potent weapons against tyranny and inequality. At a time of local and regional conflicts in the Middle East, Asia and Africa with political opportunists and demagogues exploiting ethnic and religious differences to fan the flames of intolerance leading to wholesale massacres of one group or the other, the need for interfaith harmony, as envisioned by the GA resolution in 2010, has never been greater. Faith leaders have a role and a duty to educate and extend a hand across the religious divide and find common ground in the basic principles of each faith which is based on the humanity of all under God. The root causes of many of these conflicts are often poverty, ignorance, lack of economic and political opportunities and denial of basic rights by one group or the other and an appeal to peace and coexistence is not enough unless these issues are also addressed by the faith community. The interfaith forum this year will have TOLERANCE, FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION as its theme and we are hopeful the participants will address these values citing the scriptures in their respective faith traditions. We will also, rather than mourn his death, instead honor Nelson Mandela and follow his example and spread the gospel of tolerance, forgiveness and reconciliation in the promotion of peace and understanding among the peoples of the world.

YECIG (YOUTH EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY INITIATIVE GROUP) IS AN INTERFAITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION BASED IN CAMEROON.CAMEROON IS A COUNTRY FULL OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITH OVER 200 TRIBES AND LANGUAGES.THIS CULTURAL DIVERSITY HAS ALSO GIVEN BIRTH TO DIVERSED RELIGIOUS GROUP.YECIG HAS EXPLOITED THIS RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY BY SEEING IT AS A FACTOR OF PEACE,HARMONY AND DEVELOPMENT.AS A RESULT AN EVENT WAS HELD BY YECIG ON THE 20TH OF FEB. 2014 AT CYJ CAMPUS LIMBE FROM 10.00AM TO 12NOON, INVOLVING MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND LIKE MUSLIM,CHRISTIAN,BAHA'I ON THE "THEME RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY: A FACTOR OF PEACE,HARMONY AND DEVELOPMENT" DURING THE EVENT WE SHARED THE MESSAGE OF LOVE ,PEACE AND UNITY AND THAT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS ORIGIN SHOULD NOT LOOK ON ONE ANOTHER LIKE ENEMIES BUT RATHER AS NEIGHBOR THAT OUGHT TO LEAVE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY BEING UNITED SOLELY BY LOVE ,BELIEVING THAT THE GOD WE ALL SERVE IS A GOD OF LOVE.WE DREW OUR INSPIRATION FROM THE HOLY BIBLE IN THE BOOK OF MATTEW 5:43-45,WHICH STATES THAT WE SHOULD LOVE OUR ENEMIES AND BLESS THOSE THAT CURSE US AND DO GOOD TO THEM THAT HATE YOU. AND ALSO BY THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF THE BIBLE WHICH IS ABOUT LOVE .IF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT RELIGIONS COULD STOP SEEING OTHERS AS ENEMIES JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM A DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND THEN THE WORLD WOULD BE A PEACEFUL ONE AS RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY WOULD THEREFORE STAND AS A FACTOR THAT PROMOTES PEACE, UNITY ,LOVE, HARMONY, CHARITY,TOLERANCE,FORGIVENESS,WHICH SHALL PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR MAN TO LIVE IN.