Celebrating World Interfaith Harmony Week 2021

A Brief Report

Fr Dr M. D. Thomas

Director, Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies, New Delhi

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On behalf of Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies, New Delhi, Fr Dr M. D. Thomas, its Director, envisaged different ways of celebrating the ‘World Interfaith Harmony Week 2021’, in line with the declaration of the United Nations.

These engagements were intended for promoting awareness among the larger public, along with the participants, as regards the need of interfaith harmony and social wellbeing as well as of the core values of all traditions of faith, ideology and culture.  

The programmes included video message (on 4 portals), article (blog and 3 websites) and lectures on connected themes (4 webinars).   

1.         Video message on ‘World Interfaith Harmony Week 2021’ by Fr Dr M. D. Thomas, Director, Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies, New Delhi

1.1.      YouTube Channel of ‘Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies’, on 01 February 2021 -- The link of the same is ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-yAlCPlfjQ&feature=youtu.be’.

1.2.      Facebook Page of ‘M. D. Thomas’ – The link of the same is ‘https://www.facebook.com/mdthomas53’.

1.3.      Twitter Page of ‘M. D. Thomas’ – The link of the same is ‘https://twitter.com/mdthomas53’.

1.4.      Henry Martin Institute Interfaith News & Views Digest – 08-14 February 2021 – The link of the same is ‘https://youtu.be/c-yAlCPlfjQ’.

2.         Article on the theme, with the title ‘Believers, be in harmony with other faiths’, written by him was published on his Blog and on different websites. The details of the same are given below.

2.1.      Blog ‘Towards Harmony’, of ‘Dr M. D. Thomas’ -- on 09 February 2021 -- ‘https://drmdthomas.blogspot.com/2021/02/Believers%20Be%20in%20Harmony%20with%20Other%20Faiths.html’

2.2.      Website ‘Matters India’, on 27 January 2021 – The link of the same is ‘https://mattersindia.com/2021/01/believers-be-in-harmony-with-other-faiths’.

2.3.      Website ‘The Asia Live’, on 28 January 2021 – The link of the same is ‘https://theasialive.com/believers-be-in-harmony-with-other-faiths/2021/28/’.

2.4.      Website ‘Al Bilad Daily’, on 28 January 2021 – The link of the same is ‘https://www.albiladdailyeng.com/world-interfaith-harmony-week-1-7-february’.  

3.         Lectures on different related titles were delivered at webinars on interfaith themes organized by four different organizations and from different places. The details and links are the following.

3.1.      Webinar on ‘Parliament of Religions’, organized by ‘Guru Govind Singh Department of Religious Studies, Patiala University, Patiala’ -- The YouTube link of the webinar is ‘https://youtu.be/12mNiIeEVio’. The link of the report of the webinar prepared by ‘Kanwar Inder Singh’ and published in website ‘Royal Patiala’ is ‘https://www.royalpatiala.in/online-parliament-of-religions-held-at-punjabi-university’.

3.2.      Webinar on ‘Compassion in Interfaith Dialogue’, organized by ‘Online Group for Compassion’, on 03 February 2021 – The link of the ‘Facebook Page’ is ‘https://www.facebook.com/onlinecircleofcompassion/videos/489814795749124/?sfnsn=wiwspwa’.

3.3.      Webinar (Online Interfaith Conference) on ‘Sustainable Development through Solidarity’, organized by ‘City Montessori School, Asharafabad Campus, Lucknow’, on 04 February 2021 -- The link of the webinar on ‘YouTube Channel’ is ‘https://youtu.be/hXCqZci2z70’.

3.4.      Webinar on ‘Issues of Minorities in India’, organized by Millat Times, New Delhi, 07 February 2021 -- The link of the webinar on ‘YouTube Channel’ is ‘https://youtu.be/JbQ20EiHXlw’. 

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Director

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