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Update from World Faith Chicago: Refugee Assistance Programs
A Note from Regional Director Naazish YarKhan: As the New Year begins, I’m writing to thank you for your generosity with your time, cash, in-kind donations and patience. We are very, very pleased to welcome Br. Moinuddin who will be our new treasurer and Madiha Haroon who will handle our food vouchers.Madiha came by way [...]
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World Faith India: New Delhi Update
After the DDA demolished a school in Chilla on July 18th 2011, World Faith New Delhi is happy to share that the Chilla Khadar children have received shelter in order to continue their education. In order to acquire a shelter, the chapter filed a PIL and received some favorable orders, but these orders were not implemented. The chapter continued to [...]
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World Faith India Steps Up
World Faith India is very active in a region called Okhla, where a local slum has recently been devastated by fire. 2 people were killed and 6 were seriously injured. A team from WFI was the first to reach the area and begin relief work, and their presence helped to save lives by setting up [...]
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World Faith in Huffington Post: Youthless Churches and the Arab Spring, A Generation of Ideas, not Idealogy
Lately, while engaged in my work as an interfaith activist, I found myself engaging in another type of dialogue: a conversation of generational differences. At times, it seems that religious leaders haven’t quite wrapped their heads around the thoughts and actions of religious millennials. Whether discussing the Arab Spring, or the lack of youth in American [...]
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World Faith India: Chilla Homeless School
From Shakeel, National Director of India: Well almost 48 children have been admitted to the nearby Govt primary school as per the Court Order. Though there is no sign of DTC bus which the court order has specifically mentioned. We need to take this up with the Assistant Director, MCD who is in charge of [...]
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World Faith Pakistan Hosts Interfaith Iftar
World Faith Pakistan members came together to host an interfaith Iftar to celebrate Ramadan with their Muslim and non-Muslim friends. Below are some pictures from the event.
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World Faith Fall Internships!
We have several great internships open for the Fall Semester, and we are recruiting NOW! Please see our listings on our Idealist page!
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Ground Zero Imam Champions Church-State Separation
WASHINGTON — The imam who has faced resistance for plans to build an Islamic community center near Ground Zero said Tuesday (March 1) that pro-democracy movements across the Arab world need to be open to all faiths. “Government’s coercive powers should not be used against one religion,” Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said at a panel [...]
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World Faith India Update
Recently, 30 students from Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California visited 3 of World Faith India’s locations, including the new Rainbow School. Check out some pictures from their visit!
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An Interfaith Generation Unwilling to Wait
When religious tension between Muslims and Christians rocked northern Nigeria on Jan. 8 of this year, the refrain of religiously fueled violence sounded so much like it had before. The “other” was at fault for the problems of a region, country and world. But when the tensions boiled over and violence broke out, resulting in [...]
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