Building links

Bessie White reports on an interfaith gathering in Coventry.

A discussion during the Inter Faith Network Meeting. | Photo: Courtesy of the Inter Faith Network.

‘Do you work gladly with other religious groups in the pursuit of common goals? While remaining faithful to Quaker insights, try to enter imaginatively into the life and witness of other communities of faith, creating the bonds of friendship.’
Advice 6.

The recent EU referendum result has prompted a spike in incidents of hate crime against those who appear as ‘the other’. Communities with good relations locally often cope better, in part at least, due to the activities of local interfaith groups. These groups first began to emerge in Britain in the 1970s. There are now over 250, many members of the Inter Faith Network for the UK (IFN), which works to promote understanding, cooperation and good relations between organisations and people of different faiths in the UK.

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