Europe

Kiran Bali, chair of URI’s Global Council, celebrated the 66^th Independence Day of India with an interfaith event at the Sita Rama Hindu Temple in the British city of Huddersfield. 

As a Hindu girl growing up in the (mostly) Christian town of Huddersfield, England, Kiran Bali had a history of interfaith encounters from a very early age. Not all of them were positive

A URI workshop on “Sharing Values Across Spiritual Traditions” drew 25 interfaith activists to the Czech city of Brno. 

The seaside city of Varna, Bulgaria played host to a conference on migration issues and an interfaith workshop in late March – two events that drew many participants from URI Europe.

Kiran Bali, member of URI Europe Executive Committee, represented the Hindu perspective, along with Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist and Baha'i representatives, in an interfaith promotion of Live Below the Line, a UK charity effort that will challenge people to live on £1 a day for four days this May.

URI Cooperation Circles around the planet celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week