Network for Inter Faith Concerns - News

The online petition to change the blasphemy legislation in Pakistan, of which NIFCON (the Anglican Communion Network for Inter Faith Concerns) was one of the sponsors, was presented to the Pakistan High Commissioner in London on Tuesday 8 September. The petition followed a recent statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury, condemning attacks on Christians in Pakistan.

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Controversy has raged in the English press over what the media and some church members thought the Archbishop of Canterbury had said in a foundation lecture at the Royal Courts of Justice.

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A significant development and strengthening of the relationship between the Anglican Communion and Al Azhar Al Sharif, the centre of Islamic learning in Cairo, Egypt, has taken place during November through two significant study visits.

ACNS Article can be found here

At a recent day conference the UK network undertook to make guidance documents available these can now be found of the Church of England website
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/interfaith/marriageguidelines and
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/interfaith/ifmarriagehelp.doc for couples considering marriage.

More information is also available via
http://www.interfaithmarriage.org.uk

A roundup of recent statements on the London bombings.Items from Sheikh Fawzy el Zefzaf, the President of Al Azhar Interfaith Committee, Afif Safieh, the Palestinian General Delegate to the United Kingdom, Islamic Circle of North America and Bishop Peter Fox, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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Shortly before the recent G8 summit leaders from the Christian, Jewish and Mulim faiths urged Tony Blair to play "the fullest part" in helping the world's poorest coutnries.

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