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11.03.10
Tony Blair pays tribute to Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi
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Inaa Lillahi Wa Ina Ilayhi Raji’oon
"To God we belong and unto Him is our return"
The sudden and unexpected death in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday of Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi stills the voice of an outstanding Muslim scholar and takes not only from Egypt, but from the whole world, a great exegete of the Holy Qu’ran.
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22.02.10
Tony Blair Visits Pioneering Interfaith Malaria Initiative in Nigeria
On Saturday 20 February Tony Blair participated first hand, in the work of the largest Muslim and Christian alliance in Africa led by the Nigerian Inter-Faith Action Association (NIFAA), with funding support from the Nigerian government, the World Bank, the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, (CIFA) and other international funders. NIFAA will train 300,000 Muslim and Christian faith leaders to support the Nigerian government’s malaria eradication efforts.
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04.01.10
Tony Blair Faith Foundation advisory board member Rabbi David Rosen awarded CBE
On the Overseas List, British-born Rabbi David Rosen, honorary adviser on interfaith to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and member of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation advisory board, has been awarded a CBE for services to interfaith relations both in the Middle East and between the UK and Israel.
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21.12.09
People from 57 countries show their solidarity by signing the Faiths Act Declaration
Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Chairman of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Birmingham, UK) and Nishkam Civic Association gives his message of solidarity on a day which saw people from around the world take the opportunity to remember their common humanity – and stand in solidarity with those who are suffering from disease and poverty.
International Human Solidarity day was originally conceived by the United Nations in 2005, the mission of Human Solidarity Day was to remind governments to keep the promises they’ve made to help end suffering in developing countries.
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17.11.09
Multi-faith action from Pakistan to Mali to the USA
This has been a very busy few months for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, thanks to your support. We're really pleased with the many ways you've found to show the world how people of different religions can work together.
Our Faiths Act volunteers are active in 36 countries, our education projects in 15 -
15.02.10
Face to Faith: a New Secondary Resource - RE Online
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation has recently launched a new RE teaching resource called Face to Faith (http://www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/pages/schools).
This secondary school programme enables young people from around the world to interact with one another through Facilitated Video Conferences, exploring issues of Faith and Identity.
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29.01.10
Tony Blair Faith Foundation annual report published
Each year, publishing our annual report gives us a chance to reflect on just how quickly things change. All of us at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation are pleased at the growth of the Foundation’s projects even since April 2009, which is the period covered by this report ends.
The report details an incredibly busy year for the Foundation as our programmes were publically announced in May 2008. It was a time of careful piloting, development and then rapid growth as people around the world showed how keen they were to understand more about and work with people of other religions. After months of preparation and research we embarked on a number of flagship projects that are beginning to provide people with new opportunities to get involved in multi-faith work.
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06.01.10
Tony Blair meets young global citizens at GEMS schools
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of United Kingdom met with Founder and Chairman of GEMS Education, Mr Sunny Varkey to discuss the role that GEMS Education can play in promoting respect and understanding of the world’s major religions.
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02.12.09
McGill partners with Tony Blair Faith Foundation
McGill University has become the first Canadian university – and the fourth in the world – to partner with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s Faith and Globalisation Initiative.
The Initiative is a global network of universities committed to exploring the complex interrelationship of faith and globalisation in the modern world. The program includes McGill developing a new, multi-disciplinary course for 120 students, research conferences, public lectures and events and campus activities.
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11.11.09
Archbishop of Canterbury gives closing keynote
On the 12th of November the Archbishop of Canterbury gave a closing keynote address to “New Perspectives on Faith and Development” drawing the core themes of the seminar series together. The series was jointly hosted by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DFID, Oxfam, Islamic Relief and World Vision at the RSA and provided a platform for a public debate about how an understanding of development efforts can be better informed about the role of faith.
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07.11.09
Yale and NUS link up ‘Exemplifies the new world globalization has brought about’ says Professor Volf
On the 5th of November Yale University and the National University of Singapore linked up via video conference for a joint seminar on the topic "Religions in the Contemporary World". This is the latest connection between the two universities, who have had two exchanges previous to this. The Rt Hon Tony Blair led the seminar at Yale, the session.
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01.11.09
A strong call for action emerges from Wednesday’s seminar on faith and climate change
As Rev Dr Joel Edwards, International Director for Micah Challenge, said in his opening remarks the timing of this debate could not have been more fitting as faith communities increasingly find their voice on the issue of climate change.
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26.10.09
Ground breaking new report from Faith and Malaria conference in Yale
On the 8-9th September, the Foundation co-hosted a ground breaking conference on faith and malaria with Yale University which was sponsored by KPMG. Other partner organisations included the Centre for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty in Washington DC and the Yale World Fellows. Over 80 distinguished guests participated, representating 9 African countries
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06.10.09
Tony Blair addresses Common Word conference
On 7, October 2009 Rt Hon Tony Blair spoke at Georgetown University, Washington DC to "A Common Word Between Us and You: A Global Agenda for Change". A Common Word is the largest Muslim interfaith initiative towards Christians to date, has provided Muslims and Christians with a framework to address religious, historical, social and practical issues between two world communities.
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03.10.09
Poverty and Conflict: Faith as a Solution or Cause?
Poverty and Conflict: Faith as a Solution or Cause? was the third seminar in the faith and development series jointly hosted by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DIFID, Islamic Relief, World Vision and Oxfam and in association with the RSA. This was a fascinating and wide ranging debate, packed with different perspectives on whether faith can be seen as a solution or cause in relation to conflict. And whilst one of the panellists could answer “The easy and obvious answer is that they do both”,
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28.09.09
Ken Costa and Tariq Ramadan on the Role of Faith in the Marketplace
Faith in the Marketplace? the second seminar in the series entitled “New Perspectives on Faith and Development” which is being jointly hosted by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DIFID, Islamic Relief, World Vision and Oxfam and in association with the RSA took place on Wednesday 30th of September. There was lively debate between keynote speakers: Ken Costa and Tariq Ramadan and discussants Reverend Giles Fraser and John Reynolds – carefully balanced by Steve Chalke as Chair.
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28.09.09
Faith in the Marketplace
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DFID, Islamic Relief, World Vision and Oxfam are working together in association with the RSA to host 6 groundbreaking seminars to discuss the new perspectives emerging on Faith and Development. " Economics is too important to be left to economists" said Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams recently. The global recession has caused us all to reflect our current economic system and ask: Have our financial markets suffered from a lack of values? Can the solution to reforming these be found within the teachings of faith traditions?
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23.09.09
Teacher training in Hyderabad, Pakistan
Ian Jamison and I happily embarked upon our flight and found the experience from the start an indication of all things oriental to come. The journey to Hyderabad from Karachi took around two hours. A rather dry arid route, not too dissimilar from the geographical contours of California or Colorado. The quiet roads were an obvious indication that the festival of Eid had only just passed, and as with most things eastern, organisation and movement would predictably take time to get up and running once again.
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15.09.09
Face to Faith teacher training workshop in Singapore
The teachers that I've been working with over the last couple of days have been really inspiring - although there is some trepidation about the whole business of engaging with religion with their students, they have maintained exceptional energy and enthusiasm
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12.09.09
Face to Faith teacher training workshop in Thailand
Even before I started officially working for the Foundation, I found myself on my way to Thailand to run a training event for schools in South East Asia who were interested in getting involved in the Face to Faith Programm
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