10 February, 2024
The Oxford Interfaith Forum celebrated the 2024 UN World Interfaith Harmony Week with musical performance Interfaith Harmony: Singing Together, Across Languages and Times at the Ashmolean Museum’s One World Festival. We presented Psalms and songs in English, German, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin languages, accompanied by the sounds of Shofar, Shell horn, Seaweed horn, and French horn. Our guests, the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ) from Birmingham filled the Cast Gallery with sacred and devotional hymns known as Raag Kirtan.
The Event Gallery
After the musical performance, the Oxford Interfaith Forum hosted the Peace and Interfaith Education lecture at the Taylorian Institute. We were delighted to welcome our speakers: Professor Julian Stern, Director of the World Religions and Education Research Unit at Bishop Grosseteste University; Professor Azza Karam, Secretary-General Emerita at Religions for Peace International, and HE Bhai Sahib Ji, Professor Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia OBE KSG.
Presentation of Professor Johannes Lähnemann’s book
Interreligious Learning and Peace Education: A History of Religions for Peace.
The celebration continued in St Edmund Hall with exploring their medieval sites, chapel, old library,
and concluded in the Principal’s lodging with book signing, and tea and cakes.
Our deep gratitude to Professor Henrike Lähnemann, and St Edmund Hall for their generous hospitality
