The World Interfaith Harmony Week falls on the first week of February of every year and aims to promote harmony between all people regardless of their faith. The World Interfaith Harmony Week is a UN resolution for a worldwide week of interfaith harmony proposed in 2010 by HM King Abdullah II and HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan. The World Interfaith Harmony Week seeks to spread the message of harmony, tolerance and peace among the followers of all the world's religions, faiths, and beliefs. The Week also seeks to promote the common basis of "Love of God and Love of the Neighbour, or Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbour” among everyone with a moral conscience as a means to maintain world peace. Its message invites everyone, excludes no one, and is purely voluntary. The objectives behind the World Interfaith Harmony Week in the words of His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan are:
1 - To co-ordinate and unite the efforts of all the interfaith groups doing positive work with one focused theme at one specific time annually, thereby increasing their collective momentum and eliminating redundancy.
2 -To Harness and utilise the collective might of the world’s second-largest infrastructure (that of places of worship — the largest being that of education) specifically for peace and harmony in the world: inserting, as it were, the right “software” into the world’s religious “hardware."
3 -To permanently and regularly encourage the silent majority of preachers to declare themselves for peace and harmony and providing a ready-made vehicle for them to do so. Moreover, if preachers and teachers commit themselves on the record once a year to peace and harmony, this means that when the next inter-religious crisis or provocation occurs, they cannot then relapse into parochial fear and mistrust, and will be more likely to resist the winds of popular demagoguery. If you share our aims and objectives then we encourage you to join forces with us in this UN Initiative, The World Interfaith Harmony Week, by hosting some events this upcoming February and submitting your events. See our "SUBMIT YOUR EVENT" tab on our page. You can also help us promote the initiative by applying to become a WIHW Ambassador to help liaison with interfaith groups worldwide in order to raise awareness. How can you support the WIHW? (1) Write a personal email or letter of support for this initiative and email it to [email protected]
(2) Post this page on your profile and invite your friends to "like" it. (3) Organize an event
(4) Become a WIHW Ambassador
