Geert Wilders, the controversial Dutch politician, is visiting Australia from 19th – 22nd February.

In delivering the 2013 UN Message to World Interfaith Harmony week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said "For billions of people around the world, faith is an essential foundation of life."

World Interfaith Harmony Week is an annual event in the first week of February each year. For the 2013 celebration in Parliament House, Melbourne, Religions for Peace Australia was one of the sponsors.

The Federation of Australian Buddhists announces that exemptions for religious bodies are opposed to Buddhist principles, as they cause harm to those who are discriminated against, those who discriminate, and the moral fabric of Australian society.

A week - long Buddhism for Quakers course will be conducted by Arthur Wells at Silver Wattle Retreat Center from Sunday 5 May

Leaders of religious and faith-based communities in Sri Lanka assembled at a National Religious Leaders Conference on November 20 to mark the "World Day of Spirituality and Action for Children", pledge their commitment to act as a matter of urgency to prevent child abuse.