This year World Religion Day falls on Sunday 18 January though schools will often be marking it in the weeks before or after. Founded by the US Baháʼí community in 1950, World Religion Day was intended to highlight how the spiritual principles underlying the world's religions are harmonious, and how religion can play a significant role in unifying humanity. It was set to be observed on the third Sunday of January, but its widespread adoption for interfaith events and activit

'The Golden Rule', a natural topic for Interfaith Week, is the theme of the current issue of Dayspring , the UK Baháʼí children's magazine, providing ready-made resources for the classroom. At the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1993, more than 8,000 people, from many diverse religions, gathered to explore how religious traditions can work together on the critical issues confronting the world. As part of that gathering, some 143 leaders of the world's major faiths pro