The Enhancing Faith Institutions (EFI) team attended the 3rd European Policy Dialogue Forum on Refugees and Migrants from 19-21 October, 2021 in Lisbon. The Forum was hosted by The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), the Network for Dialogue and the European Council for Religious Leaders/Religions for Peace Europe (ECRL/RfP Europe). This year, the Forum was also [...]
The SOAR (Strengthening the security and resilience of at-risk religious sites and communities) project held a launch and networking event on the 7th of October, 2021, in Brussels. In attendance were various faith leaders, faith institution management, volunteers, law enforcement collaborators and EU representatives. The SOAR project’s consortium partners- led by Enhancing Faith Institutions (EFI), [...]
EFI and SOAR’s Community Development Officer (CDO), Atefeh Sadeghi, attended and presented the SOAR project at the G20 Interfaith Forum 2021, which took place in Bologna, Italy from 12th – 14th September. Each year the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) draws on a global network of inter-religious groups to address all aspects of the G20 agenda, [...]
The hybrid #EuARe2021 conference is organized by the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, and focuses on the overarching topic of ‘Religion and Change’. EFI successfully presented its European Commission funded project, SOAR, on the panel titled “An Introduction to the SOAR ‘Strengthening the security and resilience of at-risk religious sites and communities’ program”. We also had an informational [...]
The European Commission has provided a Quick Guide to support the protection of Places of Worship. It is a concise yet comprehensive guide, outlining risks, threats and other areas of concern. EU Quick Guide
USB Drives with Offensive Content have been distributed via an unknown source to over 300 UK Mosques. EFI are engaging with our networks in the UK to share security guidance and receive updates on the issue. If your institution has received one of these USBs, please follow the guidance below: //twitter.com/MosqueSecurity/status/1410923095381139465?s=20 Featured [...]
The consortium partners are excited to announce the start of the ‘Strengthening the security and resilience of at-risk religious sites and communities’ (SOAR) project. The SOAR project will contribute to advancing the protection and safeguarding of places for worship, with a focus on communities of worship within the European Union (EU). SOAR is funded [...]
Vulnerability assessment Following recently attacks in Europe, the European Commission have produced an article looking into the aspects that need to be considered when planning the physical protection scheme of places of worship. The next component of the risk analysis is the identification of the inherent vulnerabilities of a particular place of worship. Below several considerations are [...]
Turkish mosque in Denmark near the German border has been defaced with anti-Muslim slurs, an official at the place of worship said Saturday. Hurşit Tokay, the president of the mosque association, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that he left Aabenraa Mosque on Friday at 6 p.m. When he arrived at around 11 a.m. Saturday, he noticed [...]
The below is taken from the official website of the European Commission The EU Commission is presenting a new Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU to step up the fight against terrorism and violent extremism and boost the EU's resilience to terrorist threats. Building on the work done in recent years, the Agenda seeks to support [...]
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