Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses

On 6 May 2025, Dr. Hafidh bin Ahmed bin Salim Ambusaidi, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Electronic Systems and Student Services at the University of Applied Sciences, Nizwa (Oman), visited BaFID and informed himself about our activities. Dr. Ambusaidi emphasized that dealing with Jewish-Christian-Islami...

In the heart of Nuremberg, an important religious institution has its headquarters at Fürther Straße 166–168: the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis for Germany, Central and Northern Europe. It belongs to the Romanian Orthodox Church and is recognized as a public corporation. Its tasks extend far beyond t...

BaFID is delighted to be able to support the newly launched festival ‘Fürth celebrates diversity!’ with lectures in order to make a contribution to strengthening social cohesion in the Nuremberg metropolitan region.

Our interfaith calendar shows the mosque of the Islamic Community Erlangen e.V. in March. The community is dedicated to social, educational, cultural, and spiritual support in Erlangen and the surrounding area. It aims to offer Muslims a platform on which they can integrate into society and actively...

Our interfaith calendar shows the synagogue in the city of Fürth in January. The local Jewish community has an eventful history that is deeply rooted in the town's history. The first Jewish inhabitants in Fürth were mentioned as early as 1440, and from 1528 the community played an important role in ...

At the end of 2024, the BaFID Interfaith Calendar was presented to representatives of the participating religious communities, members of the Board of Trustees, and numerous other personalities. The calendar, which combines the most important festivals and holidays of Christianity, Judaism, and I...

At the invitation of the University of Nizwa Prof. Georges Tamer, the founding director of BaFID, visited Oman from 13 to 20 December 2024. During his stay, he met Mr Muḥammad al-Mālkī, the director of the Department of Interfaith Dialogue and Religious Tolerance at the Ministry of Endowments and Re...