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Hosting an open-house peace event during Armed Forces Day

Updated 27 August 2019

In 2019, Salisbury city hosted a three-day celebration of all things military. Kathrine Sealey shares how local Quakers provided a peaceful counterpoint.

Hosting an open-house peace event during Armed Forces Day

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Sanctuary Everywhere to Loving Earth

Updated 15 March 2023

Susan Mitchell of Dunblane Meeting picks up the threads between migration, climate change and war.

Sanctuary Everywhere to Loving Earth

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Quakers save lives, not take lives

Updated 11 December 2022

This week Quakers are marking the anniversary of the devastation wrought on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by World War II nuclear bombs. One hundred years ago Quakers were on a different battlefield, among courageous conscientious objectors rescuing the dying and wounded at the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in World War I.

Quakers save lives, not take lives

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Finding friends of faith

Updated 17 February 2020

Friends House, the central offices of Quakers in Britain, appears in a new film shot on location across the capital, showing London's temples, Islamic centres, gurdwaras, synagogues, meeting houses and churches, opening their doors with a warm welcome in this Inter Faith Week.

Creating interfaith bonds of friendship

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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Updated 17 February 2020

Around the world this week, ceremonies will mark the anniversaries of the first atomic bombs dropped in Japan in 1945. Quakers will be among those remembering lives lost.

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Quiet simplicity of meeting houses celebrated

Updated 30 May 2019

When Quakers built Hertford Meeting House in 1670 they were more likely to be persecuted than praised for their style of building. This week it is one of 17 Quaker meeting houses to be listed or upgraded and preserved for the nation by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England.

Quiet simplicity of meeting houses celebrated

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Remembering lives lost at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Updated 8 August 2019

Two atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 killed and maimed many thousands of people. This week the overwhelming devastation is being commemorated with vigils, prayers, peace walks and a determination to work for peace. Quakers around Britain will be among many remembering the lives lost.

Remembering lives lost at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Moved by faith to stop global arms fair

Updated 1 September 2019

This week the global arms trade comes to London. At DSEI, arms companies sell weapons of death and destruction, repression and injustice, to military delegations. Thousands of protestors, including hundreds of Quakers, will be there, to stop the arms fair.

Moved by faith to stop global arms fair

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Arrests as arms fair set-up is delayed

Updated 5 September 2019

Many hundreds of Quakers were among people of faith who for nine hours brought to a halt the set-up in London of one of the world's largest arms fairs.

Arrests as arms fair set-up is delayed

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Quaker statement on potential Israeli annexation of the West Bank

Updated 2 July 2020

Amid uncertainty around threatened Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank, Quaker Peace & Social Witness has joined American Friends Service Committee and Friends Committee on National Legislation to express their deep concern. They say annexation would make permanent a system of inequality and would deny justice to Palestinians whose rights have already been violated.

Quaker statement on potential Israeli annexation of the West Bank