Global Peace Festival Faces PR Problem in Solomon Islands

Oh dear – from the Solomon Times: Church leaders in Honiara are calling on all Christians in Honiara, and throughout the country, not to attend Reverend Moon’s Global Peace Festival planned for this Saturday at the Lawson Tama Stadium. …Church leaders have told their congregations that Rev. Sun Myung Moon had undermined “the finished work [...]

Peace Festivals Round-Up

I’ve blogged some of the UPF Global Peace Festivals (UK here and here; USA here; Mongolia here); here are some reports from other locations. The Philippines, from The News Today: The Global Peace Festival held here Nov. 17-19 became controversial after the Roman Catholic church withdrawn their support and manifested their strong opposition to it. The Catholic [...]

Son of Rev Moon Talks to International Politicians at UK Parliament

Ugandan journalist Robert Egwea reports from the UK Parliament, where a committee room recently hosted a “Plenary Session of the International Leadership Conference”. Egwea reports that the event was opened by David Anderson MP, and attendees included Amjad Al Majid (a Jordanian MP), Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (a former president of Sierra Leone), Anton Rop (a former Prime Minister [...]

Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman to Share Stage with Rev Moon’s Son

The Guardian reports on tomorrow’s big event: The Global Peace Festival, at the Excel Centre in the London docklands, is expected to attract thousands of activists from across Europe and features addresses from Preston Moon, the third son of the church’s founder, and Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman. Brake, however, is hedging [...]