Animal Interfaith Alliance
Faiths Working Together for Animals
The Animal Interfaith Alliance (AIA) is a unique alliance of faith based, animal advocacy organisations which represents all the major faiths. It speaks out on the moral treatment of animals by drawing on the combined wisdom of all faiths, and it promotes social harmony by bringing the faith groups together on an issue they all share a concern for. AIA’s activities include animal advocacy and education.
Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision is a peaceful world where people of all faiths and none work together to treat animals with respect and compassion.
Our Mission is to create a united voice for animals from all of the major faiths to bring about a world where animals are treated with respect and compassion.
What We Do
Members – We bring together diverse faith-based animal advocacy organisations to be a strong united voice for animals. Meet our member organisations.
Education – We educate through our new RE Education Materials, our sponsorship of the NATRE Spirited Arts Competition and our Education Resources.
Advocacy – We campaign against cruelty to animals. We aim to put animals on the agendas of major institutions and undertake letter writing campaigns.
Our Beliefs
– We believe in ahimsa – a vegan lifestyle which does not harm others;
– Animals are sentient beings who have the right to live freely and not to be made to suffer by humans;
– Animals exist for their own sakes and not for ours;
– Animals are emotional beings who can love us and provide companionship, and can be members of our family and community;
– We are part of an interconnected web which includes the Earth and all its inhabitants, both plant and animals. By abusing part of that web, we damage the rest of it, including the environment and ourselves.
Our Eight Key Ambitions
1. Putting Animal Ethics on the Education Curriculum
2. Putting Animals on the Agenda of the Parliament of World Religions
3. Achieving a UN Convention on Animal Protection
4. Putting Animals in the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals
5. Replacing Laboratory Animals with 21st Century Human Relevant Test Methods
6. Ending Factory Farming
7. Using Ethical Finance to Promote Animal Welfare
Read Our Five Year Strategy – 2022-2026
News
- New RE Materials Launched on the Moral Status of AnimalsThe Animal Interfaith Alliance and Veganism in Education have been working with RE Today to produce a range of free classroom resources for Religious Education which will enable teachers and pupils to explore, through critical, objective and pluralistic RE lessons, questions around the moral status ofContinue reading “New RE Materials Launched on the Moral Status of Animals”
- World Interfaith Harmony WeekThis week is World Interfaith Harmony Week 2023 (WIHW) which runs from 1st – 7th February. It is based on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution A/65/5 for a worldwide week of interfaith harmony. To celebrate the UN observance, AIA and itsContinue reading “World Interfaith Harmony Week”
- Spirited Arts Competition 2023Get involved in the 2023 Spirited Arts & Poetry Competition, run by NATRE (the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education and join hundreds of schools from around the world taking part in this year’s competition. The competition is now open and closesContinue reading “Spirited Arts Competition 2023”
The Animal Interfaith Alliance is a registered not-for-profit company number 8958588.
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