From their website:

Interfaith Youth Circle (IYC) was founded in 2015 by 2 former secondary schoolmates, Dhaniah Wijaya and Noor Mastura.

‍Started during a period of Islamophobia. During the climate then, it was worrying that Islam and Muslims were getting harsh criticism due to negative global attention. This flak was mostly unfounded, and based on misinformation and widespread ignorance.

A safe space to have crucial conversations. Dhaniah and Noor realised that they faced the same problem - not being able to find a space where they could safely and freely talk about controversial topics whenever race and religion were concerned. Moreover, they were unable to access in-depth interfaith discourses, as these events were usually closed-door or extended to academics only.​They also realised that many other people from other faith and non-faith communities suffered the same consequences as a result of misinformation and a lack of interaction between societal groups.​There was only one way to make things happen. In June 2015, IYC was established. As of 2019, Noor decided to carry on her interfaith work outside of the banner of IYC.