„Human Rights in the One World“
PLENARY SPEECH on „Human Rights in the One World“ at the Synod of the Lutheran Church of Württemberg, 6th July, 2016.
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Interview at the Close of the Vatican Synod with the Austrian Evangelical Alliance (2015)
INTERVIEW This interview was published by the Austrian Evangelical Alliance after the Bishops Synod on Marriage and Family in the Vatican in 2015.
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Let the Reformation continue!
ARTICLE Our answer to „Is the Reformation over?“ in English and in Spanish
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The member States of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have 300 million Christian citizens
COMMENTARY A Commentary based on a table of member countries of the OIC and the religion of their citizens – a statistical research project of the International Institute of Religious Freedom (2013, translated 2016).
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Plausibility test of PEW reports on restrictions of religion: Cross-sectional country comparison for the years 2007 to 2014
ARTICLE Between 2009 and 2016, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life published five global reports on religious freedom. They include comprehensive rankings, the development of which were compared in different variations.
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Does the Speaker-amplified Muezzin Call violate negative Freedom of Religion?
ARTICLE Within the framework of religious freedom, Muslims are indeed entitled to their own religious buildings, including mosques and minarets, even with a non-amplified call to prayer that is sung. However, discussion is required as to whether a loudspeaker-enhanced prayer call from a minaret does not violate the religious freedom of non-Muslims.
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The Armenian Question in Turkey’s Domestic and International Policy
ARTICLE Even if the Armenian question does not have the importance of the Kurd question for Turkey’s domestic policy, it plays a central role for Turkey’s selfunderstanding. What lies at the center is not primarily the everyday discrimination of Armenians which emanates from the population.