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Politics

  • Gruppenbild mit den vietnamesischen Gästen © IIRF

    Vietnamese Institute for Human Rights: Expert Discussion at the IGFM

    Upon request of the German Foundation for Legal Cooperation (IRZ) on behalf of the Federal Government, an expert discussion about human rights was held on the premises of the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) in Frankfurt, with an eight-member delegation of the Vietnamese Institute for Human Rights (VIMR), which was sent by their government. The VIMR ist the most important human rights institution of the country.

    23. October 2017 / Special topics human rights, Special topics politics, ProMundis Blog

     
  • The stage, Schirrmacher speaking © BQ / Warnecke

    Religion – The Cause of Unity or Division?

    At this landmark event with more than a thousand listeners the questions posed were, is religion an instigator or a peacemaker in conflicts and pisions in society? To address such issues, religious leaders from various faiths and scholars joined to explore the depths of history, theology and politics.

    23. October 2017 / Dialogue with other religions, Special topics politics, Special topics religions, ProMundis Blog, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

     
  • (from right) Quintão, Baroness Berridge (speaking), Schirrmacher © BQ / Warnecke

    Schirrmacher testifies in British parliament

    Thomas Schirrmacher, Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), testified in the British House of Lords in a meeting between Parliamentarians from the UK and from all over Latin America.

    20. October 2017 / Christianity & Politics, Dialogue with other religions, Special topics politics, Special topics religions, Islam, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

     
  • The Albanian President receiving the life membership of the Royal Academy from Thomas Schirrmacher, with HIRH Prince Gharios El Chemor of Ghassan Al-Numan VIII and Sheikh Selim El Chemor.

    Royal Ghassanid Family visits the President of Albania on his last day in office

    HIRH Prince Gharios El Chemor of Ghassan Al-Numan VIII, head of the Royal House of Ghassan and members of the Ghassanid Royal Family were officially received by Albanian President Bujar Nishani at the presidential palace in Tirana. The president received the Order of Saint Michael Archangel and invited the Royal Family for an exclusive lunch. The president also received the lifetime membership for the Royal Ghassanid Academy of Arts and Sciences, presided by Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher.

    18. October 2017 / Special topics politics, Islam, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

     
  • Schirrmacher calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (F4R)”

    Schirrmacher calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (F4R)”

    The Associate Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance, being among other things responsible for interreligious dialogue of this network of 600 million Protestants, calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (FAR)” and to help to fulfill UN’s Rabat Plan of Action.

    13. October 2017 / Dialogue with other religions, Special topics Society, Special topics politics, Special topics religions, Menschenrechte allgemein, ProMundis Blog, Religion & State, United Nations

     
  • Thomas Schirrmacher während seiner IGFM-Vorlesung an der Universität Freiburg (Nahaufnahme) © BQ / Warnecke

    “Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Conscience, and Freedom of Speech as the Heart of our Democracy”

    In a lecture at the University of Freiburg, the President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights stated that “freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech are not marginal.

    27. September 2017 / Christianity & Politics, Democracy, Special topics politics, University, Menschenrechte allgemein, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

     
  • Thomas Schirrmacher thanks the Grand Mufti of Lahore

    Thomas Schirrmacher thanks the Grand Mufti of Lahore

    The Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, and the WEA’s specialist in questions relating to Islam, Christine Schirrmacher, have visited the Grand Mufti of Lahore, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad. There are up to 100,000 people who pray on Fridays in the Badschahi Mosque under his purview.

    29. August 2017 / Special topics politics, Islam, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

     
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About me

Über michProf. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher, PhD, DD, (born 1960) is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, and Associate Secretary General for Theological Concerns (Theology, Theological Education, Intrafaith and Interfaith Relations, Religious Freedom, Research), which networks churches with appr. 600 million conservative Protestant Christians, chair of its theological commission, and director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Cape Town, Colombo, Brasilia), the largest research network for religious freedom and against persecution of Christians and other religions and world views. Read more …

 

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