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  • Ahmed Shaheed and Thomas Schirrmacher in discussion © BQ/Warnecke

    Religion: Cause or cure for inequalities in society?

    Discussion at Global Media Forum 2018 with Prof. James D. Bindenagel, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed and Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher

    10. August 2018 / Special topics human rights, Special topics politics, Special topics religions, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

     
  • The International President of the IGFM visits the Memorial for the massacre of Jews and Roma people, carried out by German Armed Forces, in Kiev

    The International President of the IGFM visits the Memorial for the massacre of Jews and Roma people, carried out by German Armed Forces, in Kiev

    The president of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, Thomas Schirrmacher, visited “Babi Yar”, the memorial site for the massacre of Jews and Roma, carried out by German forces.

    16. July 2018 / Special topics human rights, Special topics politics, Human Rights

     
  • (from left) Heiner Bielefeldt, Markus Grübel, Christof Sauer, Hermann Gröhe, Thomas Schirrmacher, Manuel Lösel © Martin Warnecke/IIRF

    Religious Freedom is a Human Right

    A professorship dedicated to the topic of “religious freedom and research on persecution of Christians” is a novelty in German speaking areas. At the inauguration special emphasis was placed on the universality of the human right to freedom of religion or belief and its positive implications.

    22. June 2018 / Christianity & Politics, Special topics politics, Special topics theology, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religious Freedom

     
  • Thomas Schirrmacher in conversation with Christoph Cardinal Schönborn on 29.5.2018 in the National Council in Vienna about conversion and asylum proceedings © BQ/Warnecke

    Statement on the symposium on conversion in asylum procedures

    Thanks to the German Bishops’ Conference and the Protestant Church in Germany for the symposium “Conversion to Christianity in the Context of Asylum Procedure”

    18. June 2018 / Christianity & Politics, Persecution of Christians, Special topics Society, Special topics politics, ProMundis Blog

     
  • “It is scandalous, that presently in Germany asylum is denied to nearly all converts from Islam to the Christian faith”

    “It is scandalous, that presently in Germany asylum is denied to nearly all converts from Islam to the Christian faith”

    Whoever was thinking, that the claims of converts from Islam to Christianity of being threatened, whether it be by relatives and by fellow countrymen, or by their home countries are overstated or ostensible, has now once more received evidence, that this is a matter of bitter reality.

    18. May 2018 / Persecution of Christians, Special topics Society, Special topics politics, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom

     
  • Cover of the article "Mission and dialogue belong together"

    Mission and dialogue go hand in hand

    ARTICLE “Protestant responsibility” (“Evangelische Verantwortung”) of the EAK of the CDU/CSU publishes “critical statement” on the decision of the Rhenish State Synod

    14. May 2018 / Articles, Special topics Mission, Special topics ecumenical relations, Special topics politics, ProMundis Blog

     
  • Participants of the panel from the left: Danielle Turkov Wilson (Think Film Impact Production), Dilnoza Satarova (ODHIR), Jan Figel (EU special envoy on FORB), Ann Shin (MEMB director), Katherine Cash (NORFORB), Juliana Sfeir (SAT-7 Academy), Ahmed Shaheed (UN special rapporteur on FORB) and Dr Dwayne Menezes (Think Film Impact Production) © FORB

    WEA and IIRF congratulate on the launch of The Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning Platform

    The World Evangelical Alliance and its International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) want to congratulate the Nordic Ecumenical Network on International Freedom of Religion or Belief (NORFORB) on the launch of The Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning Platform.

    6. April 2018 / Special topics politics, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, 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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