Dr. Dennis Petri appointed as Director of IIRF
The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dennis Petri as its new International Director.
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IIRF in Collaboration with Trinity Western University Opens New North American Office in Vancouver
The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) is pleased to announce the opening of a new branch in Vancouver in partnership with Trinity Western University’s (TWU) Religion in Canada Institute (RCI).
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Christians in Europe are increasingly victims of discrimination
On December 9, 2020, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) presented the 2020 Yearbooks “Religious Freedom” and “Persecution and Discrimination against Christians” at a Video press conference.
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Christine Schirrmacher lectures at Melbourne University
Christine Schirrmacher gave a guest lecture for the professors of the faculty of the Asian Institute of the University of Melbourne. The National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies (NCCIS), chaired by Professor Abdullah Saeed, is part of the Asian Institute.
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Serikbay Satybaldiuly Oraz, Grand Mufti of Kazakhstan
Thomas Schirrmacher, Associate Secretary General for Theological Concerns of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), met the Grand Mufti of Kazakhstan, Serikbay Oraz, during a conference in Baku to prepare his subsequent short visit to Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan.
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Christian-Islamic dialogue in eight Emirates
The two scholars of world religions of WEA responsible for the relations with the leaders of other religions visited mosques in Kuwait and the seven Emirates of the UAE.
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IIRF is involved in launching the Institute for the Study of the History of Religious Freedom in Oxford
The Regent’s Park College of Oxford University, the International Institute for Research and Legal Studies on Fundamental Civil Liberties, ANAJURE, and the IIRF have jointly launched the Institute for the History of Religious Freedom (IHRF) based in Oxford.
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“In the matter of religious freedom Europe owes much to the Evangelical Alliance.”
“Speak freely! Confess freely!” This was the motto under which around 100 Christian lawyers met at the 2019 Federal Conference of “Christ und Jurist” [“Christian and Jurist”] (German Christian Legal Society).