Christians meeting top Muslim politicians that favour religious freedom
A rare picture: Two Christians discussing with two Muslim politicians working for peace, human rights and religious freedom.
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Meeting the Great Imam of Lahore
Thomas Schirrmacher thanking the Great Imam of Lahore, Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad, leading the second largest mosque in the world with up to 100.000 visitors on Fridays, that he several times stoped a mob, that want to burn Christian quarters
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Religious Dialogue in Azerbaijan
Christine and Thomas Schirrmacher have paid a visit to the ministry of religious affairs in Azerbaijan as well as to government organizations having to do with the areas of religion and culture. Additionally, they visited the leaders of the different Muslim confessions as well as leaders of the Jewish community and the leadership of the officially recognized denominations within the country (Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran), all in an effort to construct a picture of the situation relating to religious freedom and the status of the dialogue conducted between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Besides that, they also met with the chairpersons of the most important human rights organizations in the country.
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In the Case of Muslims’ Integration Problems in Germany, Religion must neither be overvalued nor undervalued
The Christian media magazine PRO has written the following about my comment on Bekim Agai’s theses – the whole article with the presentation of his theses can be found here.
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Acht Jahre nach Malatya-Morden: Witwe rechnet nicht mehr mit Gerechtigkeit
Menschenrechtsbericht der Türkischen Evangelischen Allianz auf Deutsch veröffentlicht Diese Meldung stammt ursprünglich aus dem Jahr 2015 und ist bisher nicht in meinem Blog erschienen. (Bonn, 18.04.2015) Nach dem letzten Verhandlungstag im Malatya-Mordprozess äußerte die Witwe […]
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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.