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Tag: Terrorism

  • Mozambicans uprooted by escalating violence gather for a food distribution in Mocimboa da Praia, in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, December 2019 © UNHCR/Eduardo Burmeister

    Radical Islamic Violence Surges in Northern Mozambique, Killing Hundreds

    Dramatic attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Ahlu Sunnah wa Jamaa (ASWJ) in late March killed hundreds of people in northern Mozambique and have forced thousands to flee, according to reports from local sources.

    30. April 2020 / Persecution of Christians, Islam, ProMundis Blog

     
  • (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

     
  • 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

     
  • CISG and IIRF as partners – entrance of Global Media Forum © BQ / Schirrmacher

    Does social media help promote extremism and populism?

    As support for extremist ideologies and populism becomes more visible worldwide, media and social networks face increasing criticism. But experts say this is just an easy excuse that covers up more complex social issues.

    14. July 2017 / Special topics Society, Special topics sociology, Islam, ProMundis Blog

     
  • Islam & Manchester: Why does a special rule apply to Islam that is not granted to any other Religion or Group?

    After “Manchester,” there was complete silence in the British media and within British politics about the fact that the perpetrators and those who took responsibility for the act of terror invoked Islam. It is a worthy aim to have the desire to prevent innocent individuals, in this case Muslims around the world, from being thrown into a maelstrom where they are prejudged. However, this is certainly not how the problems will be solved.

    7. July 2017 / Special topics Society, Islam, ProMundis Blog, Religion & State

     
  • Paul Hill, ein evangelikaler Mörder?

    Als Beleg dafür, dass ein Evangelikaler einen Abtreibungsarzt erschossen habe, wird auf Paul Hill vorwiesen. Noch in meinem Gutachten schrieb ich 2008 dazu: „Paul Hill, der im Juli 1994 einen Arzt und seinen Leibwächter vor […]

    26. August 2016 / Special topics Society, Ethics, Society, Pro Life, ProMundis Blog

     
  • Dispelling the legend of evangelical violence: Taking Issue with Ramelow’s Urban Legend: No Evangelical has ever Shot and Killed an Abortion Doctor

    The Prime Minister (equivalent to a U.S. governor) of the German state of Thüringen, Bodo Ramelow of the Left Party, made the following statement on a television program about Islamist violence: “In America there are […]

    22. August 2016 / Special topics Society, Ethics, Society, Pro Life, ProMundis Blog

     
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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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