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At the invitation of the directors of the Center, Paul and Susi Childers, Thomas and Christine Schirrmacher visited the University of the Nations (UoN) in Kailua-Kona (Big Island/Hawaii) as representatives of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).
Together with Dr Uziel Santana, law professor from Brazil and Director of the Latin American Office of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), and Dr Gonzalo Ramirez, President of the National Congress of Costa Rica, Thomas Schirrmacher praised Regent’s Park College of Oxford University for its achievements in the last 60 years. In a small ceremony remembering, that the college was licensed by Oxford University 60 years ago, they donated a large plate, which now hangs at the main hall of the college.
The director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) has given a guest lecture on the philosophy of religious freedom at Oxford University. He urged the academic community to make “FoRB” (Freedom of Religion and Belief) an important topic in several academic disciplines, like law, sociology, history, and religious studies.
With an old friend, Prof. Jerry Pillay, and Prof. Andries van Garde, both University of Pretoria, and with the Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, Prof. Widmen Nkuhlu.
Together with members of the Royal Ghassanid family from Lebanon and Jordan including Prince Gharios and Sheikh El Chemor, which ruled Lebanon until the 18th century, I had the privilege to discuss religious freedom with the President of Lebanon.
Der hessische Minister für Justiz und Integration Jörg-Uwe Hahn (FDP) hat in einem Gastkommentar im Tagesspiegel (hier) das Modell des islamischen Religionsunterrichts in NRW zu Recht als „verfassungswidrig“ bezeichnet. Hahn erklärt zunächst, wie es sein […]