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”
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Stephanus-Prize for Persecuted Christians awarded to Cardinal Zen
On April 7th, the “Stephanus-Prize for Persecuted Christians” was awarded in Bonn to Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the former bishop of Hongkong, for his courage and his persistence in decades of strong engagement for the rights of freedom, notably of religious freedom.
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Director of IIRF lectures on religious freedom at Vietnams Academy of Politics
The Institute of Human Rights along with the Institute of Religion and Beliefs co-organized a scientific seminar titled “Limits of Religious Freedom Rights” on March 6th, 2018 with the participation of lecturers and researchers from these two institutes, a large number of master’s students majored in Laws of Human Rights and Religious studies.
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Κοράνιο και Βίβλος: “Quran and Bible” available in Greek now
Two world religions – two global books: Bible and Koran. Both are distributed millions and millions of times. Their contents write world history. But two books can hardly be more different in origin, style and message. Finally, the reader learns briefly and succinctly what unites and above all separates the two – now also available in Greek!
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Prayer Breakfast in the Austrian Parliament
Report by ideaHeute on the second National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast in the Hofburg in Vienna
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Reading the Bible instead of going to ecumenical events
To the reader’s letter “Ecumenism – the loss of the true Gospel?” by Wolfgang Nestvogel (idea Spektrum, No. 12, p. 43) as well as to the report “Christians should read the Bible instead of attending ecumenical meetings” (on idea.de)
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Schirrmacher presents Portuguese Speaking Observatory of IIRF to UNHCHR in Rabat
An “Observatory on FoRB in the CPLP”, the Observatory on Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa, is currently in the process of being implemented by the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF).