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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Tendero and Schirrmacher Meet Macedonian President Ivanov on behalf of World Evangelcial Alliance
Bp Efraim M. Tendero, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, together with Bp Thomas Schirrmacher, Associate Secretary General for Theological Concerns, paid a visit to His Excellency Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia.
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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.
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“Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Conscience, and Freedom of Speech as the Heart of our Democracy”
In a lecture at the University of Freiburg, the President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights stated that “freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech are not marginal.
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World Evangelical Alliance is satisfied with its Program of Dialogue with Islamic Leaders
The Deputy Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, has drawn a positive conclusion regarding its international program of dialog with leading Muslim clerics around the world.
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Meet our Federal President Steinmeier
The new President of Germany Frank Steinmeier visited the birth house of Ludwig van Beethoven opposite the place where I live. I happened to come along and chatted with him – I know him from his time as foreign minister.
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Protest against my friend “Ahok’s” sentence to two years imprisonment for citing the Quran as a Christian
One of two Christian governors of Indonesia, the governor of Jakarta and therewith the most important Christian politician of the country, Tjahaja Purnamas, briefly called ‘Ahok’, was not permitted to stand for his sure re-election, because there was a case of blasphemy pendent against him. The sole reason for this commotion – in this friend and foe agree – was not the concern about god or a holy book, but rather the prevention of his re-election.