The Koran and the Bible
Two world religions – two books which span the globe: the Bible and the Koran. Both have been and still are disseminated in the millions every year. And the contents of these two books continue to write world history.
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Global Summit on Religion Peace and Security Report
In late November the 3 day “Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security” was held at the UN in Geneva to address the spread of violent extremism, which manipulates and misuses religion to justify brutal violence against civilians.
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“Abolish all apostasy laws as they hamper human rights”
Westminster Theological Seminary launches comprehensive study on apostasy in contemporary Islamic Theology by well-known scholar of Islamic Studies Christine Schirrmacher (Bonn, 19.02.2015) “Abolish all apostasy laws as they hamper human rights”. With these words by […]
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Against the Backdrop of growing religious Radicalization around the World, Christine and Thomas Schirrmacher call for stronger preventative Measures
60th General Conference of Military Chaplains on the Topic of “Violence within Religions” (Berlin, 24.10.2015) This General Conference held by all Catholic military and chaplains with representatives from many other European countries took place Berlin-Steglitz and […]
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The member States of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have 300 million Christian citizens
COMMENTARY A Commentary based on a table of member countries of the OIC and the religion of their citizens – a statistical research project of the International Institute of Religious Freedom (2013, translated 2016).
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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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Genocide in the Near East. Declaration made at the Vatican Synod
Schirrmacher asks the Pope for institutional Support in Efforts against Discrimination and the Persecution of Christians (Bonn, October 19, 2015) Upon the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Synod, the World Evangelical Alliance’s representative […]