Recent Posts

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  Thomas Schirrmacher expresses Gratitude to Hessian Prime Minister Bouffier upon the occasion of a visit by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch

  A delegation of the ZOCD Board and Advisory Board, headed by the Advisory Board Chairman Thomas Schirrmacher, participated in the opening ceremony of the new Syriac Orthodox Church in Giessen. The Advisory Board Chairman participated as a bishop in the ceremony and conveyed the ZOCD’s welcoming words to the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch S.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II and to the Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier.

  Wednesday March 1st, 2017 / Oriental Churches, Special topics ecumenical relations, Special topics politics, Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog

   

• “Stumbling Block” presented as a Gift – Pakistani Lawyer and Schirrmacher meet Pope Francis

  After the last general audience with Pope Francis prior to the summer break, the Pakistani human rights lawyer Aneeqa Anthony has presented a painted brick as a symbol for the numerous Christians enslaved in brick factories in Pakistan. The President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), Thomas Schirrmacher, and the leader of the ISHR's Department for Religious Freedom, Michaela Koller, arranged the meeting and accompanied the lawyer.

  Monday February 27th, 2017 / Persecution of Christians, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom

   

• Thomas Schirrmacher receives the Order of Merit from the Royal House of Ghassan for his Activities relating to Human Rights in the Middle East

  The – no longer governing – oldest royal house in the world, the Christian and Arab ruling house of The Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan, has honored Thomas Schirrmacher with the “Magister Praetor” Order of Merit for achievements relating to the planning of a civic central council of Christians in the Near East and Middle East (Oriental Christian Council) and for promoting the House of Ghassan, specifically noting “that he [enabled] the House’s personal contact to Pope Francis and to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.”

  Friday February 24th, 2017 / ProMundis Blog

   
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  Volkmar Klein and Thomas Schirrmacher visit the Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia in the State Department in Washington

   

  Thursday February 23rd, 2017 / ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom

   
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  Protect Muslims; suppress Islamists

  “The secular state must equally guarantee freedom of religion for freedom loving Muslims and use its monopoly on the use of force to suppress those Islamists who are enemies of freedom of religion.”

  Tuesday February 21st, 2017 / Special topics Society, Special topics politics, Islam, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom

   

• Top Scholars discuss at Oxford why religious Freedom receives so little Research Attention

  Im Rahmen der in Oxford tagenden ‚Religious Liberty Partnership‘, einem Netzwerk globaler NGOs, die sich für Religionsfreiheit einsetzen, haben führende Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen diskutiert, wieso Fragen der Verletzung der Religionsfreiheit von der wissenschaftlichen Forschung so stiefmütterlich behandelt werden.

  Tuesday February 21st, 2017 / ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom

   

• An open Letter from Christian Troll and Thomas Schirrmacher to Aiman Mazyek – regarding Mazyek’s Warning to Churches on aggressive Missions

  Suggestion for an interreligious Code of Ethics for Missions This article was originally published in 2016 and didn’t appear on my blog until now. (Bonn, 01.08.2016) Media reports state that Aiman Mazyek, Chairman of the […]

  Saturday February 18th, 2017 / Dialogue with other religions, Special ethical topics, Special topics Mission, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom