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Schirrmacher was pastor of the ‘Evangelische Gesellschaft für Deutschland’ [‘Protestant Society for Germany’] in Bonn and Erftstadt, 1982 to 1986, co-theologian of the ‘Evangelical Free Church’ in Bonn 1992-1998, and 1998-2000 pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Bonn.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.