Baptism of Iranians in German Churches
Till Stoldt hat mich in seinem ausgezeichnet recherchierten Artikel „Vor allem diese Flüchtlinge werden Christen“ über die Taufen von Asylsuchenden in deutschen Kirchen mehrfach kurz interviewt.
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Kommentar zur Stellungnahme zu Christen in Asylbewerberunterkünften von Kardinal Marx und Bischof Bedford-Strohm
Von Thomas Schirrmacher, Direktor des Internationalen Instituts für Religionsfreiheit Zu: Stellungnahme des Vorsitzenden der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz, Kardinal Reinhard Marx, und des Vorsitzenden des Rates der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland, Landesbischof Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, zur Situation […]
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IIRF on the discrimination of Armenians in Turkey today
In its newest International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) report Thomas Schirrmacher describes the present day discrimination of Armenians in Turkey today.
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Protect Muslims; protect against Islamicists – Speech on the occasion of the 100 Year Commemoration of the Genocide of Armenian and Syriac Aramaic Christians
Lecture for the CDU Solingen “The German state must equally guarantee freedom of religion for freedom loving Muslims and also use its monopoly on the use of force to suppress those Islamicists who are enemies […]
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Schirrmacher: Martyrdom has to become a Part of Doctrine
At the International Meeting for Peace organized by the Catholic community Sant’Egidio, one of the largest interreligious meetings for dialogue in the world with leaders of all world religions, the World Evangelical Alliance’s moderator for intrafaith and interfaith relations and human rights and freedom of religion expert, Thomas Schirrmacher, has called upon the international Christian community to awaken from its lethargy and demonstrate a heretofore unequalled level of solidarity in light of the world situation.
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Why Christians are Opposed to Quran Burning
Dear fellow Christians, virtually all more than 2 billion Christians are against burning Qurans, bit some individuals feel called by God to do so. Please pray that they do not succeed and speak out against […]
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The Situation of Christians and Muslims according to the Pew Forum’s “Global Restrictions on Religion”
ARTICLE The following considerations are based on the Pew Forum’s 2010 “Global Restrictions on Religion” results. The report comprises 198 countries and territories which make up more than 99% of the world population, and it investigates the two-year period from July 2006 to June 2008.