Representatives of the Conference of European Rabbis in Bonn
Representatives of the Conference of European Rabbis visited the Secretary General of WEA, Thomas Schirrmacher, in Bonn
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WEA Welcomes Malaysian High Court’s Decision to Lift the Ban on Non-Muslims Using the Word “Allah”
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) welcomes the recent decision by the Malaysian High Court that recognized as unconstitutional and invalid a 1986 government directive that banned non-Muslims from using of the word “Allah.”
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Remains of the Warsaw Ghetto
I have visited the remains of the Warsaw Ghetto and Jewish life in Warsaw before 1939 on several occasions, and here I show some photos from my large collection.
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The International President of the IGFM visits the Memorial for the massacre of Jews and Roma people, carried out by German Armed Forces, in Kiev
The president of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, Thomas Schirrmacher, visited “Babi Yar”, the memorial site for the massacre of Jews and Roma, carried out by German forces.
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My Welcoming Address for Saïda Keller-Messahli in Connection with the 2016 Human Rights Award from the Swiss Section of the ISHR
Der Menschenrechtspreis 2016 der Schweizer Sektion der IGFM geht an eine mutige und zugunsten der Menschenrechte bewusst polarisierende Frau, die gewissermaßen in einem der wichtigsten Wespennester der Gegenwart ‚herumstochert‘.
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Religious Dialogue in Azerbaijan
Christine and Thomas Schirrmacher have paid a visit to the ministry of religious affairs in Azerbaijan as well as to government organizations having to do with the areas of religion and culture. Additionally, they visited the leaders of the different Muslim confessions as well as leaders of the Jewish community and the leadership of the officially recognized denominations within the country (Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran), all in an effort to construct a picture of the situation relating to religious freedom and the status of the dialogue conducted between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Besides that, they also met with the chairpersons of the most important human rights organizations in the country.
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The Situation regarding Religious Freedom – an Indicator of the Situation regarding Human Rights?!
Theses for a lecture for a closed-door meeting of the CDU/CSU fraction’s Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (Led by: Erika Steinbach, MP) in the German Parliament (“Deutscher Bundestag”) on February 23, 2015 in […]