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Religious Freedom Awards 2020 recognizes 3 Spanish Professors
“Mejora Foundation awards three prestigious teachers in the 7th Edition of the Religious Freedom Awards” The Church of Scientology Foundation for the Improvement of Life, Culture and Society, in consultative status with the United Nations since 2019, presented the Religious Freedom Awards, in the form of a Tizona sword, to Prof. Dr. Alejandro Torres, Prof.…
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Religious liberty endangered by French Draft Law Against “Separatism”
France has a serious problem with radical Islam, but the draft law against “separatism” announced by President Macron may create more problems than it claims to solve. This is the conclusion of a “White Paper” co-authored or endorsed by well-known scholars of new religious movements Massimo Introvigne, an Italian sociologist and managing director of CESNUR…
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Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher Appointed Next Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance
Deerfield, IL – October 29, 2020 The International Council (IC) of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Thomas Schirrmacher as the next Secretary General / CEO. Bringing many years of experience serving in various roles in the WEA, Dr Schirrmacher was recommended by the Search Committee from among…
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48 MEPs request the EU appoint an EU Special Envoy on FoRB
The MEPs say that needs to be done with a sufficient amount of staff and funding. The European Times INFO has learned today about a letter that 48 MEPs from different groups requesting the European Commission to bring to a done the appointment of an EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, a…
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Das System Scientology, released as a book in German by late expert Bryan R. Wilson
Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Religion Bryan R Wilson, in an opinion originally published in 1999, analyzes systematically the religious customs and principles of Scientology. In this study, now published as a book in German “Das System Scientology: Eine Analyse und ein Vergleich ihrer religiösen Systeme und Lehren”, in memoriam by FoRB.PRESS and is available…
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Iraqi Religious Authorities Adopt Interfaith Statement on Victims of ISIL
Iraqi Religious Authorities Adopt Interfaith Statement on Victims of ISIL
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Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’
Religious leaders from communities across Iraq called for greater “healing and reconciliation” during a UN-organized event on Thursday, reaffirming their commitment to support survivors of crimes perpetrated by ISIL terrorist fighters. Key signatories of a landmark Interfaith Statement on the Victims and Survivors of ISIL – representing Islam, the Christian church and other faiths –…
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Religious scholar laments: Turkish Christians ‘a welcome scapegoat’
CNA Staff, Jun 25, 2020 / 05:41 pm MT (CNA).- According to a scholar of comparative religion, Christians in Turkey are being persecuted by the Turkish government, in part to distract attention from its recent setbacks in foreign policy. Alexander Görlach, a senior fellow with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, said that…