FAITH & FREEDOM OF BELIEF-2019

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FAITH & RELIGIOUS FREEDOMINDEXLighting a path to Freedomof Religion and BeliefThe freedom to be human................................................................5By Basil A. CoronakisFounder of New Europe.The EU must work for Freedom of Religion or Belief for all............. 10By Mairead McGuinnessFirst Vice President of the European Parliament.We need FoRB climate change!...................................................... 14By Ján FigeľSpecial Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of Religion outside theEU appointed by the European Commission.Still looking for freedom 30 years on fromthe fall of the Berlin Wall............................................................... 18By Neva Sadikoglu-NovakyCo-Chair of the Freedom of Religion or Belief Roundtable. Shehas been working in the EU since 2009 and she is a fellow at theLondon-based Localis Think Tank.Freedom of Religion and Belief: Why it matters .............................22By Eric RouxCurrent Vice-President of the European Office of the Church ofScientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights and a wellknownInternational Activist for Freedom of Religion and Belief.The European Union as an agent for ensuring respect................... 24By Luisa RagherHead of Human Rights Division , European External Action.Service (E.E.A.S.)Understanding religion.................................................................28By Georges-Elia SarfatiUniversity Professor, philosopher, FranceAddress of the Holy Father on Nuclear Weapons........................... 30Pope FrancisThe Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican CityState.le of Religions in Europe ...............................................................32Bartholomew I of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople. Spiritual leader of 300 millionOrthodox Christians worldwide.EU guidelines guarantee freedom of religionor belief and protect individuals................................................... 36By Federica MogheriniHigh Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs andSecurity Policy / Vice-President of the Commission.Red flags: When the faithful face abuseBloodstained Toy Horses: Slave Labor of Prisonersof Conscience in China..................................................................38By Massimo IntrovigneSociologist and Editor-in-chief of “Bitter Winter”, a dailymagazine on Religious Liberty in China.Refugees Escaping Religious Persecution in China:What Would Europe Do?................................................................ 40By Rosita ŠorytėPresident of the International Observatory of Religious Liberty ofRefugees (ORLIR).Religious freedom in Africa.......................................................... 42By Dr. Guy BucumiLecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke.Researcher at the Research Chair in Law, Religion andSecularism of the Université de Sherbrooke.Russia: Over a hundred believers ofseveral faiths behind bars............................................................ 44By Willy FautréDirector of Human Rights without Frontiers International.Rohingya crisis in Myanmar......................................................... 46By Hans NootDirector of Gerard Noodt Foundation for Freedom of Religion orBelief.Human Rights Inflation is a Threat to Freedom of Religion............ 50By Aaron RhodesFormer Executive Director of the International Helsinki Federation ofHuman Rights 1993-2007. He is President of the Forum for ReligiousFreedom-Europe and the author of The Debasement of HumanRights (Encounter Books, 2018).Extremism and the perversion of FaithIs interfaith dialogue a way to combat extremism?....................... 54By Reverend Bill SwingPresident of United Religions Initiative- Ex Episcopal Bishop ofCalifornia.Interconvictional dialogue as a way to combat extremism............ 56By Robin SclafaniDirector of CEJI, a Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe.6 2019 | OUR WORLD
INDEXFAITH & RELIGIOUS FREEDOMThe role of Faith and Religionin our SocietiesThe Place of Interfaith in Religious Freedomand Human Rights...................................................................... 60By Martin WeightmanDirector of All Faiths Network.Secularism, a principle fostering social cohesion,peace and freedom....................................................................... 84By Giulio ErcolessiPresident of the European Humanist Federation.The Revitalizationof Religions...................................................... 64By Bernadette Rigal-CellardProfessor of North American Studies at Bordeaux MontaigneUniversity in France. She directs the Masters “Religions andSocieties” and the Centre for Canadian Studies. She is aspecialist in contemporary North American religions (includingMormonism and Amerindian Catholicism), their internationallocations and inculturation processes.Religious Freedom Helps Businesses and Economies Grow............ 68By Brian J. Grim, Ph.D.President of Religious Freedom & Business Foundation.Europe needs to reinvent its diversity............................................ 72By Bashy QuraishySecretary General of the European Muslim Initiative for SocialCohesion (EMISCO). Member of the Advisory Council of theEuropean Network Against Racism (ENAR) in Brussels.The World Union of Old believers as a modelfor the Church State relationship.................................................74By Leonid SevastianovPresident of the World Council of Russian Old Believers.Promoting our Common Spiritual Values...................................... 86By Rev. Dr William A. McComishFormer Dean of Geneva Cathedral / President of the Associationof Geneva Spiritual Appeal.True Religion and a Truth-full Society .......................................... 88By Rabbi Michael ShevackFounder of the Alliance for Enlightened Judaism- Board Memberof Israeli Palestinian Confederation.Three negative Developments endangeringFreedom of Religion and Belief..................................................... 92By Archbishop Thomas SchirrmacherDirector of International Institute for Religious Freedom-Associate Secretary General for Theological Concerns of WorldEvangelical Alliance. President of International Society forHuman Rights.Inter-Religious Dialogue betweenchallenges and realities............................................................... 94By Albert GuiguiChief Rabbi of Brussels. Permanent Representative of theConference of European Rabbis at the European Union.Freedom of Religion and the Council of Europe.............................. 78By Valeriu GhiletchiMember of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. ExPresident of the European Baptist Federation (EBF)(Ex) Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council ofEurope.The Interconnection between Political and Religious Freedom..... 80By Fréderic-Jerôme PansierProfessor of law at University of Paris 1.The Role of Religion in Society fromthe Orthodox perspective..............................................................82By Petar GramatikovTrustee of the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative.OUR WORLD | 20197
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