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Slovenčina Author: Marek Olšanský
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For EU’s religious freedom envoy, Middle East is key arena
Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The genocide of Yazidis and Christians in the Middle East and the refugee crisis should be a priority for Europe, the EU special envoy for religious freedom has said. Jan Figel told CNA that even though “there many other places where religious freedom is liquidated,
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L’inviato UE sulla libertà religiosa: “L’Europa deve fare di più”
BRUXELLES , 26 ottobre, 2016 / 9:00 AM (ACI Stampa). È tornato la scorsa settimana da una visita ufficiale in Giordania, dove ha potuto non solo parlare di cooperazione tra l’Europa e il piccolo Stato nel Medio Oriente, ma anche toccare con mano la situazione dei rifugiati cristiani. Jan Figel, inviato speciale dell’Unione Europea per
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‘Without education Syrian children will be the next generation of IS’
Bearing samples of drawing and messages gathered from 1.2 million Muslim and Christian children from schools in Homs, Aleppo and Damascus, Syria, an appeal for peace was brought by representatives of the three main churches in Syria to policymakers at the highest levels of the EU and UN institutions. Organized by the Catholic charity Aid
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EU Slams Britain: ISIS Is Committing Genocide And You’re Doing Nothing
Boris Johnson is under fire from the EU’s special envoy on religious freedom over the failure to describe ISIS atrocities against Christians and Yazidis as “genocide”, Christian Today can reveal. In an interview in Brussels on Thursday Ján Figel, the European Union’s special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion and belief, criticised the
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International Protection of Religious Freedom
The Pew Research Center estimates that 77% of the world’s population lives in countries that experience a high or very high level of religious restrictions, and other studies reveal that such restrictions increase social violence and migration. Concerns about global religious freedom have prompted a variety of responses from Western democracies. For instance, the European
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Syrian religious leaders in Brussels: “We want to live in our land, we don’t want to leave”
Jan Figel, the EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom and Belief outside the EU, met with Syrian religious leaders in Brussels, led by H.E. Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, Spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, H.E. Georges Abou Zakhem, Most Reverend Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs and H.E. Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh,
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Ján Figeľ’s speech at the 23rd Annual International Law and Religion Symposium at BYU
EUROPEAN UNION AND FoRB: A NEW MOMENTUM Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with a great pleasure to be here today. Our symposium is an excellent opportunity to discuss the changing nature of religious rights under international law, as well as recent political development on both sides of Atlantic with regard to the protection of
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EU und Freiheit der Religion oder Weltanschauung: Eine neue Momentum
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, verehrte Gäste, liebe Freunde, Es ist mir eine groβe Ehre und Freude hier Heute zu sprechen. Heute, in einer Zeit vielfacher Krisen besteht mehr als jemals zuvor in der Geschichte der EU die Gefahrt, dass Europa zerbricht an nationalen Egoismen, an Fragen der Migration, der Sicherheit, der Religion, der Werte.
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EU and Freedom of Religion or Belief: A new Momentum
Ladies and Gentlemen, In the midst of current multilayer crisis – we see compounded migration crisis, security crisis with crisis of our values, the dialogue is the space where we can find an answer. It requires not uniformity, but a unity that can harmonise even divergent views. We should recall that the roots of the
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Ein Brückenbauer für die EU
© Olivier Hoslet (dpa) Das Brüsseler Parkett ist für ihn nicht neu: Der ehemalige EU-Kommissar Jan Figel soll sich als Sonderbeauftragter für die Religionsfreiheit außerhalb der Europäischen Union einsetzen – dabei ist auch die Verfolgung von Christen ein Thema. Es begann mit einer Entschließung des EU-Parlaments. Thema: der Massenmord an religiösen Minderheiten im Nahen Osten