Tag: Freedom of Religion or Belief

8th December 2017 London, UK

Mervyn Thomas

Mervyn Thomas

Chief Executive, Christian Solidarity Worldwide

Faith Actors Can Play a Positive Role in Defending Human Rights. They Need Support.

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The right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is often misunderstood and dismissed as special pleading by the religious, when in reality, in its fullest form, it protects the right of all people to live their lives according to their deepest convictions, whether or not they have a religion or belief. It must be […]

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27th October 2017 Skopje, North Macedonia

Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards

Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Skopje

Why carve a lion-man?

Photo credit BBC webpage, Lion Man Living With The Gods: The Beginnings of Belief. (© Museum Ulm, photo: Oleg Kuchar, Ulm)

In his BBC radio series “living with the gods”, the British historian Neil MacGregor looks back at religious items of the past.  His story begins in a cave some 35 to 40 thousand years ago. In that cave a Stone Age man or woman sits with a woolly mammoth tusk in her hands. Her life and […]

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27th October 2017 Skopje, North Macedonia

Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards

Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Skopje

Përse të gdhendish njeri luan

Photo credit BBC webpage, Lion Man Living With The Gods: The Beginnings of Belief. (© Museum Ulm, photo: Oleg Kuchar, Ulm)

Historiani britanik Neil MacGregor në BBC serialin e tij në radio “Të jetosh me perënditë”, rikthehet në artikujt fetarë të së kaluarës. Historia e tij fillon në një shpellë rreth 35 deri në 40 mijë vjet më parë. Në atë shpellë, një burrë/grua i/e epokës së gurit, ulet duke mbajtur çatallin e mamuthit të leshtë. Jeta […]

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