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Von Paris bis Pakistan, Orlando bis Myanmar, Irak bis Nigeria erleben wir jeden Tag Konflikte und Gewalt, die im Namen einer Religion begangen werden, oder die sich gegen bestimmte Personen aufgrund deren religiöser Identität richten.

From Paris to Pakistan, Orlando to Myanmar, Iraq to Nigeria, each day witnesses conflict and violence perpetrated in the name of religion or committed against persons because of their religious identity.

Sitting in a tent at the Souda camp, on the island of Chios in Greece, a Pakistani family of 12 recalls the lives they had in their home country. They had everything except safety. Muhammed and his wife, Asia, along with their 10 children, fled their home country in search of a place where they weren’t constantly fearing for their lives.

How can we begin building peace in an era of religious extremism and acts of terror? Start by reaching out in your own neighborhood, suggests Rev. Arshad Gill, general secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan.

Der von Terroristen im Namen der Religion verursachte Anschlag in Lahore am Ostersonntag ist das dritte Mal, das Christinnen und Christen in den letzten drei Jahren in Pakistan angegriffen wurden, und zeigt die Verwundbarkeit der Bevölkerung.

A bomb attack by terrorists using the name of religion in Lahore on Easter Sunday marked the third time Christians have been targeted in Pakistan in three years, illustrating the vulnerability of people in the country.

Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, Generalsekretär des ÖRK, hat die tödlichen Anschläge in Pakistan vom 27. März als schockierend und brutal bezeichnet und sie aufs Schärfste verurteilt. Er rief die Regierung dazu auf, ihre Bürger besser vor Fanatikern zu schützen.

The World Council of Churches' general secretary has strongly condemned the lethal terror attack in Pakistan on 27 March as shocking and brutal, urging the government to ensure that its communities can be better protected against fanatics.

Muslims are a minority in Norway and a majority in Pakistan. From 12-15 March, these roles changed at a conference hosted by The Church of Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan.

Mere days after terror attacks in Beirut and Paris, the theme of an interfaith meeting of Christians and Muslims at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on “Religion, Peace and Violence” was entirely appropriate, said participants.

The theme “Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together” remained in sharp focus at a Global Christian Forum consultation in Albania. The event from 1-5 November in Tirana gathered some 150 international participants, including representatives of the WCC.

Wichtige Abstimmungen bei den Vereinten Nationen (UN) Anfang November haben deutlich gemacht, dass weltweit eine breite Mehrheit die Abschaffung der Atomwaffen befürwortet. Gleichzeitig wurde allerdings auch deutlich, dass die großen Atommächte und ihre Verbündeten energischen Widerstand gegen diese längst überfälligen Veränderungen leisten.

Important votes at the United Nations (UN) in early November give an indication of how much of the world wants new action to eliminate nuclear weapons, and how determined the main nuclear powers and their allies are to resist such long-overdue change.

Seventy years after nuclear fireballs exploded over two Japanese cities, an ecumenical group of pilgrims has come to Hiroshima to listen to those who survived and renew the struggle against their own countries’ continued reliance on nuclear weapons.