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Commission for Religious Christine Schirrmacher visits Singapore for Freedom of the German and the Austrian Evangelical Christian-Muslim dialogue Alliance www.ead.de/akref (Bonn, 30.09.2017) Christine Schirrmacher, professor of Islamic Studies in Bonn and , and head of the International Institute of Islamic Studies of the World Culture and Science Publ. Evangelical Alliance, visited several institutions in Singapore to lecture on Islamism, www.vkwonline.com discuss as a topic in higher education, and meet Muslim leaders in Christian- Giving Hands – Muslim dialogue. International Charity Schirrmacher lectured on www.gebende-haende.de research and teaching Help Worldwide – Islam to the leaders of International Charity Christian institutions of www.hilfe-weltweit.de higher learning from all continents meeting in Institute for Prolife and Family Studies Singapore for the annual www.bucer.de/ilfw conference of the International Council for International Institute for Higher Education (ICHE). Islamic Studies of the World Evangelical Alliance Prof. Schirrmacher was www.islaminstitute.net also invited by the International Institute for Harmony Center, a state Religious Freedom of the supported center for World Evangelical Alliance Muslim learning, for an www.iirf.eu exchange of ideas about Christine Schirrmacher in dialogue with Muslim leaders in Singapore the reasons for the rise of © BQ / Warnecke www.bucer.org violence and extremism worldwide and the necessity of strengthening the moderate voices. Pro Mundis e. V. www.thomasschirrmacher.net In the evening of the same day, the Comparative Religions Interest Group (CRIG), a network of doctoral students in the field of religious studies, invited Schirrmacher to Theological Commission of deliver a lecture about the necessity of dialogue, which was attended by 100 Muslims “Hope for ” (European and Christians. Evangelical Alliance) www.hfe.org In a following panel discussion, the senior executive of the Harmony Center, Mohamed Imran, joined Schirrmacher to emphasize how important it is that Muslims Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance and Christians get to know each other more intensively and undertake a common www.worldevangelicals.org/tc/ effort to prevent young people from being attracted to Islamic radicalism by feeling disconnected to the community.

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The next day Schirrmacher A joint platform for the lectured on “Engaging and following Bonn organi- zations on the basis of the Serving our Neighbors in Evangelical Alliance: Contexts: from Africa to Asia,” for a meeting of Commission for Religious Christian leaders from Freedom of the German and the Austrian Evangelical Singapore and foreigners Alliance living in Singapore. www.ead.de/akref Schirrmacher emphasized the need for engaging in Culture and Science Publ. research into different www.vkwonline.com religious groups so that we Giving Hands – do not mistakenly assume International Charity that all members of a world www.gebende-haende.de religion believe the same or practice their faith in the Help Worldwide – Christine Schirrmacher lecturing in the Harmony Center, Singapore International Charity same way. We can and www.hilfe-weltweit.de must relate to what the © BQ / Warnecke people we engage with Institute for Prolife and Family actually believe and practice. Studies www.bucer.de/ilfw

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• Photos: International Institute for • Photo 1: Christine Schirrmacher in dialogue with Muslim leaders in Religious Freedom of the World Evangelical Alliance Singapore © BQ / Warnecke www.iirf.eu • Photo 2: Christine Schirrmacher lecturing in the Harmony Center, Martin Bucer Seminary Singapore © BQ / Warnecke www.bucer.org • Photo 3: The ICHE annual conference © BQ / Warnecke Pro Mundis e. V. • Photo 4: Schirrmacher greeting Mohamed Irmam, head of the Harmony www.thomasschirrmacher.net Center © BQ / Warnecke Theological Commission of • Photo 5: Listeners during the lecture at Harmony Center © BQ / “Hope for Europe” (European Warnecke Evangelical Alliance) www.hfe.org • Photo 6: Christine Schirrmacher lecturing in the Harmony Center, Singapore © BQ / Warnecke Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance • Photo 7: Leaders of institutions of higher learning with Christine www.worldevangelicals.org/tc/ Schirrmacher © BQ / Warnecke • The Harmony Centre, An-Nahdhah Mosque: https://the.ismaili/our-culture/ harmony-nahdhah-mosque • Graduates’ Christian Fellowship: http://www.gcf.org.sg/ministries/crig • International Council for Higher Education: http://www.ichenetwork.org

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