by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 9, 2014 | news
Many were surprised by the recent lecture given by the sect expert A.L. Dvorkin on the history of Islam at the Northern Arctic Federal University that offended Russian Moslems by its contents and received negative responses from leading Islamic figures. It surprised, first of all with the fact that Dvorkin, apparently, practically did not concern Islam earlier in his antisectarian speeches and now suddenly unexpectedly “debuted” in this field.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 8, 2014 | news
The orthodox sect expert Alexander Dvorkin who is the head of advisory council at the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation where he examines materials on existence of religious extremism and intolerance, recently gave students in Arkhangelsk an open lecture on history of Islam where he made offensive statements about Muslim doctrine and the prophet Mohammed. Video of this lecture was published on the website of the local diocese, as mentioned in Alexander Stepanov’s blog on “Ekho Moskvy”.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 8, 2014 | news
On March 15, 2013, 10:42 Recently in Arkhangelsk, the orthodox sect expert Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin gave students an open lecture on the origins of Islam. Video of that lecture was published on the website of the local diocese. That lecture deserves special...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 7, 2014 | news
By Brian Pellot | Religion News Service, Published: December 31 LONDON — Eight of the 47 countries that hold seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council imprisoned people in 2013 under laws that restrict religious freedom, according to a new report from Human...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 2, 2014 | news
This October, 2013, in Brusells, Soteria International co-organized an event together with the European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom (EIFRF), United Sikh International, European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion (EMISCO), Federation Pro Europa Christiana, Coordination des Associations et des Citoyens pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAPLC Europe), Forum for Religious Freedom (FOREF). The stated purpose of the event was to inform the interested public about the politics of repression which is sadly still going on nowadays in what regards certain religious minorities of Europe and to raise attention to the threat of such politics in a democratic European Union. Speakers made the audience aware of the break of international human rights in such cases and also tried to provide beneficial examples that co-exist in Europe with such dubious practices.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Dec 2, 2013 | news
Governments are implementing new laws across Europe, claiming to protect citizens from “mind manipulation”. The criminalization targets particularly minority religions and spiritual movements.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Nov 29, 2013 | news
Freedom of Religion and Belief and Religious Freedom in Europe, was given by Mr Peter Zoehrer, Chief Editor and Secretary General of FOREF-Europe (Forum for Religious Freedom- Europe) and Advisor to Universal Peace Federation (UPF) – Europe on Human Rights....
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Nov 23, 2013 | news
The United States Mission to the OSCE has just released a short video we thought you, as a participant at the recent OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, might be interested in watching. The video is a 90 second interview with our mission’s...
