Bonner Querschnitte 19/2018 Ausgabe 536 (eng)
ZurückSchirrmacher thanks Federal Minister emeritus, Hermann Gröhe, for the â??most momentous rebuke in all my lifeâ?
(Bonn, 25.06.2018) Thomas Schirrmacher published his speech at the opening of the religious freedom chair at the GieÃen School of Theology (Freie Theologische Hochschule GieÃen). In it he thanks the vice-chair of the CDU/CSU in the German Parliament and former health minister, Hermann Gröhe, for the âmost momentous rebuke in all my lifeâ.
To quote from the speech: âI especially welcome the former federal minister and leading member of our parliament, Mr. Hermann Gröhe. He has in 1999 â at that time still in the opposition â initiated the first discussion of our theme in the German Parliament and was outraged afterwards, seeing the thin and unreliable data provided by us. His sentence âThat must changeâ had the effect, that professor Sauer and I founded the IIRF, which today has offices on all continents. Dear Mr. Gröhe, my deepest thanks for this most momentous rebuke in all my life, which, in the last analysis, was the key factor for the establishment of this professorial chair. And also the new office of the Federal Government Commissioner for International Freedom of Religion, which is held by Mr. Markus Grübler, whom I warmly welcome in our midst as well, has its final origin in this instance.â
Links to the complete speech by Thomas Schirrmacher as well as to photos from the introductory event of the âprofessorship for religious freedom and research on persecution of Christiansâ at Giessen School of Theology (FTH) can be found below.
Downloads and Links:
- Welcoming address of the World Evangelical Alliance on the opening of the new professorial chair âReligious Freedomâ at the Freie Theologische Hochschule in GieÃen, Germany, on May 18th 2018 (
pdf)
Photo 1: (from left) Hermann Gröhe, Heiner Bielefeldt, Thomas Schirrmacher © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 2: Hermann Gröhe at his lecture (close-up) © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 3: Hermann Gröhe at his lecture (hall) © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 4: Heiner Bielefeldt at his lecture © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 5: Markus Grübel at his lecture © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 6: Permanent Secretary Manuel Lösel, Ministry of Culture, at his lecture © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 7: Prelate Prof. Dr. Helmut Moll in his lecture © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 8,
photo 9, and
photo 10: Christof Sauer at his lecture (close-up) © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 11 and
photo 12: Christof Sauer at his lecture (hall) © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 13 and
photo 14: Stephan Holthaus at his lecture © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 15: Thomas Schirrmacher at his lecture (close-up) © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 16: Thomas Schirrmacher at his lecture (hall) © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 17: Front row (from left): Jürgen Werth, Thomas Schirrmache, Helmut Moll, Manuel Lösel, Hermann Gröhe, Markus Grübel, Heiner Bielefeldt, Susanne Geske © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 18: (from left) Heiner Bielefeldt, Markus Grübel, Christof Sauer, Hermann Gröhe, Thomas Schirrmacher, Manuel Lösel © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 19: Christof Sauer and Thomas Schirrmacher in conversation with Prelate Prof. Dr. Helmut Moll © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
Photo 20: Christof Sauer and Thomas Schirrmacher with guests of the Syrian Orthodox Church © Martin Warnecke/IIRF
- Website of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF):
https://iirf.eu
