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Religious liberty experts are calling for a "responsible dissemination of religion or belief" by members of religious communities.

Posted August 20, 2009

Madrid, Spain ... [IRLA News] Religious liberty experts are calling for a "responsible dissemination of religion or belief" by members of religious communities. A 14-point statement of "Guiding Principles" was adopted by a 25-member Board of Experts of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) who are challenging religious communities around the world to recognize the "increasing reality of religious pluralism" and an urgent need to improve the way religious convictions are shared.

Religious Liberty Experts call for "Responsible Dissemination of Religion or Belief"

Posted August 20, 2009

Madrid, Spain ... Religious liberty experts are calling for a "responsible dissemination of religion or belief" by members of religious communities. A 14-point statement of "Guiding Principles" was adopted by a 25-member Board of Experts of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) meeting in Madrid in late January. The document challenges religious communities around the world to recognize the "increasing reality of religious pluralism" and emphasizes the urgent need to improve the way religious convictions are shared. It calls for an increased sensitivity to the history, convictions, way of life and culture of individuals targeted for missionary activity.

Historic Religious Liberty Conference in Cameroon

Posted August 20, 2009

Yaounde, Cameroon ... [ANN] The first religious liberty conference to be held in the ethnically and religiously divided country of Cameroon took place in the capital city Yaounde on March 9-11. Sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the conference dealt with methods of promoting religious harmony in pluralistic societies and was attended by more than 80 delegates from other central African countries including Chad, Burundi, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Guinea and Gabon.

IRLA Conference of Experts Adopts Document on Responsible Proselytism

Posted August 20, 2009

Around the world, proselytism is a major religious freedom issue. In some nations, one who proselytes and/or one who becomes a proselyte may be executed. In other countries, non-established or minority religions or belief systems, for whom proselytism is a fundamental principle, may become the targets of various forms of persecution.