International Institute for Religious Freedom

The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) was founded in 2007 to promote #ReligiousFreedom for all faiths from an academic perspective.

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📄 Foundations for the Protection of the Autonomy of Religious Associations

🇿🇦 A Response to Regulatory Ambitions in South Africa

➡️ Download IIRF Reports Vol. 15 – 2026/11: https://t.co/TyIvt71t8I

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🇿🇦 BQ 920 – 25/2026: IIRF Cape Town engages in the debate on regulation of religion in South Africa

📄A Response to Regulatory Ambitions in South Africa

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Is Human Dignity Earned or Is Human Dignity a Gift? – Metaphysics and Justifying Human Rights

📄New IIRF Report by Thomas K. Johnson: https://t.co/0wDacekPmv

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A word to the critics of the World Watch List – and a way forward by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher: https://t.co/RSzaH900Ik

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“Freedom of religion is the first human right. If we are allowed to practise our religion or openly reject any religion, then everything else falls into place.”

IIRF published new book on religious freedom: https://t.co/kPbaVVAuuM

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The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) mourns the loss of Prof. Dr. Pieter Coertzen, a distinguished South African theologian and church law expert from Stellenbosch, who passed away on 11 March 2026: https://t.co/L7kbVvP0r4

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🇮🇳🇵🇰 Christianity in Punjab: History and Challenges

This report examines the historical development and contemporary presence of Christianity in Punjab.

🔗 Read the full report at https://t.co/B8eKIPStYt

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📑 Vol. 18 No. 2 (2025): Religious freedom and measures of tolerance

➡️ The latest volume of the International Journal for Religious Freedom is published and can be downloaded at https://t.co/r2VSncnWnQ

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➡️ The IIRF can now also be found at Mastodon: https://t.co/am5szBBxNL

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🌍 IIRF publishes Audit Statement on the outcomes of the Open Doors International World Watch List 2026

📃 Read the statement here: https://t.co/ygCGZLgDA1

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🛑 Stop Looking Only for a Religious Motive – New IIRF Report by Dennis P. Petri

❓ In the religious freedom field, when a violent incident happens, we frequently hear the same question: “Is this really religious persecution?”

➡️ Learn more: https://t.co/MKh23To21c

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🇳🇬 What to do about the crisis in Nigeria? Considerable attention has been devoted to Nigeria in the past month after the US government declared Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern due to the severe threats to religion that exist there.

➡️ Leran more: https://t.co/8jRuQWuXr5

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🇳🇬 Analytical Intelligence Report: Nigerian Christians as Victims of Islamist Extremism

This report carries exceptional weight because it has been endorsed by leading global experts in security, terrorism, intelligence studies, and hybrid threats.

➡️ https://t.co/ukIUo7xAT6

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📄 “FoRB And The European Union” – ISFORB International Conference, 7-8 May 2026 ETF Leuven, Belgium

🗣️ This multi-disciplinary Call for Papers warmly welcomes you to join our conversations.

➡️ Learn more: https://t.co/XtyaIhtyBU

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✡️ BQ 895 – 75/2025: Anti-Semitism—Christian, Islamic, Secular

💬 On the history of the violation and denial of religious freedom for Jews

➡️ An interview with Thomas Schirrmacher on the occasion of the presentation of the Yearbook on Religious Freedom: https://t.co/7LhngWbhBm

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🇺🇳 The International Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, Dr. Dennis P. Petri, was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the University for Peace (UPEACE) to teach the postgraduate course “Perspectives of Religion and Society”. https://t.co/0gEnLzN3ms

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🫶🏻 A Blessed Human Rights Day to You

✍🏼 From a Jewish Rabbi and a Protestant Minister

➡️ Learn more: https://t.co/BQ9yw43JIE

#HumanRightsDay #HumanRights

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📄 NEW IIRF REPORT by Dennis P. Petri: From Rankings To Realities: Measuring What Really Matters for Religious Freedom

➡️ Download: https://t.co/KqgBVI1gNR

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📄 IIRF Research Fellow Dr. Camila Sánchez-Sandoval published an article on Democracy, Authoritarianism and Religious Freedom in the German Protestant news agency IDEA.

➡️ Learn more: https://t.co/Us5EymBF6e

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🇨🇭 BQ 893 – 73/2025: Focus on religious freedom: Swiss churches sign joint declaration

💬 In his keynote speech, Thomas Schirrmacher emphasizes that no state can function without religious freedom

➡️ Learn more: https://t.co/q1yUhE3KzS