June 19th - 22th, 2024 The Second World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation Macedonia Speaking on behalf of the religion will be: aRDIJAN dEMIROVIC The Seventh Covenant:A “STRANGE” RELIGION Presentation: We present the beliefs and the teachings of the Call of Imam Mahdi with the understanding that Islam began as...
MAR 16-17th 2024 – Meeting and Field trip with scholars and human rights activists to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light UK Headquarters – UNITED KINGDOM
MAR 16-17th, 2024 Meeting and Field trip with scholars and human rights activists to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light UK Headquarters On the 16th of March, 2024, fourteen esteemed professors of religion and religious studies, as well as prominent human rights activists and diplomats, attended a conference with...
AUG 19th-23rd 2024 – European Association for the study of Religions Conference – GOTHENBURG – SWEDEN
AUG 19th-23rd, 2024 21st Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions Venue:Faculty of Humanities, University of Gothenburg, SwedenSession title:The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light:A Middle Eastern New Religious Movement Comes to EuropePanelists:- Massimo INTROVIGNE (CESNUR, Torino, Italy)- Karolina Maria KOTKOWSKA (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)- Martin...
April 09, 2024 – Bitter Winter – The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 5. Why Are They Persecuted?
April 09, 2024 The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 5. Why Are They Persecuted? The peaceful followers of the AROPL have been harassed, discriminated, and beaten in Muslim countries but also in Thailand and Sweden. Why? - Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska, with Rosita Šorytė She is a...
April 08, 2024 – Bitter Winter – The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 4. The Divine Just State
April 08, 2024 The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 4. The Divine Just State AROPL believers expect a millennial kingdom of peace and justice, ruled by a wise philosopher-king. - Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska. The man in front of us exudes instant sympathy. He is standing next...
April 06, 2024 – Bitter Winter – The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 3. Esotericism and Progressive Millennialism
April 06, 2024 The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 3. Esotericism and Progressive Millennialism We may recognize in the AROPL some common traits with both esoteric movements and millennialist religions with a progressive approach. - Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska. After a tour of the Victorian orphanage re-adapted...
April 05, 2024 – Bitter Winter – The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 2. From Ahmed al-Hassan to Abdullah Hashem
April 05, 2024 The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 2. From Ahmed al-Hassan to Abdullah Hashem In chaotic post-Saddam Iraq, a cluster of new religious movements proceeding from a man called Ahmed al-Hassan emerged. The AROPL is the largest one. - Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska. The beautiful...
April 04, 2024 – Bitter Winter – Over 100 members of persecuted religious minority held at Turkish border
April 04, 2024 The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 1. A Drama and Its Characters March 2024, the leader of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) meets with scholars at the AROPL headquarters. On the right, Human Rights Without Frontiers’ Willy Fautré. - MASSIMO INTROVIGNE In March...
April 25th 2024 – UK Freedom of Religion or Belief Forum – United Kingdom
April 25th, 2024 - 10:30 am - UK Freedom of Religion or Belief Forum The UK FoRB Forum brings together civil society groups, faith or belief organisations, and human rights NGOs to advance the cause of freedom of religion or belief around the world.The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light...
June 13Th 2024 – The CESNUR Conference – France
JUNE 13th, 2024 - 5PM TO 7Pm - The 2024 CESNUR Conference The 2024 CESNUR Conference Co-organized by: Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) Université Bordeaux Montaigne — CLIMAS (Cultures et littératures des mondes anglophones) and the International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR)Thursday the 13th of...