A man with a Palestinian flag tried to set fire to a Jewish place of worship near Montpellier. “Tolerating verbal aggression paves the way for physical aggression”, says the Prime Minister.
“Extremism is the promotion of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance”, says the new legal definition of the government. Evangelical organisations see a risk in “subjective” decisions about what beliefs can or cannot be expressed.
Almost all political parties were represented in the peaceful march. The French National Council of Evangelical Christians condemns the one thousand antisemitic acts recorded in recent weeks.
The European Evangelical Alliance publishes two calls to action amidst the rising tensions in the context of the Israel-Gaza war.
As the situation in the Holy Land intensifies, the European Evangelical Alliance invites the Church to pray together.
After a pro-Palestinian demonstration, radicals intimidated Jewish shopkeepers and police officers had to be deployed.
Many European Christians are susceptible to becoming more Islamophobic after Islamic terrorist attacks. They have voted for extreme right-wing populist parties focusing on the perceived threat of the Islamisation of Europe.
“We regularly see the monster of antisemitism rearing its head again”, says the Justice Minister. Protecting the memory of the millions who were killed under the Nazi has to do with “humanity and compassion”.
Holocaust Memorial Day is again widely commemorated. And for good reason. Even after decades, the world is still asking: How could such a thing happen in civilised Europe?
The European Evangelical Alliance adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in a ceremony at the Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
The German Evangelical Alliance reacts to antisemitic attacks observed in some pro-Palestinian protests. The Interior Minister vows to combat religious-motivated attacks with “the full force of the law”.
Why Christians should speak up on behalf of Jews.
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