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RSVP for our special zoom meeting on new Flemish legislation on religion

June 2, 10 am Brussels time

 

Dear participant of the FoRB Roundtable Brussels-EU,

In Belgium, the new Flemish regulations for registering religious communities, within a general climate of increased hostility to minority religions, are a cause for concern. We are planning to have some orientation papers, followed by a discussion under the Chatham House rules, during a Roundtable's meeting on June 2, 10 am to 12. 

Please RSVP by answering this email. A zoom link will be sent to those who have registered.

During this meeting, we will have several presentations on this new legislation. The presenters will be:

Willy Fautre - Director, Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l
Massimo Introvigne - Director Bitter Winter, a daily magazine on Religious Liberty
Jelle Cremers - Associate Professor, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven

If you'd like to add your own presentation (6 or 8 minutes), please let us know in advance. We are partnering with Bitter Winter, a daily magazine on religious liberty, and Human Rights Without Frontiers. We would ask you to prepare a 1,000 to 1,500 word text of your paper to be published both by Bitter Winter and HRWF, so that it may reach a larger audience.

We hope to see you on June 2! 

Regards

Eric

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