{"id":51953,"date":"2025-06-21T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=51953"},"modified":"2025-06-21T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:38:50","slug":"kenya-hosts-landmark-summit-on-religious-freedom-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/kenya-hosts-landmark-summit-on-religious-freedom-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenia veranstaltet wegweisenden Gipfel zur Religionsfreiheit in Afrika"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Delegates at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 17, 2025. \/ Credit: ACI Africa ACI Africa, Jun 18, 2025 \/ 09:46 am (CNA). Martha Karambu Koome, the chief justice in Kenya, called upon delegates at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Nairobi this week to have a \u201cunited stance\u201d in fostering religious liberty. As regional and global experts as well as proponents of religious freedom, the delegates gathered on Tuesday, June 17, for&nbsp;the first\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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As regional and global experts as well as proponents of religious freedom, the delegates gathered on Tuesday, June 17, for&nbsp;the first\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":52398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-51953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62136,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/ancient-cross-discovered-in-abu-dhabi-points-to-deep-christian-roots-in-region\/","url_meta":{"origin":51953,"position":0},"title":"Ancient cross discovered in Abu Dhabi points to deep Christian roots in region","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"September 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A 30-centimeter (11.8-inch) plaster cross was unearthed in an ancient monastery on Sir Bani Yas Island about 106 miles southwest Abu Dhabi, ACI MENA reported. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi Washington, D.C. 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