{"id":634,"date":"2025-04-29T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/the-meaning-of-easter-for-persecuted-christians\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:35:38","slug":"the-meaning-of-easter-for-persecuted-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/the-meaning-of-easter-for-persecuted-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"The meaning of Easter for Persecuted Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had the honour of being invited to participated in a webinar on the importance of Easter for Persecuted Christians. Other participants included Cardinal Joseph Coutts, from Pakistan; Cynthia Stephen, Social Policy Researcher &amp; an Independent Journalist, from India; Professor C\u00e1ssius Guimar\u00e3es Chai, Full Law and Geopolitics Professor Universidade Federal do Maranh\u00e3o and Faculdade de Direito de Vit\u00f3ria, Brazil; Goldy M. George (PhD) Activist, Author, Academician; Syed Muaz Shah, Executive Director Center for Islamic Law and Human Rights, Pakistan; and Muhammet Dervi\u015f Mete PhD Candidate, The University of Edinburgh, UK. The webinar was organised by the South Asia Research Institute for Minorities, and hosted by Furqan Ahmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the full episode below. 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