Resources & Tools
part of the Centers of Innovation
Supporting Religious Communities in the Work of Peacemaking
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This checklist, based upon USIP's book Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding, is a short user-friendly guide to designing and conducting interfaith dialogues. |
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This book explores the formidable potential of interfaith dialogue. The contributors draw on their extensive experience in the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, Northern Ireland, and the Balkans. The conclusion includes a checklist for effective interfaith dialogue. |
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This important publication provides a series of lessons and corresponding guidelines on effective religious peacemaking. It builds on a number of case studies and essays from directors of projects conducted in Nigeria, Iraq, Kashmir, Iraq/Palestine, Sudan, and Macedonia. |
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This introductory course provides an overview of how to design and conduct interfaith dialogue and religious peacemaking programs. |
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This one-hour documentary, supported by USIP, examines how a society recuperates from the trauma of mass violence. The trajectories of four characters linked to Peru's truth and reconciliation commission are featured in the film, which won the 2007 Overseas Press Club Award for "Best Reporting in Any Medium about Latin America." |
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Muslims in general and Muslim leaders particularly have often been severely criticized for not more energetically condemning the violent acts of Muslim extremists. The uninformed often assume that extremists represent Islam’s mainstream. Issue Areas: Peacebuilding, Religion
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The resignation of Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf — once a key Washington ally — marks a new stage in the country’s often volatile politics. Institute specialists Alex Thier and Qamar-ul Huda discuss a host of challenges on Pakistan's political scene. Countries: Pakistan
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Nowhere are the stakes of sectarian conflict as high as in the Middle East, and nowhere is the practice of interfaith dialogue (IFD) more fraught with difficulty. The questions, then, naturally arise: What sort of person tries something as audacious as interfaith dialogue in such a polarized climate? And what do they hope to gain? The answers to both questions are surprisingly diverse. Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Religion
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The interfaith peace movement in the Middle East has foundered recently, a casualty of major geo-political events, among them the war in Iraq, the increase in hostility between Iran and the West, the Israel-Hezbollah war, and the failure of efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These and related factors have contributed to undermine interfaith efforts and limit opportunities for meaningful dialogue and common action. Countries: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel/Palestine -- Do not use, Palestinian Territories
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Peacebuilding, Religion
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How can we advance nonviolent strategies for conflict mediation and peacebuilding within an Islamic cultural context? Sixteen Muslim scholars recently attended a three-day conference hosted by USIP to discuss discuss various approaches to understanding conflict and peace in the Muslim world. |