Engaging Religion and Religious Actors in Countering Violent Extremism - • ETH Zurich

Monday, September 25, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

What role should religious ideas, actors and institutions play in the formation and implementation of policy to counter violent extremism? To answer this question, Peter Mandaville and Melissa Nozell look at 1) how religion serves as a driver of violent extremism; 2) how this role depends on the relationship between religion and varying local and contextual factors; 3) when engagement with religious actors should take place in policy formation processes; 4) how such engagement should not just focus on religious authorities or in countering extremist interpretations of religion, and much more.

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