Friday, December 8, 2023
Press
Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
Engaging Religion and Religious Actors in Countering Violent Extremism - • ETH Zurich
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.