Religious perspectives
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Considering religious and ethnic identities in conflict
- ( F. Stewart (ed) / Microcon , 2009)
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The root causes of most violent conflicts lie in economic and political factors and inequalities of various types but usually, people are mobilised by ethnic or religious identities. This paper exp...
How can religion contribute to peacemaking?
- ( United States Institute of Peace , 2008)
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Eight Muslim scholar-leaders, six Jewish scholar-leaders, and eight Christian scholar-leaders met in June 2007 at a conference sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace and the Churches&rsq...
- Is European-East Asian intercultural dialogue possible?
- ( A. Rothacher / Asia Europe Journal , 2007)
- This article inquires whether genuine intercultural dialogue is feasible between Europe and East Asia, and if so, in which subject areas this could be done productively. It also examines the underlyin...
- Discrimination in Pakistan
- ( Asian Centre for Human Rights, India , 2007)
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Pakistan has refused to cooperate with the International Convention Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD) since 1998 and has failed to submit five periodic reports. Thi...
- Religion is an important factor in peace and conflict
- ( M. Basedau;A. De Juan / German Institute of Global and Area Studies , 2008)
- This paper carries out a preliminary assessment of the role of religions in sub-Saharan civil conflicts. Quantitative and qualitative analysis based on a newly compiled database including 28 violent c...
- The historical context of religion and education in Afghanistan
- ( P. Karlsson;A. Mansory / Network for Research and Evaluation on Education and Development , 2008)
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Despite decades of conflict and civil strife, Afghanistan has a rich history of highly developed civilisations where art, literature and sciences have flourished. Written languages have existed for...
Can religion play a role in peacemaking?
- ( D. Smock / United States Institute of Peace , 2008)
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This report explores the religious dimension of international conflict. Looking at interfaith dialogue, the role of religious activism to promote peace with justice, and the U.S government relation...
- East Africa: religious wars, wars of religion or neither?
- ( B. Møller / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2006)
- Religion appears to be motivating a growing number of people to participate in armed conflict. This paper examines the assumption that violence in East Africa is related to religion. It provides an ...
- The situation of displaced minorities in Bangladesh
- ( Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2006)
- This report looks at the trends and statistics of internal displacement in Bangladesh as a result of civil war and persecution of religious minorities. There is no national strategy to address the ne...
- Religion and peace-making
- ( United States Institute of Peace , 2006)
- This report provides a series of case studies addressing specific religious conflicts through a variety of methodologies. The authors argue that in the popular mind, to discuss religion in the context...
