The Muslim Peacebuilding Network aims to connect Muslim professionals and organizations working for peace and development through an online platform and database, relevant list-serves, quarterly newsletters and an Annual Conference on Muslim Peacebuilding, Justice and Interfaith Dialogue (MPJID).Why is there a need for a Muslim Peacebuilding Network? Many Muslims work in their local communities and...
With generous support from the United States Institute of Peace and the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, the Religious Peacebuilding Toolkits are a two-year initiative seeking to produce four toolkits on conflict analysis and mapping of the religious sector; mediation for/by religious actors; religiously-inspired reconciliation, and gender. The series will offer background and guidance...
The Forgiveness Project The “Forgiveness” study conducted by Dr. Ilham Nasser and Dr. Mohammed Abunimer with support from the Salam Institute for Peace and Justice and generous funding from the Fetzer Institute aimed to shed light on attitudes towards forgiveness by examining responses to cultural and social conflicts amongst teachers in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and...
Building on the successes of and lessons learned from its prior NED-funded project, Imams as Advocates for Democratic Change and Pluralism, Salam Institute’s current project “Religions: Leadership and Empowerment for Advancing Democracy (RELIGIONS LEAD) Initiative aims to elevate the role and capacity as community leaders of two cohorts of 24 select Muslim and Christian clerics...