Crescent and Dove Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam

Name: Crescent and Dove Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam
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ISBN: 9781601270603

ISBN-10: 1601270607

ISBN-13: 9781601270603

Edition: 2010

Authors: Qamar-Ul Huda, United States Institute of Peace Press Staff

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In the face of overwhelming attention to extremist movements and the fundamentalist Islam they often espouse, exploration of peacemaking and conflict resolution in Muslim communities is especially timely. Crescent and Dovelooks at the relationship between contemporary Islam and peacemaking by tackling the diverse interpretations, concepts, and problems in the field of Islamic peacemaking. Although Islamic law requires followers to preserve and protect life, and peacemaking efforts arise in Muslim communities everywhere, those who advocate for Islamic principles of nonviolence and peacebuilding, as well as traditional methods of conflict resolution, face serious challenges. Writing from…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press (USIP Press)
Publication date: 10/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Qamar-ul Huda is a senior program officer in the Religion and Peacemaking Program and a scholar of Islam at United States Institute of Peace. His area of expertise is Islamic theology, comparative ethics, the language of violence, interfaith studies, conflict resolution and nonviolence in contemporary Islam. He is an adjunct faculty member of Georgetown University's Conflict Resolution Program and has taught at Boston College, Brandeis University, and the College of Holy Cross.