How Islam Has Formed Organisations That Help Promote World Peace
Islam promotes world peace via a large range of organisations and initiatives. The World Council for Muslim Interfaith Relations (WCMIR) works at an international and local level to implement a number of programs including peace building in targeted conflict areas; eradicating poverty; implementing health and welfare for children; youth leadership; peace education; social and economic justice; and women’s empowerment programs. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation in the US and it is working on a number of proposals to end the violence in Iraq. Fethullah Gulen is an Islamic scholar and peace activist and the mentor of a movement (initiatives for peace in the contemporary world) that has inspired many Turkish (and other) Muslims to be involved in charitable and educational activities. The movement is considered to be one of the most influential and effective Muslim peace movements this century as it encourages intercultural dialogue and understanding so as to promote harmony and cooperation between different faiths and cultures.
The Alexandria Process is an initiative that brings together senior Muslims, Jews and Christians to work together for peace in the Holy Land and to continue interfaith dialogue. The Muslim Pease Conference was held in Cairo in 2004 as part of the Alexandria process and brought together Muslim, Jewish and Christian, Baha’i and Druze organisation in the Holy Land and the Middle East which promotes interfaith study and dialogue. The Sulha Peace Project is a Middle Eastern reconciliation project and offers ceremonies for feuding families and organises three-day festivals for Muslims, Christians and Jews with shared prayer, religious studies etc. The Bereaved Families Forum includes 500 Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost loved ones in the conflict. The Jewish Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group is an American group bringing together Palestinian and Jewish American
The Alexandria Process is an initiative that brings together senior Muslims, Jews and Christians to work together for peace in the Holy Land and to continue interfaith dialogue. The Muslim Pease Conference was held in Cairo in 2004 as part of the Alexandria process and brought together Muslim, Jewish and Christian, Baha’i and Druze organisation in the Holy Land and the Middle East which promotes interfaith study and dialogue. The Sulha Peace Project is a Middle Eastern reconciliation project and offers ceremonies for feuding families and organises three-day festivals for Muslims, Christians and Jews with shared prayer, religious studies etc. The Bereaved Families Forum includes 500 Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost loved ones in the conflict. The Jewish Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group is an American group bringing together Palestinian and Jewish American