Name: REENVISIONING PEACEBUILDING IN ISLAM | Busboys and Poets Books
Start: 2024-10-06T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-06T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Busboys and Poets 450K

REENVISIONING PEACEBUILDING IN ISLAM | Busboys and Poets Books

Join us to examine the variety of strategic peacebuilding and conflict resolution activities conducted in Muslim-majority communities
About this Event

Qamar-ul Huda explores ways that Muslim scholars, civil society members, and communities interpret violence and nonviolence, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution in an interconnected globalized age, focusing on methods, practices, and strategies. He shows how a faith-based commitment can empower effective social, political, and intellectual action that results in meaningful change.

The book sheds light on a variety of vital topics, including how the state utilizes hard and soft power in global, religious diplomacy; ways in which civil society organizations and NGOs maximize networks to engage in peacebuilding and conflict resolution; the role of civil society in soft power politics; and how some peacebuilding organizations are out of step with local Muslim cultures & religious customs, and why that matters. Qamar-ul Huda charts a vision of contemporary ethics of peacebuilding, pluralism, reconciliation, and dialogue.

Qamar-ul Huda is joining us on the Busboys stage to share more about the “many dimensions of Islamic peacebuilding’s essential contributions to the work for peace in a troubled world” (Marie Dennis, former president, Pax Christi International). Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Huda will be signing following the program.

This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of REENVISIONING PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ISLAM will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.

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Qamar-ul Huda is the Michael E. Paul Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the United States Naval Academy. He has previously served as Senior Policy Advisor for U.S. Department of State Secretary's Office for Religion and Global Affairs (S/RGA) where he focused on civil society, religious communities, and diplomacy with non-government organizations.