Religions for Peace Partners with the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
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The Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion is Partnering with Religions for Peace, the World’s Largest and Most Representative Multi-religious Movement Advancing Common Action for Peace.
28 September 2022: The partnership will allow the two organisations to work together on joint educational initiatives, collaborate on projects designed to advance understanding of interreligious work, and research multi-religious collaborative programs on human rights, peace and security, and sustainable development at various country levels.
The partnership, which will be formally announced at the institute’s upcoming Nasr Book Prize Symposium, is a natural move for both organisations. Religions for Peace has a rich history of supporting multi-religious cooperation for holistic peace, and the Ansari Institute embraces an openness to the wisdom of diverse faith traditions. Both organisations exercise respectful cooperation with local and global actors, and collaborations across disciplines.
Professor Azza Karam, Secretary General of Religions for Peace, serves on the Ansari Institute’s Advisory Board, which also provides financial support for an internship programme through Religions for Peace. “Our collaborative work can harvest knowledge and practices of multi-religious peace building around the world”, said Professor Karam.
“We are honored to partner with Religions for Peace,” said Mahan Mirza, the Ansari Institute’s Executive Director. “It is important now more than ever to bring together different voices and to learn from the collective wisdom of the world’s traditions to tackle some of the most pressing challenges confronting us today.”
The partnership will focus on:
- Conducting joint initiatives fostering the education of students at the Ansari Institute, the Keough School Global Affairs, and the University of Notre Dame; this will include helping students gain exposure to interreligious work on peace and world affairs, and may include practical training as well as internships at Religions for Peace.
- Collaboration on projects to advance understanding of interreligious work. This may include investigations and consultations as well as training, strategic exchanges, and joint publications.
- Researching multi-religious collaborative programs on human rights, peace and security, and sustainable development at various country levels.
The two will also award Religions for Peace’s Multi-religious Peacemakers who have provided stellar leadership and systematic contributing to global efforts for peace. The three honorees this year are: Mr. Abdul Ilah Rafie Marafie, Rev. Kosho Niwano, and Dr. Aruna Oswal.
For more information please contact –
- Religions for Peace, International: Ms. Sohaa Khan (skhan@rfp.org)
- Ansari Institute: Mr. Josh Stowe (jstowe1@nd.edu)