Since the Paris attacks the U.S. has seen an increase in anti-Muslim rhetoric that isolates our Muslim neighbors and feeds into a culture of fear.
What can you do to counteract this trend?
Religions for Peace USA’s Our Muslim Neighbor Initiative is a national effort to end Islamophobia. For the last three years we’ve been on the ground in Tennessee buidling communities of trust across racial and religious lines. In 2016, we’ll begin working with key partners up in Minnesota. Over the years, we’ve developed strategies and resources to help people reach out and relate to their neighbors, to understand Islam and Muslims better, and to build communities of trust that break down stereotypes eating away at the goodwill that is so necessary for strong communities to thrive.
That is why we’re making available to you three (3) online lectures of some of the nation’s leading voices on interfaith peacebuilding. Listen to the lectures and share widely!
Be sure to check out the monthly articles that OMN Voices puts out, too! Read them here!
Gen. Maj. Douglas Stone recently relinquished the position of Deputy Commanding General, Detainee Operations, Multi-National Force-Iraq and Commander, Task Force 134, commanding all detention operations in at Camp Cropper, Camp Bucca and Camp Ashraf.
Gen. Stone addresses the importance of building communities of trust, and avoiding isolation of important members of your community in order to counter radicalization.
Dr. Ingrid Mattson is a professor of Islamic Studies and the London and Windsor Community Char in Islamic Studies at Huron University College, at the University of Western Ontario. She is the former president of the Islamic Society of North America.
Dr. Mattson speaks to the importance of finding the neighbor in Islam, and the challenges of building relationships of trust between Muslims and non-Muslims.
Rev. Richard Cizik was the Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the National Assoication of Evangelicals for 28 years before starting the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good.
Rev. Cizik speaks to the importance of Evangelical – Muslim relationships.