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This “Special Invitation” is extended to individuals, and institutions, professionals in the Peace and Conflict field, scholars ( Muslims and Non-Muslims), Jurists, humanities professors, legal and constitutional scholars, Sharia Scholars ( Sunnis and Shiites), anthropologists, historians, theologians, social scientists, economists, to be part of this exceptional opportunity and moment as founding members to organize and launch the Islamic Peace Institute as the central and key place for professionals to address and solve conflicts in the Muslim world and issues and challenges facing "immigrant" Muslim communities in the West, Asia and Africa. Requiring experts in peace and conflict resolutions and other professional experts to "re-invent" Muslim societies' social, cultural, and economic engineering at home and abroad.
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Perhaps the most pressing disputed issue facing Muslims and Islam is the issue of sectarian conflicts -- that are destroying the very concept of "Umma." Active engagement of the Islamic Peace Institute in mitigating these conflicts and the need to organize national and international reconciliation and dialogues among Sunnis, Shiites, Ismaili, Zaydis, and Mohammedans, among others, will almost certainly be a central focus of the Islamic Peace Institute. We understand diversity as an essential success of any futuristic looking society. There is no place in modern world for “sectarian” politics or divisions.
Our mission will focus on Muslim countries and Muslim communities around the world, including those of the US, Europe, Australia, Africa, China, and the Indian Subcontinent, among others, to deal constructively with communal conflicts, armed conflicts, insurrections, and international conflicts and to help shape the future of these communities in host countries. The Islamic Peace Institute will operate independently, and if it is to do its job and fulfill its mission, it must not be beholden to governments or donors.
With so many conflicts in the Muslim world and communities, the Islamic Peace Institute should play a key role as a "mediator, instigator and advocate" of Peace within communities in conflict, addressing latent conflicts before they become overt and overt conflicts, whether instigated by corruption, lack of equal opportunities, racism, electoral competition, or some other cause. The Islamic Peace Institute should play a preemptive and active role in potential cases of genocide and mass atrocities.
While radicalization in and of itself is not a problem, radicalization that transforms itself into violent conflicts and terrorism does create a problem. In many nations, corruption, lack of services, poor investments in schools and infrastructure, and marginalization of certain groups can generate radicalizations that produce violent reactions and movements. While not necessarily adopting the American model of "Countering Violent Extremism," we believe that the Islamic Peace Institute can play a key role through educational and training programs and that policies promoting social, cultural, academic, and economic transformation may succeed where those more narrowly focused on security often fail.
Relying on the many well-qualified and well-experienced mediators and conflict resolution experts both in-house and in networks, the Islamic Peace Institute can play an active role as a "third party" mediator and facilitator and help set up and organize group dialogues, leading to the prevention of conflicts before they become full-fledged disputes.
Similarly, the Islamic Peace Institute can play a key role in post-conflict reconstruction, given its understanding and appreciation of culture and local issues. A Muslim-centered organization is better qualified to do this sort of peace building than other organizations that have little or biased knowledge of the issues or are beholden to an international bureaucracy, mainly when much of the reconstruction funding’s are contributed by Arab and Muslim countries.
Many conflicts in the Muslim world and elsewhere have their roots in the lack of rule of law, where legislative and legal practices favor the rich, the governing elite, and powerful, often corrupt interest groups. The Islamic Peace Institute can help Islamic countries develop, implement, and train officials and bureaucrats in the rule of law. It can also introduce citizens to the possibilities of using "alternative dispute resolution" in appropriate cases to help keep disputes out of the hands of executive and judicial agencies.
The Islamic and Arab world’s urgently needs a well-thought-out social and cultural transformation that frees it from certain traditions that contributed to its lagging in social and economic development without sacrificing its unique identity and values. There is an urgent need for a comprehensive cultural transformation within Muslim society at home and Muslim society (at home abroad) in education, value-oriented culture, transparency, trustworthiness, respect for oneself and others, personal and group responsibilities, fairness, caring for family and others, and good citizenship, good business practices. Kindness, caring, goodwill, tolerance, compassion, and adherence to Islam's core values are consistent with responsibility as a citizen, care for the environment, caring for one, caring for all. It must be understood, that all Muslim countries are not all Muslims and Arab countries are not all Arabs. Women and families have central role to play.
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