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Amid violent protests and provocative films, religion journalists create global path to understanding
Recently more than 400 journalists from 90 nations banded together in a professional association committed to transcending national and regional biases to provide excellence in global religion coverage. This blog explains and discusses the importance and relevance of such a … Continue reading
Mix It Up at Lunch Day
Once a year Teaching Tolerance organizes a Mix It Up at Lunch Day. This year 30 October will be the date to put focus on interactions across group lines. Students are asked to move out of their comfort zone and … Continue reading
Pakistani madrassas: What’s inside?
This article is an introduction to the Madrassas in Pakistan. It describes in short what the the students at these religious schools or seminaries are taught and how they spend their days.
Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think
This teaching guide is published by Gallup Press and is the product of the Gallup World Poll’s massive, multi-year research study where tens of thousands of interviews where conducted amongst residents of 35 countries, primarily Muslim. Here attached is a … Continue reading
Assessing Faith Work and Research Priorities
This report published by the Tony Blair Foundation is a thorough literature review of the role and impact of faith inspired organizations, in particular on health related issues. The report in its full length, the Background Paper and the Executive Summary … Continue reading
Handbook on cultural diversity offers guidance for inclusive societies
This handbook is the result from the EU-funded ACCEPT PLURALISM project and geared towards teacher-trainers. The handbook on tolerance and cultural diversity in Europe seeks to clarify terms commonly used to talk about diversity.
Religious Freedom Goes to School
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has initiated this campaign to strengthen religious freedom in public schools in South Carolina. The project will seek to challenge the public schools to proactively protect religious freedom amongst the students, because the schools … Continue reading
Religious Education and Pluralism in Egypt and Tunisia
Mr Muhammad Faour has written this short text about the importance of religious education in Egypt and Tunisia. As the countries have been through drastic political changes over the last year the scholar puts particular emphasis in his article on … Continue reading
Lessons on Diverse Faiths
Mr Benjamin J. Hubbard, Professor of comparative religion at California State University, Fullerton, has written these short descriptions of diverse faiths that provides a quick overview of the world’s religious traditions.
Multi-cultural skills and values based education fostering a culture of nonviolence and peace
This text is a speech given by Dr. Katrien Beeckman, Head, Principles & Values Department, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on 10 August, 2012, at the International Conference on Migration and Multi-Cultural Education at Seoul National … Continue reading