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Blog: Nonviolent Struggle & Religious Pacifism: Not Wed Together

Portrait de Philippe Duhamel
Posted November 9th, 2009 by Philippe Duhamel

MLK & Gandhi“An apostle of nonviolence.” “Preaching nonviolence”. We hear these
expressions so often, we don’t question them. But there is a crucial
difference between soporific preachifying and nonviolent action. So
let's clear this up.

Blog: Looking at recent events in Myanmar...

Portrait de Wendy D
Posted September 24th, 2007 by Wendy D

For the past month, Buddhists monks have been marching and practicing civil disobedience in Myanmar (formerly Burma).This past weekend (September 23) the marches gained more participants, and attention. The Associated Press reports that upwards of 100,000 people led by hundreds of Buddhist monks marched through the streets of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon.

notebook: Human Rights Advocacy Utilizing Religious Perspectives and Opinion Leaders: Promoting National Human Rights Education in Indonesia

The National Working Group for Human Rights Dissemination and Promotion (NWG) in Indonesia developed a human rights education curriculum for all age levels in both public and private schools. In order to create support for such a human rights curriculum that also encompassed religious educational institutions, an effective tactic was to engage key and respected leaders in the development and training of the human rights curriculum.