Faith Based Approaches
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Nature Of Religious Groups’ Engagement In Preventing Youth Radicalization In Mombasa Coun…
The objective of this study was to examine the nature of religious groups’ engagement in preventing youth radicalization in Mombasa County, Kenya. …
Preventing and countering violent extremism : A case study of Faith-Based Organizations i…
Isiolo County in Kenya is the gateway to the North and is in close proximity to both Somalia and Ethiopia through Marsabit, …
Study to Examine the Influence of Contemporary Islamic Ideologies in Kenya: Lamu and Tana…
The focus of this research is on unpacking contemporary religious movements within Muslim populations in the Kenyan counties of Lamu and Tana …
Global Shinq¯ıt; Mauritania’s Islamic Knowledge Tradition and the Making of Transnational…
Today, Bilad-Shinq ¯ ¯ıt. or Mauritania is often portrayed as an unparalleled center of classical Islamic tradition supposedly untouched by modernity. While …
Discover Your Inner Strength: A Positive Psychological Approach to Bolster Resilience and…
The article reports initial attempts to evaluate a new positive psychological approach to bolster resilience among Muslims in the Netherlands. The approach …
Exploring Youths’ Willingness to Engage with Civil Society and Public Sector Institution…
Research on preventing violent extremism is still in its infancy concerning the question of who the target audiences might be willing to …
Countering ‘Islamic’ violent extremism? The implementation of programs to prevent radical…
This article explores how Muslim-led civil society organizations (CSOs) implement programs to Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) in Malindi, Kenya, while adapting these …
Dialoguing and negotiating with Al-Shabaab: the role of clan elders as insider-partial me…
The article explores the idea that, instead of relying on foreign third-party mediators to resolve Somalia’s protracted stalemate at the macrolevel, clan …
Preventing Support for Violent Extremism through Community Interventions: A Review of the…
Over the last few years there have been a wide range of interventions aimed at reducing support for violent extremism. This report …
Kokoda Trilogy Proceedings: Towards an Effective Strategy for Countering Islamist Terror
In late 2007, the Kokoda Foundation assembled experienced strategic thinkers and practitioners from Australia and the United States to discuss key factors …
PAKISTAN’S MADRASSAS: THE NEED FOR INTERNAL REFORM AND THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTAN…
The rise of Islamic militancy in Pakistan during 2008 and 2009 and the resulting military operation in the Swat valley can be …
Countering violent extremism
The term ‘violent extremism’ has many definitions. Those seeking to protect citizens and political systems use it to categorizes crimes; others argue …