OVERVIEW

“Islam, Diversity and Peace building” is a study program of 12 credits, through two online courses and two face-to-face seminars extending over 6 months.

It is intended for young leaders who want to build their capacities, acquire knowledge and skills needed to address extremism, and contribute to enhancing social resilience and cohesion within their societies.

FORMAT

2 Training Seminars and 2 Online courses

LANGUAGE

English and Arabic

REGION

Face to face

AGE

24 to 40

AVERAGE AGE

28

THE ADVANTAGE

Participants Background
Academic background:
Graduate level, in Religious studies, Humanities, or with a minor in Humanities.
Career Level:
Young professionals, especially in the domains of Media, Education, Politics, or Religion with proven leadership and influential role in society.

Academic Advantage
Learning outcomes:

Career Advancement
Personal and professional outcomes:

  • Analyzing the different ways in which religious diversity (inner and outer) has been perceived by Muslims.
  • Analyzing different interpretations of Islamic religious texts about religious diversity and religion and politics.
  • Deconstructing the extremism discourse in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
  • Analyzing the Relationship between religion and politics in Western and Arab contexts.
  • Acquiring interfaith and intercultural communication and leadership skills.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Course Description

Course 1: World Religions (3 credits).

This course deals with knowledge of world religions with a special emphasis on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Course 2: Pluralism and Dialogue (2 credits).

This course focuses on the theology of other religions in both Christianity and Islam, on the diversity of interpretation of sacred texts in both religions, and ends with a workshop on the history of interreligious dialogue.

Course 3: Religion, communitarianism, and public life in Lebanon (2 credits).

This course tackles religion and the public sphere in Lebanon, covering religion and law, religion and politics, and religion and citizenship, as well as the history of the Lebanese civil war.

FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Fees
 Individual fees, and scholarships can be provided
Scholarships
Scholarships can be provided

ADMISSION

Applicant’s age must be between 24 and 40 years old
Applicants must hold an MA or equivalent, or a BA plus 2 years of experience in social and religious fields.
Applicants must also have an excellent command of both Arabic and English languages.
Applicants should be committed follow the entire program and have the availability to work a minimum of 6 hours per week during the online courses implementation.

The launching of the course will be announced 3 months before the course starts.

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