The religious leaders are the closest to the citizens at the grassroots. I learnt new perspectives about building peace, one of which is “Faith as a basis for peacebuilding and advocacy.” Together with my Muslim colleague Isa Al-Musawi Umar, we participated in the Peace Messengers Training organized by The Lutheran World Federation and hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land from 21 to 28 September 2017 in Jerusalem. We should teach and influence others to be followers of a peaceful life. We have closer influence, and should therefore bear the burden of living in peace right from our hearts, our families and communities. What then is our religious role in peacebuilding?Īs religious leaders, it is good to know that we have a task of establishing peace in our societies. This caused rigging in the election and discontent among the respective religion’s members. The results of such bias include unequal opportunities for all citizens, domination by either group in the work place and other forms of discrimination.įrom my personal experience in the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, clergy in both churches and mosques emphasized that their members should elect only candidates who belonged to their own religious group. It has become a vicious circle that manifests itself in politics and traditional authority. Structural religious conflict has been sanctioned by some Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. Religious conflict is one of the issues that have gone deep into the ‘bone marrow’ of our societies. Conflict has taken over so many communities around the world including my own, Nigeria. Peacebuilding is an essential part of human life in many countries today.
Responsibility of religious leaders for nurturing peace in society
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They also learned how to combine such capacity with individual experiences, faith and cultural traditions.ĭuring Advent a blogpost prepared by one of the participants will be shared every week alongside a prayer inspired by their words. The participants gained skills and tools on advocacy, negotiation and mediation. The Lutheran World Federation organized its first interfaith “ Peace Messengers Training” in September 2017.
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