Former cellmate of Nelson Mandela and PM of the Western Cape, Ebrahim Rassol talks with his co-authors, Dr Houda Abadi and Mark Muller Stuart KC, about their new book, A Guide to Islamic Principles of Peace-Making, and why they are needed more than ever as we confront ever greater cycles of conflict. Swedish diplomat, Eldridge Adolfo, asks the questions.

Contemporary peace-making frameworks deployed by global conflict resolution institutions and experts, have had mixed results in Muslim-majority countries and regions, affected by violent conflict. This new guide aims to address this by paying attention to critical contextual issues around religion and culture. Built on four years research by the International Norms Project (a unique collaboration between LSE, Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) and Uppsala University), it brought together a wide a range of Islamic Scholars, Muslim political transitional leaders and international peace practitioners. What this collaboration has co-created for the first time is a set Islamic peace-making principles that also share many commonalities with contemporary forms of inclusive peace-making and universal norms.

Featuring:

Ebrahim Rassol Dr Houda Abadi Eldridge Adolfo Mark Muller Stuart KC

Beyond Borders Scotland: https://www.beyondbordersscotland.com

Read Guide to Peacemaking Using Islamic Principles Here: https://fba.se/media/u2ylwpoz/guide-to-peacemaking-using-islamic-principles.pdf

https://fba.se/en/news-media/publications/guide-to-peacemaking-using-islamic-principles

Audio Editor: Aedan Wilson

In this week’s podcast veteran peacemaker, Monica McWilliams, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, joins former UN Assistant Secretary-General, Andrew Gilmour, author of The Burning Question: Climate and Conflict - why Does it Matter? and Dr Roxani Krystalli from St Andrews University at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in partnership with Beyond Borders. Where they reflect upon climate, conflict and the state of our troubled world and what we have to do to make more safe, secure and just.

Featuring:

Monica McWilliams Andrew Gilmour Dr Roxani Krystalli

Beyond Borders Scotland: https://www.beyondbordersscotland.com

More From Monica McWilliams: (2021) Stand Up, Speak Out: My Life Working for Women's Rights, Peace and Equality in Northern Ireland and Beyond (Blackstaff Press Ltd) at: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781780733227/Stand-Speak-Out-Life-Working-1780733224/plp

More From Andrew Gilmour: (2024) The Burning Question: Climate and Conflict - why Does it Matter? (Berghof Foundation) at: https://berghof-foundation.org/library/the-burning-question

Audio Editor: Aedan Wilson

In this week’s podcast Mark Muller Stuart KC talks to veteran United Nations diplomat Staffan de Mistura at the Edinburgh International Book Festiva who reflects on his remarkable 50-year career in international diplomacy and conflict mediation for the UN in places like Sudan, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Featuring:

Mark Muller Stuart KC Staffan De Mistura

Beyond Borders Scotland: https://www.beyondbordersscotland.com

Audio Editor: Aedan Wilson