Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Reflections on Three Decades of Islamic Nonviolence

A new article in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence comprises a discussion with SIS Professor and Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution Mohammed Abu-Nimer, a trailblazer in the field of Peace Studies focusing on Islam and Muslim communities. It explores Prof. Abu-Nimer's reflections on the development of this field over the past three decades. It focuses in particular on methodological, institutional, and inter-cultural challenges and developments during that time.

Like Prof. Abu-Nimer's long career, the article is international in scope and explores convergences and divergences in the experiences and discourses surrounding Muslim-led nonviolent resistance, peacemaking and peacebuilding initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It also includes discussion of the role played by cultural difference and hybridity in translating the distinct peace and nonviolence repertoires of Western and non-Western cultural and political contexts.

Read the full interview here.

Woerner-Powell, T., & Abu-Nimer, M. (2024). Interview: Reflections on Three Decades of Islamic Nonviolence: In Conversation with Prof Mohammed Abu-Nimer. Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, 2(2), 169-185. https://doi.org/10.1163/27727882-bja00026