What Drives the Youth into Violent Extremism?
“Faith leaders have to do more than preach to the Youth who are vulnerable to violent extremism. They have to play a role in increasing access to resources for the Youth.”
Countering Violent Extremism
Youth, Media and Violent Extremism
Social media is the new arena of violent extremism with their strengths being Facebook, Twitter and YouTube stated Mr. Abdulswamad Alawi. He added that terrorist organizations use social media platforms to recruit, train and communicate with their followers, supporters, donors and potential recruits.
Can Interfaith Communication Prevent Violent Extremism?
Can effective interfaith communication help prevent and counter violent extremism? Definitely yes. Effective communication paves the pathway for people from different faiths to know each other better. It allows the fostering of mutual understanding and thereby leaves little room for the misuse of religion to fuel violent extremism.
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Is Radicalisation Good or Bad?
Understanding the narratives and counter narratives to violent extremism dominated the better part of the discussions during the 2018 Youth In Action, the 3rd Regional Youth Forum on Peacebuilding held from 3rd to 8th September 2018 in Machakos County, Kenya.
Narratives and Counter Narratives from a Muslim Perspective
The session reflected on the concepts of narrative and counter – narratives: What they are, examples of al Shabab narratives, and examples of counter-narratives. Shk. Ramadhan began by defining radicalization as a process through which an individual or group of individuals are transformed by an ideology or belief system shifting mind-sets away from the mainstream.
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Youth as a Resource for Peace
Is radicalization good or bad? Asked Michael Adikwu a youth development trainer began by asking participants questions. Participants agreed that indeed radicalization can be positive; whereby they argued that radicalization is not always bad, but it will depend with the issues that one is being radicalized about. Being radicalized for example to become a football
The Double Edged Sword of Media
Fred Nyabera, the Director of Arigatou International’s Interfaith Initiative to End Child Poverty, begun the 2018 Youth In Action by welcoming all participants and encouraging them to take advantage of this opportunity to learn from each other. Remarking on the theme of the forum, “Media and Preventing Violent Extremism”, Rev. Nyabera stated that, The media
Arigatou International – Nairobi to host Youth In Action
Arigatou International – Nairobi in collaboration with the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) will hold the 2018 Youth In Action, which is the 3rd Regional Youth Forum on Peacebuilding from 3rd – 8th September, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Promoting Peace through Sports
Focused on promoting peaceful coexistence among different religious backgrounds, youth from the GNRC Ethiopia organised a football match on 7th July 2018, at Entoto Secondary School, Addis Ababa. The sport activity, which comprised of youth from different religious backgrounds, mainly Christian and Muslim, aimed at fostering interfaith dialogue to counter radicalisation towards violence, and enhance
Leadership Mentoring Forum, Tanzania
GNRC Tanzania organized a Leadership Mentoring Forum on the 29th November 2017, where 43 youth leaders and 9 experts came together to discuss about the role of youth leaders in protecting children from violent extremism, Gang Violence, and Organized Crime. The youth leaders who attended the forum represent 126 youth who received leadership and entrepreneurship training
Youth Building Peace through Interfaith Dialogue
“No religion teaches violent extremism … at the heart of every religion is peace”, said one of the youth leaders.
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…Ignorance breeds fear!
The Regional Youth Forum on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) marked its second day with fifty-five (55) youth participants, practitioners and faith leaders from Uganda, Somalia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
Is Violent Extremism Real or Imagined?
Arigatou International’s End Child Poverty and the Global Network of Religions for Children collaborated with Norwegian Church Aid and ICCO Cooperation in hosting a Regional Youth Forum on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). Violent Extremism is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity today. Several factors push and pull youth towards violent extremism. It is important
