Islamic Ethics and Truth Commissions in the Muslim World: Towards a Just and Ecologically Sustainable Peace?

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-163
Author(s):  
Salim Farrar
Keyword(s):  
Muslim World ◽  
Truth Commissions ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable

scholarly journals The Significance of Propagating Islam Hadhari in Japan

ICR Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-193
Author(s):  
Kazunori Hamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Distorted Image ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Balanced Solutions ◽  
Islam Hadhari

More than a year has passed since Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resigned his position as Prime Minister of Malaysia. His Islam Hadhari (Civilisational Islam) approach is no longer a journalistic topic. However, I believe it is still significant as a topic of contemporary Islamic thought for it faces up to such serious problems as poverty and violence throughout the Muslim world of today and seeks well-balanced solutions which are not only consistent with Islamic ethics and moral values but also compatible with modernisation and multicultural realities. This Viewpoint proposes that the ideas of Islam Hadhari should be introduced to the Japanese people in order to correct their often distorted image of Islam. First, I shall report on how Islam is misunderstood by many of them, quoting eminent Japanese writers and politicians; then I shall refer to the efforts that should be made to improve the situation. I shall conclude by suggesting that propagating Islam Hadhari in Japan would help Japanese people understand Islam better.

The Environment and Armed Conflict

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Stefanik
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Truth Commissions ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Irreversible Damage ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Fertile Ground

Armed conflict is inherently destructive of the environment. It can cause serious and irreversible damage and threaten the health and livelihoods of individuals and the planet as a whole. International environmental law (IEL) cannot and is not relegated to peacetime, but continues to apply and interact with international humanitarian law (IHL). Therefore, principles of IEL must play a role before, during, and after conflict. This chapter focuses on general principles of IEL, specifically intergenerational equity and the precautionary principle. It demonstrates that these principles can and should be used to interpret and apply existing IHL for civilian and environmental protection. It concludes with a look at peace agreements and truth commissions, arguing that despite limitations of their past use they can provide fertile ground for building sustainable peace.

Truth and reconciliation in Southeast Asia and the Melanesian Pacific: Potential Canadian contributions and potential lessons for Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-130
Author(s):  
David Webster
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Truth Commissions ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Local Levels

Recent experiences with truth and reconciliation processes in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific suggest that there is a role for historical research and memory in helping to build sustainable peace and stability in new nations—and conversely, that ignoring violent pasts undermines peacebuilding efforts. Two truth commissions have operated in this region, in Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Solomon Islands. There are also calls for truth and reconciliation processes in Indonesia at the national and local levels, including in (West) Papua. As the only Western developed country to have held a full truth commission, Canada could play a powerful role in promoting and supporting mutual dialogue on the implementation of truth and reconciliation outside its borders. We can derive both potential lessons and recommendations for Canadian action to promote truth and reconciliation processes from the cases of Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste.

scholarly journals Book Review: Towards a Just and Ecologically Sustainable Peace

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Reid
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Great Transition ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable

Book review of Joseph Camilleri and Deborah Guess (eds): Towards a Just and Ecologically Sustainable Peace: Navigating the Great Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 363 pp.

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