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Peacemaking in Iran The questions of whether religion can contribute toward resolving and pre- venting conflict, and to what extent a modern nation can balance culture, politics, and tradition, were raised at the one-day conference on “Dialogues of Peace in Islam” hosted by the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University.
The conference provided interaction with the seven-member delegation of Muslim American scholars of Islam and conflict resolution who traveled in Iran for ten days during October 2007.
They also met with lawyers, human rights experts, nongovernmental organizations, academicians, university students, social scientists, senior religious leaders, and theologians.
Ayse Kadayifci (professor of conflict resolution studies, American Uni- versity), and Amr Abdalla (professor and vice rector for academic affairs, University for Peace in Costa Rica) presented various western and Islamic models of conflict assessment and areas where these models may or may not converge.
Abdul Hayy Weinman (professor, University of New Mexico) spoke about the Sunni-Shi`ah dia- logues, areas for reconciliation, and effective practices in dialogic encoun- 156 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 25:2 ters within religious communities.
Many students fluent in French, German, and English asked about justice, international and religious law, authority and interpretation in Islam, and the applicabil- ity of conflict resolution skills.
158 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 25:2 Delegation members met with Grand Ayatollahs Vahid Khorasani, Mousavi Ardebili, and Yousef Sanei, who hold public offices and are influ- ential in the religious and political culture of Iran.