Faith-Based Peacebuilding Through Intercultural Dialogue

Addressing the root-causes of conflict amongst people, peace practitioners attempted to present their peacebuilding models to build peace in a context of fighting individuals, groups and societies. Islamic faith-based peacebuilding that is derived from the main sources of Islamic thought - the Quran and Sunna- is the model by which Muslim peacebuilders tried to solve the problems of Muslim world. The outstanding figure of Islamic peacebuilding is Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as he is introduced to be a perfect role model for all humanity in any time. Therefore, we have a glance at the Prophet’s (PBUH) tradition in order to illuminate how he behaved in a multi-cultural and multi-religious environment of Medina to build an integrated community. Dialogue was a tactic that the Prophet (PBUH) used in dealing with people by reciting the glorious Quran and issuing the Charter of Medina to unify the diverse society of Medina under a new culture of Muslim brotherhood and Umma