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Dr. Awad, president of Nonviolence International is proud to launch international internship awards as well as research scholarships in the name of Darrall and Mildred Randall. The Randall’s devoted their lives to international peace and understanding and the education of young people. In honor of the Randall’s lifelong commitment, NI wishes to support up to four international interns every year to work at our offices around the world.

Nonviolent Protests In Response To Newtown Massacre

CODEPINK Protesters Unfurl Banners “NRA KILLING OUR KIDS” and “NRA BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS” at first NRA Press Conference after Newtown Shooting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2012Contact: Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK coordinator, (415) 235-6517 Mobbie Tazamal, CODEPINK coordinator, (571) 345-4155 Video footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UinZSdV6oRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r1vlVZZ3Yjs WashingtonDC– Today as the National Rifle Association held its first press conference since the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, two activists with the peace group CODEPINK stood up and unfurled banners that read “NRA KILLING OUR KIDS” and “NRA BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS”. The activists, Medea Benjamin and Tighe Barry, were held, questioned, and then released. “It’s time for our government to finally stand up to the NRA. It’s time for them to protect our children, not their guns,” says CODEPINK co-director Medea Benjamin. “The NRA spokesperson was talking about ‘reckless behavior’ of the media and I stood up and said, ‘We need to stop the reckless behavior of the NRA, ban assault weapons, and have less guns on our streets, not more!’” “From the wars the American government is perpetuating abroad, especially with killer drone strikes, to the glorification of murder in our pop culture, it’s no surprise that violence is prevalent in our society,” said CODEPINK co-director Rae Abileah. “We need a comprehensive plan to address weapons in our communities and it starts with holding the NRA accountable.” “The NRA is out of touch, and showed a lack of remorse today. By advocating for armed guards, they want to put more guns in our schools, rather than protect our children,” Tighe Barry went on to say. “The NRA uses Washington as a way to bypass the wishes of the American public. We need to end the violence now.” Earlier this week, CODEPINK visited the office of Senator Reid and told him it’s time to take a stand for gun control and stand up to the NRA. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.

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International Day of Non-Violence - 2 October

The DanishPeaceAcademy Nonviolence in Islam : The Case of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan By Holger Terp 2004 Introduction Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Born 1890 Dead 1988 Indian Muslim, teacher and social reformer from Punjab, the Pride of Afghan, inspired by the pacifism and the morale of Islam; later also inspired by Mohandas Gandhi's ideas on civilian disobedience and nonviolence. Abdul Ghaffar Khan was born and was functioning in the northwestern border area between India and Afghanistan in what is now Pakistan. Name shaper: The name Abdul was given to the aristocratic Pashtun boys. He was called Ghaffar as a child. As an adult he became known as Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the first Khan being a title. The same applied when Khan was called Badshah Khan, in which case Badshah means King. Indians and Pakistanis also relate to Khan as Khan Saheb, mend or master. When he was just a young man Khan started a school for Pashtun children and made contact to other Muslims who were in favour of progress in the rest of India. In 1914 Khan began his social work and following the First World War he got contact to Mohandas Gandhi in 1919, and - like many other Indians - he was protesting against the Rowlatt Act. Arrested first time in 1919. In the folIowing years he becomes a member of the Kalifat movement who is trying to strengthen the spiritual links between the Indian Muslims and the Turkish Sultan. 1921 Khan is elected Local Leader of the Kalifat Committee in the Northwestern border area. Khan founds the reform movement Anjumen-e Islah ul-Afaghena in 1921, the farmers' organisation Anjuman-e Zamidaran in 1927 and the youth movement Pustun Jirhah in 1927. Also Abdul Ghaffar Khan founds the nationalistic magazine Paktun in May 1928, and the Khudai Khidmatgar movement (God's Servants) in 1929, which developed and used a Muslim version of the Hindu Satyagraha used in the struggle for Indian independence of Great Britain. In April 1930 the Khudai Khidmatgar movement had 500 peace soldiers, and by the end of that year it had 300,000. In August 1931 Gandhi seeks to pacify the British Viceroy about Khan: "I wish you would trust Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. The more I see him, the more I love him. He is so sincere, he has no spiritual reservations, and he tells me that to him non-violence is not politics; it's a mantra." According to the editor of the Magazine "Friends of India", Ellen Hørup, this was what made a lasting impression at the Karachi Congress opening ceremony in 1931: »Abdul Ghaffar Khan who presented a company of his Red Shirts. They were no longer peasants who truddled off in their own clothes, which they themselves had coloured in all kinds of red nuances. March. Discipline. Uniform, everything was soldier -like. The officers' distinctions and the wide leather belt the British way.«. »The Red Shirts and their leader are Muslims. They belong to one of those races, whom the British call warlike. But Abdul Ghaffar Khan has converted his 300,000 troops, who he claims to muster, into nonviolent Gandhists. With their shouting, “Inquilad Sindabad" (Live the Revolution) they weaken the discipline among those of their fellow countrymen who are enrolled in the army - and in every way, which is peaceful, they prevent the police in using violence against the people of the country.« Immediately after the second Round Table Conference on India's independence in 1931 the British instigate a massive persecution of the members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement and the Indian Congress Party. 5,000 members of the Khudai Khidmatgar and 2,000 members of the Congress Party are arrested in the spring of 1932 when India is practically declared in a state of war by a regime of terror. During 1932 the Khudai Khidmatgar movement changes tactics and involves women in the movement. This causes the police to be 'kind of in a dilemma', though not so much since five police officers in Benares have to be suspended due to 'horrific reports about violence used against young female volunteers'. The oppression, the British police regime and bombings make the imprisoned Gandhi start a fast to death. The British bomb a village in the BajadurValley in March 1932 and arrest Abdul Ghaffar Khan and more than 4,000 of his Red Shirts. The British bombardments in the border area continue up till 1936-1937 because, “India is a training field for active military training which can be found nowhere else in the Empire", thus concludes a British court already in 1933. The case emerged publicly because that same year there was "disagreement between the Indian Government and the British War Office and the Air force Ministry about some defence expenses, and a tribunal was set to reach a settlement between the parties". The British tribunal seems to have 'forgotten' similar Royal Air force bases in Iraq. The British bombardments in the border area between India and Afghanistan get consequences in international politics since the participants in the disarmament conference would not allow a British reservation in a proposed treaty on prohibition against air raids. This meant that the treaty was never signed. Abdul Ghaffar Khan is jailed several times on account of non-violence and protests against the violent oppression administered by the British. For instance he is sentenced a two-year jail term in 1934 for mentioning the British Military's gunning down of 200 protesters; he is demanded released in connection with negotiations on the Indian constitution reform, the Government of India Act 1936. Often there was much political and religious disagreement which resulted in direct violence between Hindus and Muslims in the periods between wars. The Muslims in India had their own party, the Muslim League; however, there were many Muslims in the Indian National Congress, too. Radical Hindus tried to get the Muslims to leave the Congress Party, however, both Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mohandas Gandhi were trying to achieve political unity between the two religions - and the cement which kept the two very different religions on the road to Indian home rule, was, according to Gandhi, nonviolence. The British colonialists administered the Divide-and-Rule tactics with great success in India. This is clearly seen, among others, in the Communal Award Act according to which Hindus and Muslims from 1932 onwards are to cast their votes separately. In October 1938 the formation of a local division of the Congress Party in Hyadrabad is prohibited, and the authorities are trying to create a confrontation between Hindus and Muslims. Many thousand members of the Congress Party are arrested. In other Indian states the oppression and the need is so great that the inhabitants are fleeing to other states. In 1942 Sir Stafford Cripps draws up a British proposal for the independence of India because the British are seeking Indian support in World War 2. At the end of the War they (the British) would accept a constitution drawn up by the Indian People, which in reality would mean independence for India. After World War 2 the National Congress wants a united India whereas the Muslims from 1940 demand a separation of the country in an independent Pakistan and an independent Hindustan, which happens in 1947. While the Indian National Congress in 1940 discussed its feelings about World War 2, Ghaffar Khan stepped back from the Party's Working Committee with the following salute: »Some recent resolutions of the working Committee indicate that they are restricting the use of non-violence to the fight for India's freedom against constituted authority.... I should like to make it clear that the non-violence I have believed in and preached to my brethren of the Khudai-Khidmatgars is much wider. It affects all our life, and only that has permanent value... The Khudai-Khidmatgars must, therefore, be what our name implies, servants of God and humanity by laying down our own lives and never taking any life.« Abdul Ghaffar Khan is jailed 1942-1945. The partition of India into two states creates great problems in the northwestern border area. War breaks out between India and Pakistan over Kashmir in 1947. Mohandas Gandhi is killed in 1948 during an attempt to make peace between Pakistan and India Pakistan systematically oppresses and destroys the Khudai Khitmatgar because the movement has too great a political influence and because it wanted an autonomous Republic. In July 1957 Khan founds the National Awami Party. Ghaffar Khan spends altogether 52 years in prison in India and Pakistan. In 1962 Abdul Ghaffar Khan is awarded "Amnesty International s Prisoner of the Year ". In 1964 Khan becomes a Political Refugee in Afghanistan for six years, and during this time he is not a role model for the CIA. Abdul Khan published the magazine "Pashto Magazine" in Pakhtoon. Literature. Translated by Britt Bartenbach. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, the Gandhi of Turkey Zeki Saritoprak, JohnCarrollUniversity Zeki Saritoprak. "Bediuzzaman Said Nursi" The Islamic world. Ed. Andrew Rippin. London, New York: Routledge, 2008. 403-408. Also:  “Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Paradigm of Islamic Nonviolence.”  Crescent and Dove, ed. Qamar-ul Huda. USIP, 2010.   In the early half of the twentieth century, Nursi “paid dearly for his commitment to nonviolent action and for his teachings of loving all and hating none; the authorities imprisoned and tortured him regularly.  Yet his nonviolent teachings live on….”  --Dick. The Author of the Risale-i Nur Bediuzzaman Said Nursi This, the first full-length biography of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi to appear in English, answers in satisfying fashion a need so far unmet. Drawing largely on Bediuzzaman's own works and the accounts of those who either knew or met him, it describes the life, works, and struggle in the cause of Islam of this one the most important thinkers and servants of the Qur'an to emerge in the Islamic world this century. Also giving outlines of historical events, the work sets Bediuzzaman's ideas and activities in an historical context. It describes the enterprising and scholarly endeavours of Bediuzzaman's youth in the cause of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in the areas of education, constitutionalism, and Islamic Unity. And in the Second Part, traces both Bediuzzaman's silent struggle through his collection of written works, the Qur'anic commentary known as the Risale-i Nur, against the irreligion that was officially propagated in the first decades of the TurkishRepublic, and the growth of the Risale-i Nur movement. This scrupulous biography, which considers all these subjects in detail, will contribute significantly to making better known to readers of English this major figure of modern Islam, and the movement he founded for the renewal of belief . PART ONE - The Old Said Chapter One - Childhood and Youth Chapter Two - Istanbul before Freedom Chapter Three - Freedom and Constitutionalism Chapter Four - Bediuzzaman and the Thirty-First of March Incident Chapter Five - "The Future shall be Islam's, and Islam's alone" Chapter Six - Service in Balkans, and in the 'Special Organization' Chapter Seven - War and Captivity Chapter Eight - Return and Appointment to the Daru'l-Hikmeti'l-Islamiye Chapter Nine - Supremacy of the Qur'an and Birth of the New Said Chapter Ten - Opposition to the British and Move to Ankara PART TWO - The New Said  Chapter One - Van Chapter Two - Barla Chapter Three - Eskisehir Chapter Four - Kastamonu Chapter Five - Denizli Chapter Six - Emirdag Chapter Seven - Afyon PART THREE - The Third Said CONCLUSION Thursday, March 28, 2013    Text Size Understanding and Respect ·                                 Home ·                                 About Fethullah Gülen 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leading to God Offhanded attitudes toward the Sunnah The most eloquent invitation for divine providence Vigilance against transgression Crying of those with sad hearts MEHMET GÜNDEM'S INTERVIEW Women's rights in Islam Fundamentalism and groundless fears The Gülen Movement and culture of devotion Should the state be an objective for a Muslim? Identity, Kurd issue and Central Asia Fethullah Gülen: "Even the worst state is better than no state" Fethullah Gülen: "Democracy should also have a metaphysical dimension" CONTRIBUTIONS The Gülen Movement: Its Nature and Identity Gülen's Contribution to a Middle Way Islam in Southeast Asia Combatting Terrorism in Britain: Gülen's Ideas The Work of Fethullah Gülen and the Role of Non-Violence in a Time of Terror Civilian Response to Ethno-religious Terrorism The Fethullah Gülen Movement as a Transnational Phenomenon     Islamic scholar Gülen's poems turned into songs for international albumArtists from twelve different countries composed music for poems written by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is known for his global message of peace and inter-faith tolerance, for an album titled “Colors of Peace-Rise Up” to promote peace and tolerance. Read the Full Story NEWSFLASH: ·         ·         ·         Purposes of Education in the Light of Fethullah Gülen’s Teachings ·         FROM THE FOUNTAIN TOP HEADLINE OTHER HEADLINES Life is a chain of tests, ensuing one after another. It is a human condition we experience from childhood until the moment we breathe our last. For the discerning souls, each of these minor tests is an elimination to determine the souls that make it to the finals; a matter to be determined within the human conscience and in the eyes of heavenly spirits. We... Read More... ·                                 The test ·                                 The Heart ·                                 What generations expect from education ·                                 Love for truth ABOUT FETHULLAH GÜLEN AND THE GÜLEN MOVEMENT ·                                 When and where was Fethullah Gülen born? ·                                 What makes the Gülen Movement different from movements of the past and present in Europe? ·                                 Is the Gülen Movement trying to build a separate, exclusive society? ·                                 How do Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement address the issues around activities, services and institutions? ·                                 What is Fethullah Gülen’s view on mixing politics and religion? ·                                 What is the reason for the Gülen Movement's interest in the media? ·                                 How is continuity achieved in the Gülen Movement? ·                                 What is the Gülen Movement? ·                                 How does moving from one service network to another affect participants in the Gülen Movement? ·                                 Why is the Gülen Movement made up of service-networks? ·                                 What were Fethullah Gülen’s formative experiences in the development of his intellectual and service leadership? ·                                 How did he impart his understanding of the service ethic to the wider public? ·                                 What is Fethullah Gülen’s understanding of democracy? ·                                 What does the Gülen Movement offer its participants? RECENT VIDEOS SELECT A LANGUAGE                          English Azərbaycanca Dansk Deutsch Español Français Magyar Malgache Nederlands polski Română svenska Türkçe اردو العربية български 中文(简体) 中文(繁体） دری ქართულად 日本語 на русском Қазақша Kыргызча Yкраїнська   NOTICE fgulen.com, Fethullah Gülen's Web Site, will soon revamp with a major change in design. Although you will be able to reach the old site using the address http://en.fgulen.com web content at this address will no longer be updated effective 26 March 2013. You may continue to follow us at our new location: http://fgulen.com/en. 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Fethullah Gülen's Official Web Site. All rights reserved. ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE TO OCCUPATION Refusing to be Enemies Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent  Resistance to the Israeli Occupation is an interview-based study that presents the voices of over 100 practitioners and theorists of nonviolence, the vast majority either Palestinian or Israeli, as they reflect on their own involvement in nonviolent resistance and speak about the nonviolent strategies and tactics employed by Palestinian and Israeli organizations, both separately and in joint initiatives.  In their own words, these activists share examples of effective nonviolent campaigns and discuss obstacles encountered in their pursuit of a just peace, as well as the changes required for their organizations—and the nonviolent movement as a whole—to more successfully pursue this goal.  Attention is also devoted to the special challenges of joint struggle and to hopes and visions for a shared future in the region. Author and contributors are: Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta (author), a Quaker Jew, lived in Jerusalem for seven years and has written widely on Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activism and related topics.  Ursula Franklin (Foreword) is a Canadian Quaker thinker and writer, pacifist, feminist, social activist, and research scientist—a long-time member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)—best known for her extensive writings on the political and social effects of technology. Ghassan Andoni (editorial partner and essay contributor) is a cofounder of the PalestinianCenter for Rapprochement and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Jeff Halper (editorial partner and essay contributor) is an anthropologist, author, lecturer, political activist, and co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). Starhawk (essay contributor) is a Jewish-American peace, justice, and environmental activist and author, with broad experience in nonviolent activism, including in Palestine. Jonathan Kuttab (essay contributor) is a pacifist Palestinian lawyer, writer, human rights advocate, and co-author of The West Bank and the Rule of Law. For more information and several reviews, please go to the publisher’s website and check out the Reviews page of this blog. See rev. by Anthony Bing in Peace and Change  (January 2013). Contents of #5 The People’s Charter Nonviolence Organizations    NevadaDesert    War Resisters League Books Reviews of Books    Kurlansky    Ram and Summy    Schell Contents of #6  New Book:   York and Barringer, essays on Christian Nonviolence and Pacifism Dick:  Noncooperation, One Method of Direct Action Gene Sharp, There Are Alternatives (to violence and wars)(free book) Nonviolence and Pacifism, Misc. Writings Two Older Books on Nonviolence.       Judson on Children       McAllister on Women Dick: OMNI’S TV “Book Sampler”  END NONVIOLENCE NEWSLETTER # 8