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Mennonite education provided to Afghan-American Muslim woman leads her to key roles in world peacebuilding

May 8, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Melanie Zuercher

The culturally mixed background of the Afghan-American Muslim keynote speaker fit well with the diverse attendees from 21 countries at the first “Frontier Luncheon” during the six-week Summer Peacebuilding Institute.

Luce Foundation Awards Grant To EMU’s Interfaith Work

January 5, 2012Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

A grant of $355,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation will spur the expansion of interfaith dialogue, peacebuilding and humanitarian service at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) over the next three years.

EMU Grad Intervenes in Potential Nigerian Violence

March 6, 2006 by Tim Shenk, MCC communications

Gopar Tapkida Photo by Jim Bishop International protests against cartoons of the prophet Muhammad inflamed tensions between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria, sparking deadly riots in late February that claimed

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