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Mobilizing Faith for Women“If we want to normalize peace,we have to normalize humility.We have to normalize the abilityto say we were wrong.”— Jeremy Courtneylives of millions of Iraqis. “If we want to normalizepeace, we have to normalize humility,” he said. “Wehave to normalize the ability to say we were wrong.”Religious leaders from Ghana and Senegal weredeeply moved by this statement, recounting theirchallenges when speaking about human rights withintheir own communities because of the suspicion thatit represents a Western concept, imposed from theoutside. The expressions of humility and truthfulnessabout the impact of America’s wars would go a longway to build trust and open the hearts of others in theeffort to build a universal movement for human rightsand peace, they said.Calling the forum “a moment of truth,” AlhajiKhuzaima Mohammed Osman reacted to this call foracknowledgment and acceptance of responsibility,sharing that many in Muslim communities arereluctant to reveal “glaring facts” about the impactof military intervention and counterterrorism policyfor fear of being labeled terrorists. The use of dronesis a clear example of the disastrous impacts, whichMossarat Qadeem described as including not only theloss of civilian lives but also the spread of fear andincreased radicalization. President Carter expressedhis agreement, condemning the use of drones as“counterproductive.”Distilling the collective sentiment of these assembledbelievers, Courtney appealed to religious leadersas “the people who should be leading this conversationabove all else, for if our religious communitiescan’t lead the conversation on this, then our religionis absolutely worthless to us.”The Carter Center 43