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local people and see peaceful co-existence, maybe
without resolution of difference, as a powerful outcome.”
Now in 2016 the project has extended this work to help
multi-agency approaches to addressing an increase
in anti-social behaviour in the City – new community
tensions that challenge safety in neighbourhoods.
7/7 reflections
Marking 10 years since the 7/7 bombings in London, this
collection of short essays reflects on both the harrowing
events and the decade that followed, and was edited by
Serena Hussain, Mike Hardy and Fiyaz Mughal.
When new and powerful forms of violence strike cities
and their communities bringing distinctive challenges to
people’s everyday struggles, new questions are asked
about relationships, prejudice, co-existence and policy
interventions. And when the violence is associated with
cultural difference, more questions are posed about
whether diversity itself strengthens and enriches human
history, or whether differences are seen as unavoidable
sources of conflict and antagonism.
Alpaslan Özerdem: International Peacebuilding
The Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at
Coventry University and Faith Matters share an interest
and a scholarly responsibility to bring these questions
to the public square, and to do so in a way that draws
on a broad spectrum of ideas and opinions. Our teams
stand unequivocally against all forms of violencebearing
extremism and are in favour of promoting
dialogue wherever conflict, the movement of people
and differences in belief bring pressure on our living
together peacefully.
Matt Qvortrup: The British Constitution:
Continuity and Change
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