Christian Peacemaker Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraqi KurdistanTeams in Iraqi Kurdistan
IRAQI KURDISTAN © NPR
CPT isCPT is• an ecumenical Christian organization • dedicated to peacemaking • working in places where there is violent conflict
CPT is
NONVIOLENCE TRAININGS WITH IRAQI KURDISH and ARAB
GROUPS
NONVIOLENCE TRAINIGS WITH
IRAQI KURDISH and ARAB GROUPS
Iraqis are already working on building a nonviolent movement within their country.
Their efforts are in need of support and recognition.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ISBUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS CRUCIAL CRUCIAL TO CHRISTIAN NONVIOLENCETO CHRISTIAN NONVIOLENCE
FACES OF IRAQFACES OF IRAQ
I do not know the words of her story, but I do know that violence has not just broken her heart; it
has ripped her in two. - Rev. Beth Pyles, Christian Peacemaker Teams: Iraq
Said Ali
Young Man with fruit
GLIMMERS OF HOPEGLIMMERS OF HOPE
Sami in schoolMuslim Peacemaker TeamsMuslim Peacemaker Teams
windowIraqi art is
flourishing.
The subjects
are painful and the works
evoke great emotion.
Not all Not all children children
have have forgotten forgotten
how to how to smile.smile.
Sharing a mealWar happens on the large
scale of human affairs.
Small communities
& human rights groups often address root causes of
war on the small scale.
Kurdish picnic
Part of the work of peacemaking is bringing social relationships back to scale.
The impersonalism of transnational relations contributes to war.
CPTer, Tom Fox, martyred in CPTer, Tom Fox, martyred in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2006Baghdad, Iraq, March 2006
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Victory/ peaceFor More Information…Christian Nonviolence– centerforchristiannonviolence.org
World & Middle East News– english.aljazeera.net
Iraq News– www.electroniciraq.org
CPT– www.cpt.org
