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The Islam and Peace project is conducting a survey to test the interim findings of the study being conducted by Naghma Siddiqi on The Role of Islam in Establishing Peace in the Contemporary World through the following questionnaire. The findings will be used as a part of the research. Kindly take the questionnaire below and submit.

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QUESTIONNAIRE

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1. The world needs peace because: *

a. it is the only way of achieving justice and human rights.

b. without peace nothing positive can be achieved.

c. it is the ideal situation for the world.

d. pacifists since the beginning of time have been striving to achieve it.

2. Peace can be best described as: *

a. the ideal that all need to strive for.

b. the absence of war, conflict, direct violence and structural violence.

c. subject to conditions like justice, human rights, etc.

d. a state of mind that enables one to strive towards one's goals without confronting others.

3. Which of the following is actually required to achieve peace?: *

b. Justice

b. Opportunities

c. Human Rights

d. a and c above

4. The establishment of peace can be equated to the: *

a. establishment of a just social system in the world.

b. development of peace in the mind of individuals.

c. fulfillment of conditions like justice, human rights as a prerequisite to peace.

d. establishment of an ideal system in society.

5. The best motto for establishing peace is ‘if you want peace, …: *

a. prepare for war.

b. prepare for peace.

c. continue to avail of the existing opportunities without confronting with others.

d. continue to work for justice justly.

6. Spirituality is another name for: *

a. positivity in individuals attained through meditation.

b. positivity maintained in individuals in spite of negative situations through contemplation.

c. living a materially fulfilling life along with religious activities.

d. looking for God within as He resides within us.

7. Which of these according to you is the best definition of life? It is: *

a. a continuous struggle to establish a just system in the world.

b. a continuous struggle to achieve one's rights.

c. a test and a continuous journey towards developing one's personality.

d. a continuous journey towards fulfilling desires.

8. Which is the best way to deal with problems?: *

a. Consider them obstacles & fight to overcome them.

b. Consider them as challenges and find available opportunities to strive for in spite of them.

c. Share them with others as this lightens the load.

d. Report them to the elders and leaders to handle.

9. Harbouring negative feelings against others: *

a. is okay as long as one is not vocal about them.

b. is okay as long as one does not act on them.

c. should not done ever as it is passive violence and leads to a negative personality.

d. can be indulged in if one is able to control them.

10. Peace can be maintained in society when: *

a. individuals unilaterally establish peace while availing the opportunities that present themselves.

b. individuals bilaterally adhere to nonviolence.

c. nations abstain from wars.

d. institutions strive to resolve conflicts.

11. Peace remains a distant dream in the world because: *

a. man has not been able to establish a just system in the world.

b. man has freedom to use rightly or misuse as he wills.

c. not enough is done to resolve conflicts in the world.

d. people do not give justice to others.

12. To establish a culture of peace we need to practically: *

a. mobilize local and global institutions to work more towards the culture of peace.

b. transform individuals from the culture of violence to the culture of peace through peace education.

c. establish a just, ideal system in society where there is no violence, conflict or wars.

d. remove structural violence from the world.

13. The method of controlling violence in a pluralistic society is to motivate individuals to: *

a. Not provoking the ego of others

b. Increasing police patrols

c. Enforcing laws against violence

d. strive to control anti-social elements.

14. The condition/s for peace to be realized in society is/are: *

a. ensuring each and every member of society human rights.

b. the removal of wars, direct and structural violence and conflicts from the world.

c. giving justice to all so they give peace to others.

d. None of the above as peace has to be maintained first, unilaterally to achieve anything positive.

15. Man is an idealist by nature so he needs: *

a. this world to be an ideal world.

b. to be ideal at the level of his mind and practical as regards others.

c. society to be ideal. |c. society to be ideal. |c. society to be ideal.

d. to establish an ideal social system/order in the world.

16. An ideal world is not materializing in this world because: *

a. there are too many realists in the world.

b. each person has freedom to do as he/she likes.

c. not enough people are striving to establish a just and ideal social system/order in the world.

d. world governments are not doing enough to remove poverty and ensure development in the world.

17. With reference to peace Delinking Policy refers to delinking: *

a. problem from opportunity.

b. peace from any conditions.

c. neither of the above.

d. both the above.

18. Opportunities are present and can be availed of: *

a. at all times by individuals if they are ready to find and strive towards them without confronting others.

b. only in an atmosphere of ideal peace.

c. only in an atmosphere of justice and rights.

d. when others give them to us.

19. In the present world, peace can be achieved using:

a. Civil Disobedience method (M K Gandhi).

b. Peace First approach that teaches to delink peace from any condition/s and establish peace first.

c. fulfilling Conditions First such as justice, etc.

d. Conflict Resolution approach only.

20. One can change the world by changing: *

a. the system of the world.

b. oneself towards the culture of peace.

c. the government.

d. the education system.

21. People change from the culture of violence to the culture of peace by changing their: *

a. hearts.

b. minds.

c. leaders.

d. system.

22. The target for education for peace should be: *

a. society.

b. individuals

c. non-governmental institutions.

d. religious organizations.

23. Ethical guiding principles for peace can be taken: *

a. only from secular sources as religions merely divide people.

b. only from the religion one follows.

c. from all religions of the world as all religions basically teach the same ethics.

d. from both secular and religious sources.

24. What role can religions play in establishing peace in the contemporary world?: *

a. They cannot play any role in establishing peace.

b. They can give moral principles for maintaining peace.

c. They can only play a supportive role in establishing peace.

d. They can play a vital role by providing an ideology, methodology and guiding principles for peace.

25. Do you think Islam can play a role in establishing peace in the contemporary world?: *

a. No, Islam only gives a model of violence.

b. Islam can only give a theoretical model for peace, not a practical one.

c. Islam can give both a theoretical and practical model as well as guiding principles to establish peace.

d. Islam cannot play any role but Muslims can.

An Educating for Peace Program (EPP) is being organized by the project to test the interim findings of the study. It comprises of brief write-ups and quotations on various aspects related to peace and achieving success in life.

Tick if you would like to take part in the Education for Peace Program