Supporting Democratic Transition in the Muslim World

International Research Council for Religious Affairs (IRCRA) in collaboration with the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and with the financial support of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) successfully completed the project titled; “Engaging Religious Media, Academia and Muslim Democrats on Islam and Democracy” to support democratic transition in the Muslim World. IRCRA successfully managed to educate & increased the understanding of the participants on democracy and democratic principles and engaged more than the targeted number of participants from religious media, editors, academia and social activities under different activities.

IRCRA established a group of prominent people working in their respective fields to strengthen democratic narratives, particularly on tolerance and pluralism. The overall positive impact of the follow-up activities included publications, videos being produced, interactive dialogue sessions in comminutes regarding democratic values and processes.