The Quran, holy book of Islam, promotes peace among all. Quran’s interpretation must be responsible and constructive. For most believers and practitioners, the Muslim religion is based on the 5 pillars of Islam.

The campaign Narratives of Global Islam offers the testimony of men and women in Portugal, France and Italy who tell us how they live and practice each of Islam’s pillars.

The objective of the campaign is to present individual testimonies of credible voices within the Muslim community in order to highlight the main features of Islamic interpretations in order to combat extremist propaganda. Secondly, to amplify the voices of credible leaders, activists and practitioners within the Muslim community and disseminate role-models aimed at deconstructing violent extremist propaganda.

The objective of the project is to empower local communities to better understand the Islamic values through testimonies of credible voices within the Islamic community. Consequently, the public participation of Islamic leaders openly share their values with the local community will create more resilience to indoctrination by violent extremist groups.

Our campaign is not only a campaign, but a social movement which aims at replicating positive insights about fundamental rights, democracy and open society. Under the motto “raise your voice against extremist violence”, you will have the opportunity to have an active participation in our campaign. The fundamental question should then be: how can you be an activist to help us spreading this campaign? Your activism includes but is not limited to sending us your narratives (text, film, media) if connected to the campaign’s main topics.