Dialogue programme
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Yemen
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Name
Dialogue programme |
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Target audience
Yemeni nationals suspected of terrorist associations |
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Organisation
Committee for Religious Dialogue |
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Objectives
Ensure that detainees would not engage in violence within Yemen |
Description
The Dialogue programme is a Yemeni governmental initiative, developed by the Committee for Religious Dialogue. This programme targets Yemeni nationals suspected of terrorist associations. It was intended to seek guarantees that detainees would not engage in violence within Yemen in exchange for being released from custody. The Dialogue programme, as the name implies, is based on discussions and dialogue between Islamic scholars and inmates.
The dialogue process is an all-or-nothing endeavour where the detainees should attempt to convince the committee that their interpretations of Islam were correct in the same way that the scholars would work to persuade the detainees of the opposite.
The dialogue process can be conducted through:
The detainees are presented with an agenda, which included the ground rules for the dialogue and the subjects to be discussed. The dialogue rules and ethical guidelines for the discussion stress mutual respect.
The Dialogue programme is a Yemeni governmental initiative, developed by the Committee for Religious Dialogue. This programme targets Yemeni nationals suspected of terrorist associations. It was intended to seek guarantees that detainees would not engage in violence within Yemen in exchange for being released from custody. The Dialogue programme, as the name implies, is based on discussions and dialogue between Islamic scholars and inmates.
The dialogue process is an all-or-nothing endeavour where the detainees should attempt to convince the committee that their interpretations of Islam were correct in the same way that the scholars would work to persuade the detainees of the opposite.
The dialogue process can be conducted through:
- Direct dialogue – Oral discussion and oral back and forth;
- Indirect dialogue – Conducted in writing and requiring much more time.
The detainees are presented with an agenda, which included the ground rules for the dialogue and the subjects to be discussed. The dialogue rules and ethical guidelines for the discussion stress mutual respect.