Table of Contents

Preface, by Olivier Urbain Introduction, by Chaiwat Satha-Anand Sacred Spaces and Accursed Conflicts: A Global Trend?, by Chaiwat Satha-Anand The Battle Over Sacred Sites in Palestine/Israel: Between Fuel for War and Gestures for Peace, by Mohammed Abu-Nimer Partitioning the Past: India's Islamic Monuments after Independence, by Nayanjot Lahiri Negotiating Religious Freedom: Christianity in Muslim-Majority Malaysia, by Choong Pui Yee and Joseph Chinyong Liow Protection of the Sacred: Contrasting Perspectives from Australia, by Joseph A. Camilleri Report on a Global Campaign to Protect Places of Worship, by Chandra Muzaffar Policy Brief on International Protection of Religious Places and Personnel, Bangkok, Thailand, May 29, 2011, presented by the Toda Institute and the Center for Global Nonkilling Contributors

About the Author

Chaiwat Satha-Anand is a professor of political science at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. His most recent publications include Imagined Land: The State and Southern Violence in Thailand and Essays on the Three Prophets: Nonviolence, Murder, and Forgiveness. Olivier Urbain is the director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Japan. His publications include articles about the power of the arts for peace, a book, Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace , as well as the editing of Music and Conflict Transformation.