Abstract
Abstract
 Practices of the leaders of religious institutes are fundamental in promoting peace education as their practices leave an immense impact not only on the perceptions and practices of teachers but also of the students regarding peace education. The beliefs, interests, inclinations, moral values, and competency of institutional leaders are reflected in policies they make and are presented in the practices of teachers. Owing to the importance of their practices aimed to promote peace education, there is a need to identify the extent of these practices as they are perceived by direct stakeholders, that is, teachers, which makes the aim of the current study. This research is a quantitative survey-based research. The population of this research includes the teachers of religious education institutes of Lahore. Cluster sampling method was used for the selection of sample. Data was collected from the teachers teaching to final year students and a total of 292 teachers participated in the study. A self-developed instrument was used to collect data. The instrument was based on the factors of peace education and practices used to promote them from the literature. The instrument was pilot tested and the validity and reliability of the instrument was established that was 0.87. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicated that teachers were satisfied with the practices of the leaders of religious institutes aimed to promote peace education. This study may help the academicians, practitioners, and policymakers to promote peace education in all schools of Pakistan.
Highlights
Peace is not an alien word in all religions and cultures
This study explores the peace education practices of an institutional leaders and perception of these practices in teachers
Like Pakistan, where there is a situation of internal war and educational sector has not taken the attention of governmental spending
Summary
Peace is not an alien word in all religions and cultures. If we search for the word “peace” in the Qur’ān, it appears more than 57 times. Peace has prime importance in the society It is stated in Qur’ān “Peace!”- a word of salutation from a Lord Most Merciful.” Peacemaking is a hall mark of an Islamic society as it is asked in Qur’ān as “It. DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION Volume 10 Issue 2, Fall 2020. Peace is defined differently by its proponents but in most of the definitions the common core is to live with harmony across the religions and races by observing equality, justice, patience, mercy, love and forgiveness.. How excellent is the final home.” Peace education is to enable a person to adopt humility and equality, it is mentioned in Qur’ān that “the servants of [Allah] Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, “peace!8”
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