UMD-Summer: Singapore: Religious Rehabilitation of Terrorists
Interested in non-violent approaches to countering terrorism? Singapore was one of the first nations in the world to develop religious rehabilitation programs for individuals detained on charges relating to terrorism. In this program, you will study with the Muslim clerics and scholars who built a wave of programs aimed at addressing terrorism in non-violent, non-criminal spaces, beginning in Singapore, but also extending to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. Clerics from Singapore’s Religious Rehabilitation Group and scholars from Nanyang Technological University will host us, as we study reasons that individuals leave terrorist groups and movements and the theories behind these programs created to dissuade people from committing violence. This course is open to all—no knowledge of terrorism required—and its structure will allow you to pursue other work, internship, and study opportunities during the same summer you travel with us. We will conduct 5 weeks of asynchronous online coursework, when you can be working from anywhere at any time, and we will spend 10, immersive, exciting days in Singapore. In Singapore, we won't just study--we'll also eat at a cat cafe, take a tea appreciation workshop, do a rain forest canopy walk, get a fish pedicure, watch Chinese street opera and see a soccer match!
- Program Cost: $4,675.
- Dates In country: June 23rd-July 1st 2018
- Apply on the study abroad website by March 1st!
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