Maryland Baha’i Chair: Marking 30 years of promoting dialogue and peace

March 10, 2023

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, United States — Amid the devastating conflict in Lebanon during the 1980s, Edward Azar, a professor at the University of Maryland and the Director of the University’s Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM), was advancing ideas and proposals for a resolution to the war.

While he was conducting his research, Professor Azar encountered the statement from the Universal House of Justice titled The Promise of World Peace—a compelling exploration of prerequisites for peace and challenges toward its realization.

Read more about the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland.