The training resources for these courses cover issues related to women’s rights and gender equity, interfaith relations, Shari’ah and Islamic law, Jihad and the concept of peace, violent and non-violent extremism, the Islamic protocols of dissent and conflict management, religious minority rights and democracy, comparative religion, and the principles and objectives of Islamic jurisprudence, etc.
In order to generate and sustain critical mass required to counter religious extremism, dismantle stereotypes and bigotry (which have propagated religious intolerance in Nigeria) Nuruddeen serves in frontline roles on the boards of several institutions to contribute to their strategic direction and focus. These include: Director, Lotus Capital (Halal Investments) Ltd; Director, Development Initiative of West Africa (DIWA); Technical Adviser, The Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), Niger State; Member, Advisory Board of New Horizons College, Minna; Member, Advisory Board of the Da’wah Coordination Council of Nigeria (DCCN); and Member, Advisory Board of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI).
Nuruddeen was one of six delegates nominated by the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to represent the Muslim leadership of Nigeria at the last National Conference – CONFAB 2014. He is also a member of the Governing Board of the National Issues Forum (NIF), Abuja, Nigeria.
In addition, he has dedicated part of his schedule to working with young people to develop the physical and intellectual capacity necessary for dynamic leadership. To this end, he has worked in different capacities to support young people as follows: Founder-Member, Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE), Minna; Member, National Awards Committee, Ford Foundation Jubilee Transparency Awards, Nigeria; Chairman, Niger State Taekwondo Association, Ministry of Sports Development; Patron of the Survival Club, New Horizons College, Minna; Teacher Trainer, the Noor Al-Houda Islamic College, Sydney, Australia.
He works with a network of Islamic faith-based coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) with over 1,000 members. Nuruddeen also partners with Lux Terra Leadership Foundation which also has a network of Christian faith-based coalition of NGOs. His most recent foray is as the co-convener of the Interfaith Activity and Partnership for Peace (IFAPP), with a simulcast Television and Radio Programme called the Interfaith Forum on the Africa Independent Television (AIT) channel.
Nuruddeen has engaged in inter-faith bridge-building dialogues in various countries with people of various faiths including Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, and Baha’is. He is an international speaker who has made presentations across a myriad of themes including youth empowerment, education, personal development, leadership, economic empowerment, resource management, human ecology and environment, sustainable development, gender equity, ethics, social justice, family, poverty alleviation, religion, extremism, interfaith relations, etc.
He has presented talks, advised and worked with numerous international organisations, think-tanks and agencies on issues related to religious extremism, inter-faith relations and issues of national concern to Nigeria and the West African region. These include Google Ideas (Summit Against Violent Extremism, Dublin, 2011); The Brookings Institution (US-Islamic World Forum, Doha, 2012); Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, Tunis, 2012; the Open Society of West Africa (OSIWA), Washington, 2012; Muslim Minority Leaders Colloquium (MMLC), Paris, 2013; Center for Inter-religious Understanding, Poland and Germany, 2013; The Carter Center (TCC), Atlanta, 2016; UN Office on Prevention of Genocide and Responsibility to Protect, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), and The World Council of Churches, Addis Ababa, 2016; and more frequently, the Swiss Embassy; the German Embassy, Abuja; the US Embassy, Abuja; the British High Commission, Abuja; the Turkish Embassy; the Canadian Embassy, Abuja; Office of the European Union, Abuja; the Population Council; etc.
A Fellow of the Aspen Leadership Institute, Colorado, USA, and the Africa Leadership Initiative West Africa (ALIWA), Nuruddeen holds an MSc. in Resource Management from Edinburgh University, Scotland, U.K. and a BSc. in Agriculture from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria. He carried out his National Youth Service (NYSC) year in 1994 on the (“Liberian”) Oru Refugee Camp, Oru-Ijebu, Ogun State. He speaks English, Arabic, Hausa and Nupe. His favourite past-times are reading, tree-planting, spending time in the great outdoors, and fishing with family and friends.
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