InhaltsangabeInhalt: 1. Introduction: H.-J. Albrecht, Conflict Perspectives. Dealing with Wrongs in the Middle East - 2. Different Perspectives on Conflicts and Conflict Resolution: T. v. Trotha, History, the 'Kalashnikov Syndrome' and Conflict Resolution between the Global and the Local; some Sociological Remarks - L. Sebba, Formal and Informal Conflict Resolution in International Criminal Justice - E. Kiza / C. Rathgeber / H.-C. Rohne, War and Conflict Resolution; a Victimological Perspective - H.-C. Rohne, Approaches to Respond to Violent Conflicts. Victimological Reflections in the Context of the Al-Aqsa-Intifada - J.-M. Simon, Criminal Accountability and Reconciliation - G. Schlee, The Somali Peace Process and the Search for a Legal Order - B. Turner, The Legal Arena as a Battlefield. Salafiyya Legal Intervention and Local Response in Rural Morocco - H.-C. Rohne, Cultural Aspects of Conflict Resolution Comparing Sulha and Western Mediation - 3. Settings and Phenomenology of Conflicts in the Middle East: Y. Bar-Siman-Tov, Interlocking Conflicts in the Middle East: Structural Dimensions - A. Jamal, Political and Ideological Factors of Conflict in Palestinian Society - S. F. Landau, Settings, Factors and Phenomena of Conflict in the Israeli Society - H. Gholami, Ethnic Conflicts in Iran. Prevention and Resolution - G. Rabah, A History of Conflict Resolution in Lebanon - K. Abdullaev, Conflict Resolution in Tajikistan - A. Aytekin Inceoglu, So-called "Honour Killings" as a Social Conflict in Turkey - H. Rezaei, Searching for the Origins of Gender Violence in the Sharia Discourse - 4. Formal and Informal Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Resolution in the Middle East: Afghanistan: A. Wardak, Structures of Authority and Local Dispute Settlement in Afghanistan - S. Ayyubi, Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan and the Role of Women in Formal and Informal Justice - H. Attaei, Formal and Informal Justice in Afghanistan - Egypt: A. E. E. Miligui, Conflict Settlement in Egypt in Comparative Perspective - Iran: M. E. S. Nateri, Formal and Informal Means of Conflict Resolution in Murder Case in Iran - F. Mahmoudi, Informal Justice System in Iranian Law - M. Jalali-Karveh, Theory and Practice of Arbitration as a Peaceful Means of Dispute Settlement in the Iranian Legal System - F. Mahmoudi, Alternative Sanctions in Iranian Penal Law - H. Gholami, Restorative Traditions in Violent Conflicts in Iran - M. Rahami, The Constitution as a Means of Conflict Prevention in Iran - Israel, West Bank and Gaza Strip: A. Goldstein, Family Group Conference (FGC) in Youth Justice in Israel - S. Fares / D. Khalidi, Formal and Informal Justice in Palestine. Between Justice and Social Order - P. Segal, Restorative Justice in Jewish Law and Present Israel - N. Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Tribal Justice and Gender. Perspectives in the Palestinian Society - Jordan: M. Abu-Hassan, Tribal Reconciliation (El-Sulh) in Jordan - Lebanon: G. E. Irani, Lebanese and Arab Methods of Conflict Resolution - Pakistan: M. Ahmar, Interrelationships between the Formal and Informal Justice in Pakistan - Syria: A. Al-Sarraj, Alternative Means for Retributive Justice in Violent Conflicts in Syria - Turkey: S. Derin, The Alternative Way of Retribution in the Sufi Philosophy of Justice in Turkey - S. Tellenbach, Bloodfeuds and How to Bring Them to an End. Experiences from Turkey - Epilogue: H. Rezaei, Violent Conflict and Sulh in Middle Eastern Societies