The Social Construction of Interfaith Interrelationship in the Province of Sistan and Baluchestan: A Qualitative Study from the Perspective of Educated Youth in Zahedan

Evaluating the interaction and dialogue among people of different religious traditions as participatory, constructive, and positive, at both the individual and institutional levels which leads to increasing acceptance of others, this paper aims at investigating and understanding the grounds for reapproach among religions in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, South-East of Iran. Based on the method of "Grounded Theory," the research was conducted with 25 residents of Zahedan County using a theoretical sampling method and semi-structured interviews. The findings were coded according to the Strauss and Corbin method. Finding reveals that the factors contributing to the promotion of a culture of interfaith nearing in Zahedan County include cooperation in the academic environment, increasing interrelationships as well as using educational methods which encourage and promote positive and constructive relations with the people of other religions, extension of conciliatory religiosity model as well as shifting from religious animosity to peaceful coexistence, in the shadow of peace and mutual respect.