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The study use literature review, oral interview and semi-structured interview to generate data for the study. The highlights of the paper indicates the various forms of religious conflict prevalent in modern society; justification for inter-religious dialogue initiatives; the role of libraries and information centres (LICs) in curbing religious conflicts; the challenges to curbing of religious conflicts through efficient delivery of library and information services (LIS). The various roles expected of library and information science professionals in the inter-religious dialogue initiatives include - organizing of inter-religious dialogue campaign, partnering with media houses in disseminating information that promotes and facilitates inter-religious dialogue initiatives, reaching out to religious leaders for sustainable collaboration for effective and sustainable inter-religious dialogue initiatives. The challenges to provision of library and information services as tool for curbing religious conflict includes low level of partnership drive; low perception about librarians and library services, and stereo-type form of training acquired by librarians in library schools. Recommendations were made in line with the identified challenges. The paper concludes that curbing of religious violence through inter-religious dialogue is a non negotiable factor in the development of any society that wants to achieve meaningful development; and librarians cannot be ignored in inter-religious dialogue initiatives as they integral component of the information infrastructures of any society.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Articlehttps://2019.ifla.org/open accessConflictsDialogueInformation ServicesLibrary ServicesInter-Religious Dialogue InitiativesReligious Conflicts