Conference “Islam & The Secular State”

In honour of professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im
Auditorium Zeger Van Hee, Faculty of Law, Tiensestraat 41, Leuven

 

Friday January 30, 2009
1.30 p.m.
 Coffee & tea
1.45 p.m.
 Welcome by professor Paul Van Orshoven, dean of the Faculty of Law
 
2.00 – 4.00 p.m.
 First session

Chair: Paul Lemmens

Ziba Mir-Hosseini,“The ‘secularization’ of Shari’ah in Iran”
Shaheen S. Ali, “Resurrecting as-Siyar through Fatwas? (Re) Constructing Islamic International Law in a Post (Iraq) Invasion World”
Prakash Shah, “Islam and the Secular State: The Indian Perspective”

Response by Abdullahi An-Na`im
 
4.00 – 4.30 p.m.
 Coffee & tea
 
4.30 – 6.00 p.m.
 Second session

Chair: Stephan Parmentier
Cedric Ryngaert, “Universality of Human Rights: European Foreign Policy”
Rashida Manjoo, “The Challenges of Implementing Constitutional Rights to Culture and Religion in South-Africa”
Helge Daniëls, "Islamic Perspectives on Diversity and Human Rights".

Response by Abdullahi An-Na`im
 
7.00 – 9.30 p.m.
 Evening lecture (venue: Promotiezaal, Naamsestraat 22, Leuven)

Opening: Marc Vervenne, rector K.U.Leuven
Welcome: Bettina Leysen
Introduction: Marie-Claire Foblets

Public lecture by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im, “European Muslims and the Secular State:
Mediation and Citizenship and Identity”

Respondent: Tariq Modood

Discussion & moderator: Werner Trio

Music: Abu Araki Al-Bakheit & Sadig Shiakheldin

Reception
 

 

Saturday January 31, 2009
9.00 – 11.00 a.m.
 Third session

Chair: Jean-Yves Carlier
Mathias Rohe, "Islam and the Democratic State under the rule of law - and never the Twain shall meet"
Silvio Ferrari, "Islam and the European System of State-Religion Relations"

Response by Abdullahi An-Na`im
 
11.10 – 11.15 a.m.
 Coffee & tea
 
11.15 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
 Fourth session

Chair: Nadia Fadil
Mahmoud A.S.A. Al-Saify, “The ECFR and Muslim Minorities in the West: The Search for a Space in a Secular Context”
Mohammed Benzakour, “The Third Way”

Response by Abdullahi An-Na`im
Discussion

Lunch & Reception
 

 

Information and registration: http://www.kuleuven.be/patroonsfeest/2009/conferentie.html