Political Islam: Conceptualising power between 'Islamic states' and Muslim social movements
Monday, 19th January 2015 |
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Time |
Session |
Speakers and Topics |
19:00 - 21:00 |
Banquet Dinner and Keynote Address |
Political Islam between the state and a social movement - Mohammed Dangor Usamah Hamdan |
Tuesday, 20th January 2015 |
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09:00 - 09:30 |
Registration |
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09:30 - 11:00 |
Theme One - Political Islam: Between State Machinations and Societal Responses |
Genealogy of Political Islam - Jocelyn Cesari |
Manifestations of Political Islam - Bashir Nafi' |
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Political Islam and Liberalism - Mohammad Fadel |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 13:30 |
Theme Two - Muslim States and their Islamic Legitimacy |
Islamic Governance: Velayat-e-Faqih and Democracy in Iran - Nura Hossainzadeh |
Islamic Republicanism: Pakistan as a Case Study - Mumtaz Ahmed |
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Monarchy as an expression of Political Islam in Saudi Arabia - David Commins |
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Justifying Military Rule as Islamic Government - Abdullahi Gallab |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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15:30 - 16:30 |
Theme Three - Political Islam Since the 2011 MENA Uprisings |
Tunisian Ennahada and the Democratic Spirit - Azzam Tamimi |
Lessons Learnt by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood - Abdullah Al-Arian |
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Armed Forces and Islamist Ideologies in Libya - Ashur Shamis |
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Wednesday, 21 January 2015 |
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09:00 - 10:30 |
Theme Four: Political Islam as Social Movement and Armed Resistance |
Hizbullah and Reconstruction Efforts after the 2006 War - |
Hamas and Hizbullah: Rationales of Armed Struggle - Khaled Hroub |
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Salafism's Evolution from Religio-Social to Religio-Political - Stephane Lacroix |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
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11:00 - 13:00 |
Theme Five: Transcending the Nation State |
Al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State Group: Divergences on the State Question - Omar Shaukat |
Militant Islam in Africa: Visions of Rule and Governance - Hamid Bobboyi |
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The Idea of 'the State' for Islamic Political Groups - Salman Sayyid |
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The errors of al-Shabab - Stig Hansen |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:30 - 16:30 |
Theme Six: Future of Political Islam |
Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions: The Fight between Political Islams - Ebrahim Deen |
Islamists seeking/claiming to be Democrats - Larbi Sadiki |
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Whither Post-Islamism after the Islamic State and Counter-Revolutions? - Husnul Amin |
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On the Possibilities of non-Political Political Islams - Abdulkader Tayob |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Closing: On the Shape of a Muslim Liberation Movement: The South African Case |
Farid Esack Na'eem Jeenah |