Political Islam: Conceptualising power between ‘Islamic states’ and Muslim social movements
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Monday, 19th January 2015 |
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Session |
Speakers and Topics |
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19:00 – 21:00 |
Banquet Dinner and Keynote Address |
Political Islam between the state and a social movement – Mohammed Dangor Usamah Hamdan |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 – |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
