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The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center
for Muslim-Christian Understanding
will be hosting a conference “Is There a Role for Shari’a
in Modern
States?”
at Georgetown University
October 23rd, 2008.
9:30am to 5pm
Georgetown University Conference Center
(Salon H). Keynote address by Harvard University Professor Noah Feldman Please RSVP HERE <http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/index.cfm?Action=View&EventID=1972> . _________________________ 9:30am Opening and Welcome: John Esposito Keynote: Noah Feldman, “The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State” 10:45am Panel 1: Rethinking Islam? Myths and Realities of Islamic Law o Madhavi Sunder, “Women and Shari’ah in Modern Law” o Sherman Jackson, “Can Shari’ah be Reformed?” o Jonathan Brown, “Shari’ah Meets Reality: Giving Fatwas in Egypt” 12:15pm Break 1:30pm Panel 2: The Appeal of Shari’ah in Modern Muslim Politics & State Building o Clark Lombardi, “Shari’ah and Constitution Making” (Egypt, Indonesia, and Afghanistan) o Intisar Rabb, “The Shari’ah Clause in Modern Constitutions” o Nathan Brown, “Shari’ah and Constitutional Reform” 3pm Break 3:15pm Panel 3: Shari’ah in a Human Rights Era o Abdulaziz Sachedina, “Islam and Human Rights: A Clash of Universalisms?” o Mohammad Fadel, “Islamic Law and International Human Rights” (Non-Muslim minorities and apostasy) o Andrew March, “Shari’ah and Muslim Minorities in Europe”
