Welcome to the International Conference on Jurisprudence of Minorities in the Light of Maqasid al-Shariah: Identity and Intergration.
Date: 25 - 27 May 2009 / 1 - 3 Jamadilakhir 1430
Organizers: The Muslim World League, Makkah
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, IIUM
Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, KIRKHS, IIUM
Venue: to be confirmed
The Conference deliberations will be conducted in Arabic, English and Malay. Simultaneous translation will be provided for participants if needed.
A number of eminent Muslim scholars and thinker from around the world will be giving much food for thought on different issues and aspects of the conference theme. Among them are:
1. Prof. Dr.
Abdelmajid al-Najjar
Deputy
Secretary General, European Council for Research and Fatwa
2. Dr.
Mohammad al-Sammak
Secretary General,
Christian-Muslim Committee for Dialogue, Lebanon, former minister of culture and
information.
3. Dr. Robert
Dickson Crane
Former
American diplomat, Chairman, Center for Understanding Islam, and Vice-Chairman
of Crescent
University.
4. Dr. Hisham
A. Hellyer
Fellow,
Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick (UK) &
Founding-Director
of the Visionary Consultants Group (VCG Ltd): a Muslim world – West
relations
consultancy.
5. Prof. Dr.
Izzud-Din Umar A. Mousa
Faculty of
Strategic Studies, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS),
Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
6. Dr.
Abdullahil Ahsan
Professor at Department
of History and Civilization, International Islamic University Malaysia.
7. Dr.
Mohammad Fadel
Faculty of
Law, University of Toronto, Canada.
8. Dr. Wahba
al-Zuhayli
Professor of
Islamic Jurisprudence, University of Damascus, Syria.
9. Dr. Muddathir Abdel Rahim
Professor of Islamic
political thought, ISTAC.
Department of Fiqh & Usul al Fiqh,
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge And Human Sciences,
International Islamic University Malaysia,
P.O. Box 10,
50728 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Fax: (6)03- 6196 5509 | Tel: (6)03- 6196 5510 | E-mail: mmesawi@hotmail.com
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The Muslim World League, Makkah
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, IIUM