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Challenges and Opportunities for Islamic Peacebuilding after September 11

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

2:30 p.m. Registration - Great Hall, Hesburgh Center

3:00 p.m. Welcome and Overview Scott Appleby

3:15 p.m. Keynote Address: "A Just Peace and its Requirements: The Classical Sources of Islam" Khaled Abou El Fadl

4:30 p.m. Refreshment Break - Great Hall, Hesburgh Center

5:00 p.m. Local Islamic Responses to September 11 (Part 1)
Palestine: Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Chechnya: Anna Zelkina
Dagestan: Tamara Sivertseva
Respondent: Rev. Patrick Gaffney, C.S.C.

7:00 p.m. Dinner - Greenfield's Cafe, Hesburgh Center

SATURDAY, APRIL 13

8:30 a.m. Local Islamic Responses to September 11 (Part 2)
Pakistan: Muqtedar Khan
Kashmir: Cynthia Mahmood
Philippines: Amina Rasul-Bernardo
Respondent: Dan Philpott

10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break - Great Hall, Hesburgh Center

10:30 a.m. Changing Views of Violence within Islam "Islam's Jihad for Just Peace: Transcending the Classical Notion of Jihad" Louay Safi

"Apocalypticism, Innerworldly Eschatology, and Islamic Extremism" Thomas Scheffler

"Sufi Conceptions of Jihad" Hakan Yavuz

Respondent: Asma Afsaruddin

12:45 p.m. Luncheon - Greenfield's Cafe, Hesburgh Center

2:30 p.m. Islamic Resources and Opportunities for Peacebuilding "Muslim Women and Peacebuilding" Azza Karam

"Inter-religious Solidarity and Peacebuilding: The Case of Muslims in South Africa" Rashied Omar

"Islamic Resources for Peacebuilding" Mohammed Abu-Nimer

Respondent: John Paul Lederach

4:30 p.m. Refreshment Break - Great Hall, Hesburgh Center

5:00 p.m. Closing Address: "Foundations and Implications of the U.S. War on Terrorism" Graham Fuller

7:00 p.m. Banquet - The Morris Inn

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