INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Hosted by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme) in cooperation with the Coexist Foundation and Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD TODAY Date: Monday 4 June and Tuesday 5 June 2007 Venue: Lancaster House, Central London
MONDAY 4 JUNE
From 08.00		Registration. (Coffee and refreshments will be served in the Grand Hall)
0930	1	DEFINING COMMON VALUES TO FACE OUR COMMON CHALLENGES INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE: Kate PRETTY Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge Session Chair: Prof. David FORD Founding Director, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme Rt Hon Tony BLAIR MP Prime Minister, United Kingdom His Excellency Mr Shaukat AZIZ Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
		Question and Answer session
1130-1200		Coffee Break
1200-1330	2	THE IMPACT OF MODERNITY: VALUES AND PRACTICE Session Chair: Dr Khaled HROUB Director, Cambridge Arab Media Project, University of Cambridge PANEL DISCUSSION § From Sultans to Nation States: Islam and the Rule of Law – His Eminence Shaykh Ali GOMAA Grand Mufti of Egypt § Universal Human Rights and Islam – Prof. Mona SIDDIQUI Professor of Islamic Studies and Public Understanding and Director, Centre for the Study of Islam, University of Glasgow § Gender on the Agenda – Ms Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh Raman WAHID Director, The Wahid Institute and Special Adviser to the President of Indonesia
		Question and Answer session
1330-1500 1500-1530		Working Groups and Lunch Prayers
1530-1700	3	MUSLIMS IN THE WEST: ENGAGEMENT AND REPRESENTATION Session Chair: Sasha HAVLICEK Executive Director, Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue Scene-setting presentation: § Findings of the Gallup World Poll – Ms Dalia MOGAHED Executive Director, Muslim Studies, Gallup PANEL DISCUSSION § Opening Contribution: Citizenship & Identity – Dr Ingrid MATTSON President, Islamic Society of North America, USA Prof. Jocelyne CESARI Director, Islam in the West Program, Center for Middle East Studies, Harvard University, USA Emine BOZKURT MEP, Netherlands Asim SIDDIQUI Chair, City Circle, London Yahya PALLAVICINI Vice-President, Comunità Religiosa Islamica, Italy Reisu– I – Ulema Dr Mustafa ef. CERIC Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1700-1730		Tea and Coffee
1730-1800	4	CONCLUSION OF DAY ONE Session Chair- Prof. David FORD Founding Director, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme § Prof. Philip JENKINS Professor of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA. § Dr Aref Ali NAYED Senior Adviser, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme
1830 onwards		Ministerial Reception

TUESDAY 5 JUNE
From 0830		Coffee and refreshments in the Grand Hall
0915-1130	5	ADDRESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, FAITH AND THE STATE PANEL DISCUSSION AND QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION Introduction Prof. David FORD Founding Director, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme Session Chair: Rt Hon Ruth KELLY MP Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government Panellists: § Rt Revd and Rt Hon Richard CHARTRES Bishop of London § Shaykh Abdal-Hakim MURAD (Timothy WINTER) Sheikh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge § Shaykh Hamza Yusuf HANSON Founder & Chairman, Board of Directors, Zaytuna Institute, USA § Prof. John ESPOSITO University Professor & Founding Director, Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, US § Premier Ebrahim RASOOL (tbc) Premier of the Western Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
1130-1300		Working Groups and Lunch
1300-1330 1330-1400		Report back from Rapporteurs on working lunch sessions CONCLUDING SESSION Rt Hon David CAMERON MP Leader of HM Official Opposition Prof. David FORD Founding Director, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme

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The conference organisers are grateful for support received from the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

This programme may be subject to change.