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start date and time: Monday, October 27, 2008 at 8:15 AM

end date and time: Monday, October 27, 2008 at 1:05 PM

categories:   political   international   spiritual

event description:

video webcast -

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. presents Secularism in the Muslim Diaspora.

Speakers at this event and topics of discussion are:

8:45 - 10:45 am ET

Opening remarks -
Haleh Esfandiari - Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

The Mosque in Germany between Freedom of Faith, Parallel Societies, Politics of Islamization and Integration in Society -
- Bassam Tibi - Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for International Affairs, Göttingen University

The French Republic and Muslim Diversity -
- Jean-Pierre Filiu - Visiting Professor, Georgetown University; Associate Professor, Political Science and Chair, Middle East Studies, Sciences Po, Paris, France

- Chair - Philippa Strum, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

11:00 - 1:00 am ET

Is Shari’a a Law? -
- Maajid Nawaz - Director, The Quilliam Foundation, London, England

Emancipation and Integration of Dutch Muslims in Light of a Process Polarization and the Threat of Political Islam -
- Afshin Ellian - Professor of International Criminal Law, University of Leiden, Netherlands

- Chair - Cheryl Benard, Director, Initiative for Middle Eastern Youth, Center for Middle East Public Policy, RAND Corporation

The Wilson Center was established in 1968 by an act of Congress as a living memorial to President Woodrow Wilson. The nonpartisan institution is supported by public and private funds and engages in the study of national and world affairs. It provides a neutral forum for lively, free, and informed dialogue.

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