Program of CILE 1st International Conference

9 March 2013, from 9am to 5.50pm
Location: Qatar Foundation, Student Center - Ballrooms 1, 2 and 3

Arts and Politics from an Ethical Perspective: Critical Questions

Program Description:

• Two hours for each session
• 20 minutes for each guest speaker to deliver a speech
• Five minutes for the moderator’s interventions
• Five minutes for the researcher to present the session’s questions
• 30 minutes for the audience’s questions

Program Details:

• 9am to 9.30am: Registration
• 9.30am to 9.40am: The Holy Qur’an
• 9.40am to 10am:
  • Prof. Tariq Ramadan:
    Opening Address
  • Dr. Jasser Auda:
    Maqasid Al-Shariah as Methodology for Islamic Renewal: The Philosophy of CILE
• 10am to 12pm: Ethics in Islam

Guest Speakers:

Sheikh Dr Yusuf Al- Qaradawi, Sheikh Dr Ahmed Al-Raissouni, Professor Mohammed Hassan Kamal, and Sheikh Dr Ali AL-Quradaghi.

CILE Researcher: Zaynab Raissouni

Questions:

• What is the appropriate methodology for the study of ethics in Islam?
• How can we ensure the compatibility of fatwas with ethical values?

Moderator: Chauki Lazhar

• 12pm to 1.15pm: Break and prayers
• 1.15pm to 3.15pm: Ethics in Arts

Guest Speakers:

Dr Yusuf Islam, Dr Ahmad Moustafa, Hamza Namira, and Saloua Al-Choudary

CILE Researcher: YomnaTaher Sayed

Questions:

• What is the relationship between art and ethics?
• What is your perspective of Islamic art?

Moderator: Fatima Azzahrae Chaabani

• 3.15pm to 3.30pm: Coffee Break
• 3.30pm to 5.30pm: Ethics in Politics

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Abdel Moneim Abul Futuh, Professor Norman Flinkestein, Sheikh Dr. Esam Elbashir, Professor Nilüfer Göle

CILE Researcher: Asim Koldzo

Questions:

• What is the relationship between ethics and politics?
• To what extent did the Arab Spring succeed in realizing the ethical values that inspired them in the first place?

Moderator: Mawahib Bakr

• 5.30pm to 5.50pm: Concluding Speech – Prof. Tariq Ramadan