Conference Proceedings – 29-30 September 2019
The International Conference on Islam in the West took place at the Landmark Hotel in Amman on September 29-30, 2019. The conference was organized by the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies and the Friedrich Nauman Foundation for Freedom, under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Chairman of the board of trustees of the RIIFS. Conference was attended by experts from Europe and the Arab/Islamic world.
Papers :
Towards a Common House: Beyond Cultural, Religious, and Ideological Boundaries
Rocio Daga, Lecturer at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Mutual Perceptions and Relations: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Radwan Al-Sayed, Lecturer at the Lebanese University, Lebanon
Islamic Studies in the West from Orientalism to Theology: Germany as a Model
Dr. Mohammed Abdel Fadeel, Lecturer at the SISD
Caught ‘In-Between’: Marriage and Divorce among Muslim Refugees in Germany
Dr. Yafa Shanneik Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK
Muslims in Italy: Dilemmas, Cultural Identity, Social Integration, and Political Loyalty
Imam Izzeddin El Zir, Vice-president of the Florence School of Dialogue, Italy
Between Expectations and Realities: The Experiences of a Young Arab-Muslim in France
Dr. Jamal Shalabi, Professor of Political Sciences at The Hashemite University, Jordan
The Compatibility of the Islamic Value System with Western Liberal-Democratic Values
Dr. Dany Ghsoub, Assistant Professor at Notre Dame University (NDU), Lebanon
Muslims and Western Political System: Problems of Political Inclusion and Preconditions for Active Citizenship
Mr. Brahim Kas, Researcher at the University Paris 8, France
Islam in France
Dr. Rene Otayek, Professor of Political Science at the University of Bordeaux, France
Islam in Contemporary Spain: The Difficult Path Between Religious Identity and Secularist Demands
Dr. Maria Angeles Corpas Aguirre, Professor of Contemporary History at the UCAM, Spain
Islamicate Thought in the European Intellectual Milieu
Dr. Nader El-Bizri, Professor of Philosophy and Civilization Studies at the AUB, Lebanon
Ignorance Fuels Islamophobia
Dr. Charles Saint-Prot, General Director of the Observatoire d’études Géopolitiques, France
How Islam Shaped the Relationship of State and Religion in Germany: Religious Policy as Integration Policy
Dr. Sven Speer, Founding President of the Open Religious Policy Forum (FOR), Germany
Role of Civil Society Organizations in Integrating Muslim Residents in Europe
Dr. Renee Hattar, Head of International Studies at RIIFS, Jordan
Muslim Civic and Political Participation in Italy: Discourses and Practices
Dr. Michele Brignone, Executive Director of the Oasis International Foundation, Italy
Publisher : The Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
Year of publication : 2020
ISBN: 978-9957-426-06-4