Prince Alwaleed Bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

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--- 9:30am ---

Opening and Welcome: John Esposito

Keynote: Noah Feldman, 'The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State'

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Panel 1: Rethinking Islam? Myths and Realities of Islamic Law

Madhavi Sunder, 'Women and Shari'ah in Modern Law'

Sherman Jackson, 'Can Shari'ah be Reformed?'

Jonathan Brown, 'Shari'ah Meets Reality: Giving Fatwas in Egypt'

--- 12:15pm ---

Break

--- 1:30pm ---

Panel 2: The Appeal of Shari'ah in Modern Muslim Politics & State Building

Clark Lombardi, 'Shari'ah and Constitution Making' (Egypt, Indonesia, and Afghanistan)

Intisar Rabb, 'The Shari'ah Clause in Modern Constitutions'

Nathan Brown, 'Shari’ah and Constitutional Reform'

--- 3pm ---

Break

--- 3:15pm ---

Panel 3: Shari'ah in a Human Rights Era

Abdulaziz Sachedina, 'Islam and Human Rights: A Clash of Universalisms?'

Mohammad Fadel, 'Islamic Law and International Human Rights' (Non-Muslim minorities and apostasy)

Andrew March, 'Shari'ah and Muslim Minorities in Europe'