"Muslim Grassroots in the West Discuss Democracy: A Panel"
Jocelyne Cesari, Research Associate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Amedee Turner, Queen's Council, Honorary Member of European Parliament

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lower Level Conference Room
Seminar on Islam in the West, The Middle East Initiative and The Kokkalis Program
Contact: Kristin M. Zingler, kzingler@hds.harvard.edu

The impetus for the event came from the launch of a report written by Amédée Turner, entitled Muslim Grassroots in the West Discuss Democracy. There has long been debate over whether Islam and democracy can coexist, either through mutual exclusion or through productive engagement. This debate has generated many questions and caveats, among which is the view of the average Muslim living in the West. A comprehensive survey to gauge the sentiments of Muslims across the US and the UK was conducted for Turner's report and has produced some exceptional material for consideration.

Listen to a recording of this session here.

"Leaderless Jihad"
Marc Sageman, Forensic Psychiatrist, Government Counterterrorism Consultant

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Littauer 369, 79 JFK Street, Kennedy School of Government
Seminar on Islam in the West co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact: Kristin Zingler, kzingler@hds.harvard.edu

Marc Sageman is a former foreign service officer who was based in Islamabad from 1987 to 1989, where he worked closely with Afghanistan's mujahedin. He is the author of "Understanding Terror Networks and Leaderless Jihad".

"Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Sharia"

Abdullahi An-Na’im
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. Internationally recognized as both a leading expert on religion and law and as a human rights activist, Dr. An-Na’im is a prominent authority on Islamic law and theology, and on diverse Islamic societies in Africa and Asia. Specifically, he focuses on the complementary relationship between religion, human rights and secularism.

"Transatlantic relations and the integration of Muslims in Europe, specifically in the Netherlands"

Marietje Schaake
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 208

Marietje is an independent advisor on diversity, integration and Islam in the West. She is the 2007-2008 Residential Fellow at Netherlands Atlantic Association where she writes her forthcoming book.

We are pleased to invite all graduate students as well as young researchers and faculty members from all departments and schools of Harvard to attend the Islam in the West Graduate Student Research Workshop.

The workshop provides a forum for graduate students who are interested in topics related to Islam and Muslim communities in North America and Europe to:

1. Present and discuss their research areas and receive useful feedback from their peers;

2. Discuss relevant topics and new research in this important but still loosely organized research area;

3. Engage in valuable interdisciplinary collaboration;

4. Engage in discussion and cooperation with visiting scholars working on related issues.

Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Momina Cheema (mcheema@fas.harvard.edu) by Wednesday March 5 noon.

"Islamic Fundamentalism and Jihadi Terrorism in Europe: Differences and Affinities"

Farhad Khosrokhaver
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

Dr. Farhad Khosrokhavar is Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Prior to his position with the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Dr. Khosrokhavar taught at Bou Ali University in Hamadan, Iran, and the Center for Science Policy, Ministry of Culture and Higher Education in Iran. He has published more than ten books on Iran, Islam and the West.

The World Premiere of

AN ISLAMIC CONSCIENCE: the Aga Khan and the Ismailis
See the trailer @ www.agakhanfilm.org


6:00 pm
JFK Jr. Forum, Kennedy School of Government
(click for directions)

As the divide between the Muslim world and the West continues to grow, it is time to hear the story of a Muslim leader who has been persevering for fifty years to promote a vision of pluralism, religious tolerance, and positive social action. This is the first documentary in 45 years on the Aga Khan, the leader of the world's Shia Ismaili Muslims. What does he have to say about this post 9-11 world?

The film will be followed by a Panel Discussion with:

Firas Ahmad: Deputy Editor of Islamica Magazine (KSG '05)
Ali Asani: Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and
Culture (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
Bill Cran: Emmy Award-Winning Director
Shamir Allibhai: Filmmaker and Producer (HDS '09)
Moderated by Jocelyne Césari: Director of the Islam in the West Program


This event is cosponsored by the Divinity School, Initiative on Religion and International Affairs, the Islam in the West Program, and the Kennedy School Muslim Caucus. For more information about the event, please contact Kamron_Mitchell@harvard.edu.

Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States – A Book Launch
Jocelyne Cesari, Director of the Islam in the West Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Steven Caton, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Reception Lounge/Room 102, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge 02138

Contact: Gwen Speeth, gspeeth@fas.harvard.edu

A reception, book launch and presentation of the Islam in the West Program’s encyclopedia. In the CMES Director’s Seminar Series, with CMES Director Steven Caton, Islam in the West Director and encyclopedia editor Jocelyne Cesari, and members of the encyclopedia editorial board.

Website: http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/research/iw

11:30am - 2:00pm
A Dialogue on: "Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslims in America"
A panel discussion on The Report of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Task Force on Muslim American Civic and Political Engagement

Panelists

• Kathwari, Chair of the Task Force
• Gowher Rizvi, Task Force Member and Director of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
• Jocelyne Cesari, Director of the Islam in the West Program, Visiting Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School, and Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Nye ABC Conference Room,
Taubman Building, 5th Floor,
John F. Kennedy School of Government

79 John F. Kennedy Street (Harvard Square)
Cambridge, MA

Co-sponsored by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Middle East Initiative and the Dubai Initiative of the John F. Kennedy School of Government

RSVP Requested for lunch to Susan_Valaskovic@harvard.edu, or (617) 495-2744.
For more info contact gspeeth@fas.harvard.edu

9:15 PM - 10:00 pm (performance 7:30-9:00pm)
Veiled Monologues - post-performance panel discussion

Panelists

• Robin Bernstein, Assistant Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and of History and Literature
• Jocelyne Cesari, Director of the Islam in the West Program, Visiting Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School, and Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Gideon Lester, Acting Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theatre Afsaneh Najmabadi, Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
• Adelheid Roosen, author and director of the Veiled Monologues

Zero Arrow Theatre, (Corner of Massachusetts Ave and Arrow St)
Cambridge, MA

Co-sponsored with Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

RSVP Requested for lunch to Susan_Valaskovic@harvard.edu, or (617) 495-2744.
For more info contact gspeeth@fas.harvard.edu

5:15 - 7:00PM

"Who's Who in Islamic Feminism? A Brief Review of American Muslim Critiques of Islamic Law and Women's Rights"
Prof. Asifa Quraishi
University of Wisconsin Law School

Room S050
CGIS-South (1730 Cambridge St)

5:15 - 7:00PM

"Portrait of a Giving Community: Philanthropy by the Pakistani-American Diaspora"
Prof. Adil Najam, The Fletcher School

Room S050
CGIS-South (1730 Cambridge St)

5:15 - 7:00PM

"Detroit's Pioneer Mosques: Early Efforts to Institutionalize Islamic Practice in the U.S., 1910-1965"
Sally Howell

Room S050
CGIS-South (1730 Cambridge St)

12:00 - 1:30PM

"American Islam: the Struggle for the Soul of a Religion"
Paul M. Barrett
Assistant Managing Editor for Business Week

Reception Room
Center for Middle Eastern Studies (38 Kirkland Street)

5:30 - 7:30PM

"Why the French Don't Like Headscarves"
John Bowen
Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences
Director of the Pluralism, Politics, and Religion Initiative, Washington University in St. Louis

Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall

5:15 - 7:00PM

"Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11"
Genevieve Abdo
Analyst, Gallup Organization's Muslim World Poll

Room S050, South Building
Center for Government and International Studies
1730 Cambridge Street

"American Sufis and their Networks:
From Transformation to Authentication"
Marcia Hermansen
Professor of Islamic Studies, Loyola University of Chicago

4:15 - 7:00PM
Cabot Room, Busch Hall