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Oct 27, 2009: Colloquium on The Islamic World between Europe and the United States
Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University and National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies invite you to a colloquium on:
The Islamic World between Europe and the United States
To celebrate the launch of the Special Issue of International Politics
Tuesday 27 October 2009, 5.30-7.00pm
Lecture Theatre 1, ICT Building, University of Melbourne
111 Barry St, Parkville
RSVP: by 17 October to Christine Sioukou ▪ Centre for Dialogue ▪ C.Siokou@latrobe.edu.au ▪ 9479 1893
Oct 8, 2009, NCEIS UWS: Popular Religion in Indonesia’s Islamic Growth Movement by Julia Day Howell, Uni of Western Sydney
NCEIS at the University of Western Sydney, The Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies
Invites you to a Public Lecture on Popular Religion in Indonesia’s Islamic Growth Movement by Julia Day Howell
Griffith Asia Institute (Bankstown Campus)
8th October 2009
13:30 to 15: 30
Room: 23.G.40 (Conference Room 01)
Master of Islamic Studies - new course brochure
The Master of Islamic Studies (MIS) degree at the University of Melbourne offers a multidisciplinary approach in areas such as Islamic law, theology, politics, conflict resolution, education and global media. It also provides access to a diverse range of elective studies, as well as a vibrant NCEIS public events program, including an international Islamic studies conference held each year.
View the new Course Brochure for Master of Islamic Studies
Shahram Akbarzadeh on: Muslim Aussies must win the war on the home front, in the Herald Sun
LAST week the Melbourne Magistrates' Court refused bail to several Muslim men accused of an alleged terror plot.
The evidence presented against one of the accused included an intercepted phone conversation in which he allegedly told his wife of his intention to enter paradise by engaging in a war against infidels.
This seemed like damming evidence. He made matters worse for himself by refusing to stand in court, arguing that he only stands before God.
The evidence presented against the accused and his behaviour reveal an ideological antipathy against Australia and its institutions.
What makes young Muslims turn to the ideology of violence, to kill and ultimately die in the name of religion? There is no simple answer.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,26014637-5000117,00.html
Tahmina Rashid on: Virtual Islam & Transnational Networks
Virtual Islam & Transnational Networks
Religious discourses; and Diaspora Networks of Pakistani Women
Pakistani women have been discussed from a variety of perspectives – depending on the context; class; ethnicity; rural/urban location and research interests of scholars and researchers. The emerging themes range from victim hood; subjectivity; subordination; existing patriarchal norms; prevailing religious discourses and discriminatory nature of laws.
This paper would discuss the current situation, within the context of women’s social status and existing legal frameworks defining and redefining their public/private role. This paper argues that women are actively involved in a new form of religious conservatism – for the purpose of this paper I intend to use the term “transnational fundamentalism” since the emerging scenario links the local and global conservatives. These women are active agents of conservatives; assuming new roles through these religious paradigms, not mere conformists of a radical religious view but are interpreters of religious discourses. These women even reinterpreting fundamentalist’s agendas and are instrumental in dissemination of a particular orthodox view, forging alliance through new technologies – E-learning; Audio material and internet classes for religious education.
News: Iran's nuclear program in exchange of Jewish settlements of Israel
Iran's nuclear program in exchange of Jewish settlements of Israel
Some experts say that the quid pro quo agreement proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Europe would help Israel enlist the support of the West on the issue of Iran's nuclear program, but according to other experts, the new tactics of the Israeli Prime Minister will have no action.
This week the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a four-day trip to Europe, during which it was planned to discuss a peaceful settlement in the Middle East and Iran's nuclear program.
During his European tour, Netanyahu said that Israel would agree to partially freeze construction of Jewish settlements on the West Bank in exchange for a tough U.S. position against Iran's nuclear program, Guardian reported. Read more
CANCELLED: Islam, the West and the African Diaspora By Professor Sulayman Nyang : CANCELLED
