Posted on 09/15/2008 2:06:30 PM PDT by LSUfan
The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
cmcu.georgetown.edu
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The Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding will be hosting a conference -- "Is There a Role for Shari'ah in Modern States?" -- at Georgetown University on October 23rd, 2008. The conference will be taking place from 9:30am to 5pm. A tentative schedule can be found below.
--- 10:45am ---
Panel 1: Rethinking Islam? Myths and Realities of Islamic Law
Nathan Brown, "Shari'ah and Constitutional Reform"
Sherman Jackson, "Can Shari'ah be Reformed?"
Jonathan Brown, "Shari'ah Meets Reality: Giving Fatwas in Egypt"
--- 12:15pm ---
Lunch
--- 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"
Amira Sonbol, "Women and Shari'ah in Modern Law"
--- 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"
Sure. It’s a great example of a set of primitive, proto-human practices and beliefs from about a thousand years ago that belong in the shameful dustbin of human historical failures.
Just as much room for Sharia as there is for Jim Crow and Judge Lynch law.
Sharia law denies individual liberty and freedom of religious expression and thus is perfectly suited for a governing a totalitarian theocracy.
Does Sharia law allow slavery?
It should be a very easy question for Islamic scholars to answer.
If it does then it has no place in the modern world.
I think under Sharia, you can be killed for even asking that.
Should be an interesting conference.
They can take their sharia law, and shove it.
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Excuse me I just fell out of my chair...We do have a tiered justice system, just not like you might think. In rochester proper, a domestic is nothing where as in the burbs it is a cause for prime concern lawyers and judgements and all that. If there is no money to be made lawyers don't press.
Re The Beirut Barracks Bombing:
http://www.beirut-memorial.org/history/index.html
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/terror.htm
Excuse me I just fell out of my chair...We do have a tiered justice system, just not like you might think. In rochester proper, a domestic is nothing where as in the burbs it is a cause for prime concern lawyers and judgements and all that. If there is no money to be made lawyers don't press.
Seattle will be the first city to adopt a sharia court. Last week they announced a return to bus side ads. Today, they added that the an Islamic group will be the first to run ads on the sides of the buses. The ads will say something like, Get to know Islam, call -— -——.
Just imagine if a group of Christians ran an ad saying, get to know Jesus, call, -— -——.
Normally, no. But, as a friend of mine who lives on a Caribbean island said about the petty thieves, “Sometimes you need a little Islamic justice.”
No. Well, OK, maybe adopt a few of their punishments...
Hmm...you mention “rochester”; I take that to mean the city named Rochester in New York state. Am I correct?
And then there is “domestic”; as in a “servant” or “maid”? Or do you mean “domestic violence”?
If you could please clarify what you mean, I would have a better understanding of what you’re trying to say.
As for “lawyers don’t press” - I’m at a total loss!!
Is There a Role for Sharia in Modern States?
Absolutely!
Rednecks with guns need entertainment.
There is NO role for Sharia in the West and ANY US college that takes money from a Muslims should be shut down immediately.
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