Sponsors: MSA at Yale, Hartford Seminary, Yale Council on Middle East Studies, Yale NELC Dept., Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Yale Religious Ministry, Yale Muslims in Medicine, Yale Muslim Law Students Association, Asian American Cultural Center at Yale
Saturday, April 16, 2005 Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Yale University 8:30 - 9:15am Registration; Breakfast and Coffee 9:15 - 9:30am Welcome Note: Mahan Mirza 9:30 - 11:00am First Panel: Muslims in America: from Past to Present 09:30 - 09:45 "Islam in the Promised Land" (by Gulsum Gurbuz) 09:50 - 10:05 "A Muslim 'Diaspora' in the US" (by Christophe Schumann) 10:10 - 10:25 "Americanism against Islamism" (by Sayres Rudy) 10:25 - 11:00 Discussion 11:30 - 1:30pm Second Panel: Images and Imagined Selves: The Media and Popular Discourses 11:30 - 11:45 "War on Terror Narratives" (by Habiba Noor) 11:50 - 12:05 "American Visions of the Houri" (by Nerina Rustomji) 12:10 - 12:25 "Trouble with Irshad Manji" (by Tarek el-Ariss) 12:25 - 01:00 Discussion 1:00 - 2:30pm Dhuhr Prayers and Lunch Break 2:30 - 4:30pm Third Panel: Through the Looking Glass: Discourses within the Muslim Community 2:30 - 2:45 "Muslim Girls in Islamic School" (by Mezna Qato) 2:50 - 3:05 "American Muslim Hip Hop" (by Su’ad Abdul Khabeer) 3:10 - 3:25 "Impact of the 2003 Iraqi Campaign" (by Saeed Khan) 3:30 - 3:45 "Conversion out of Islam" (by Bilici and Khalil) 3:45 - 4:30 Discussion 4:30 - 5:00pm 'Asr Prayers and Coffee Break 5:00 - 6:00pm Full Discussion with all Speakers: Moderated by Dr. Jane Smith 6:00 - 6:30pm Keynote Address and Concluding Remarks: Ibrahim Abu-Rabi’ 6:30pm Conclusion
Saturday, April 16, 2005 Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Yale University
8:30 - 9:15am Registration; Breakfast and Coffee
9:15 - 9:30am Welcome Note: Mahan Mirza
9:30 - 11:00am First Panel: Muslims in America: from Past to Present
09:30 - 09:45 "Islam in the Promised Land" (by Gulsum Gurbuz) 09:50 - 10:05 "A Muslim 'Diaspora' in the US" (by Christophe Schumann) 10:10 - 10:25 "Americanism against Islamism" (by Sayres Rudy) 10:25 - 11:00 Discussion
11:30 - 1:30pm Second Panel: Images and Imagined Selves: The Media and Popular Discourses
11:30 - 11:45 "War on Terror Narratives" (by Habiba Noor) 11:50 - 12:05 "American Visions of the Houri" (by Nerina Rustomji) 12:10 - 12:25 "Trouble with Irshad Manji" (by Tarek el-Ariss) 12:25 - 01:00 Discussion
1:00 - 2:30pm Dhuhr Prayers and Lunch Break
2:30 - 4:30pm Third Panel: Through the Looking Glass: Discourses within the Muslim Community
2:30 - 2:45 "Muslim Girls in Islamic School" (by Mezna Qato) 2:50 - 3:05 "American Muslim Hip Hop" (by Su’ad Abdul Khabeer) 3:10 - 3:25 "Impact of the 2003 Iraqi Campaign" (by Saeed Khan) 3:30 - 3:45 "Conversion out of Islam" (by Bilici and Khalil) 3:45 - 4:30 Discussion
4:30 - 5:00pm 'Asr Prayers and Coffee Break
5:00 - 6:00pm Full Discussion with all Speakers: Moderated by Dr. Jane Smith
6:00 - 6:30pm Keynote Address and Concluding Remarks: Ibrahim Abu-Rabi’
6:30pm Conclusion
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