PROGRAMME :

Title : Arts and Politics from an Ethical Perspective : Critical Questions

Program Description :

Two hours for each session

20 minutes for each guest speaker to deliver a speech

Five minutes for the moderator’s interventions

Five minutes for the researcher to present the session’s questions

30 minutes for the audience’s questions

Program

Details :

· 9am to 9.30am : Registration

· 9.30am to 9.40am : The Holy Qur’an

· 9.40am to 10am :

Prof. Tariq Ramadan:Opening Address

Dr. Jasser Auda:Maqasid Al-Shariah as Methodology for Islamic Renewal : The Philosophy of CILE

· 10am to 12pm : Ethics in Islam

Guest Speakers :

Sheikh Dr Yusuf Al- Qaradawi, Sheikh Dr Ahmed Al-Raissouni, Professor Mohammed Hassan Kamal, and Sheikh Dr Ali AL-Quradaghi. CILE Researcher : Zaynab Raissouni

Questions :

· What is the appropriate methodology for the study of ethics in Islam ?

· How can we ensure the compatibility of fatwas with ethical values ?

Moderator : Chauki Lazhar

· 12pm to 1.15pm:Break and prayers

· 1.15pm to 3.15pm : Ethics in Arts

Guest Speakers :

Dr Yusuf Islam, Dr Ahmad Moustafa, Hamza Namira, and Saloua Al-Choudary

CILE Researcher : YomnaTaher Sayed

Questions :

· What is the relationship between art and ethics ?

· What is your perspective of Islamic art ?

Moderator : Fatima Azzahrae Chaabani

· 3.15pm to 3.30pm : Coffee Break

· 3.30pm to 5.30pm : Ethics in Politics

Guest Speakers :

Dr. Abdel Moneim Abul Futuh, Professor Norman Flinkestein, Sheikh Dr. Esam Elbashir, Professor Nilüfer Göle

CILE Researcher : Asim Koldzo

Questions :

· What is the relationship between ethics and politics ?

· To what extent did the Arab Spring succeed in realizing the ethical values that inspired them in the first place ?

Moderator : Mawahib Bakr

5.30pm to 5.50pm : Concluding Speech – Prof. Tariq Ramadan