Friday 5 December 2003

Venue: Wolfson College

Organised by Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in conjunction with Research Analysts, Foreign & Commonwealth Office; The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, Princetown University

Speaker: Fariba Adelkhah, John Bowen, Fikret Karcic, John Kelsay, Werner Menski, Ziba Mir Husseini, Christian Moe, Martha Mundy, Lawrence Rosen, Mohammad Talib

A two-day conference bringing together a number of international scholars working on issues relating to Islamic law (Shari’a, fiqh, state law) and touching upon human rights concerns. Some focus on places which have typically been seen as Islamic heartlands (Arab states, Iran), others on regions which, despite their numerical strength, have been viewed as peripheral (India, Indonesia, Bosnia), still others on diasporas (France, the UK). All share an ethnographic approach, examining the ways in which practices or texts are used, interpreted and lived by Muslims.

Programme:

Registration required - tania.boyt@csls.ox.ac.uk

For more information on this event, please contact: Tania Boyt