CF Events
CF Events 2008
July 12-13, Olympia Conference Centre, London
‘Understanding Political Islam: Trends and Perspectives’
A two-day specialist seminar organised by British Muslim Initiative and supported by Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Conflicts Forum, Demos, Forward Thinking and The Cordoba Foundation
Few topics seem to attract more interest than political Islam today. As recognized or unrecognized oppositions, parties in coalition governments or fully in power, or active players in civil society, Islamists have risen to prominence in the last two decades across much of the Muslim world. Today, Islamism is an undeniable fact of the political and cultural life of most Muslim countries in Asia and Africa, and even among Muslim minorities in Europe and the United States.
The ‘Understanding Political Islam’ seminar will bring together a unique selection of the world’s leading experts on Islam and Islamism together with a number of prominent intellectual and political figures in the field, including Professor John Esposito, Professor John O. Voll, Dr. Robert Leiken, Dr. Kamal El-Helbawy, Dr. Merve Kavakci, Alastair Crooke, Anas Altikriti, Prof. Tariq Ramadan, Dr. Azzam Tamimi, Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi. The aim is to open the way for a transparent and challenging discussion of a complex phenomenon.
The seminar will be held as an invitation or registration-only event at Islam Expo, the largest Muslim cultural event in Europe (www.islamexpo.com)
For more information and registration, please e-mail the following details to bmievents@gmail.com: name, occupation, institution, address, telephone number
For more information, please call + 44 7887 853455.
NB – please DO NOT contact Conflicts Forum about registering for this event.
March 11, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Gefinor Rotana Hotel, Clemanceau Street, Beirut
Panel Discussion on “The Mughniyah Assassination and Hezbollah Scholarship”
Organised by Mideastwire.com and Conflicts Forum
Panelists:
Joseph Alagha, Professor, LAU
Nicholas Blanford – Correspondent, The Times
Hilal Khashan – Professor, AUB
Nicholas Noe – Co-founder, Mideastwire
Panel Discussant – Bechir Saade, PhD Candidate, Kings College
January 17, The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut
The Bill and Sally Hambrecht Distinguished Peacemakers Lectures at AUB
Alastair Crooke - Talking with Islamists: An overdue task or an exercise in appeasement? [PDF]
Lessons learnt from 30 years of working in conflicts
CF Events 2006
November 29, IQ2S, New York City
“A democratically-elected Hamas is still a terrorist organization”
Speaking for the motion: Daniel Ayalon, Steven A. Cook, John O’Sullivan
Speaking against the motion: Stanley L. Cohen, Mahmoud Mohamedou, Mark Perry
Moderator: Judy Woodruff
More information on this event
July 6, IslamExpo, London
Debate: The origions of terrorism: Religious or Political?
Alastair Crooke, Jonathan Freedland, Azzam Tamimi, Bill Tupman
May 2-4, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 12th Mediterranean Dialogue Seminar Report
Keynote presentation: Dealing with Islamists, Alastair Crooke
January 13, London - Conflicts Forum press conference at the Frontline Club, transcript (PDF)