SOAS – Nohoudh Muslim Integration Conference 2015: Engaging with the Discourse
Convenor: Professor Muhammad Abdel Haleem (Director, CIS, SOAS) | Coordinators: Ni’ma Burney & Myriam François
Date: 5 November 2015Time: 9:00 AM
Finishes: 6 November 2015Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Brunei GalleryRoom: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Type of Event: Conference
SOAS is delighted to host this conference on ‘Muslim Integration in Britain’, a collaboration between the Centre of Islamic Studies at SOAS and the Nohoudh Endowment for Development Studies. The Centre of Islamic Studies is an integral part of the School of Oriental and African Studies, and aims to promote scholarship and research in all areas of Islamic Studies. In addition to regular teaching and research, Centre activities include lectures and seminars, conferences, and occasional publications. The Nohoudh Endowment for Development Studies is an independent international trust, registered in the state of Kuwait, which seeks to engage with global issues facing Muslim cultures and societies. Nohoudh supports intellectual reform within Islamic thought via graduate study grants, international knowledge transfer partnerships and institutional links. This conference series has been funded by the generosity of Nohoudh.
The Muslim Integration in Britain Conference aims to address two crucial questions: what is integration?, and what is meant by Muslim integration in Britain? To this end, it aims to provide a forum for multidisciplinary research into the major issues at stake. Areas of discussion will include the historical context; integration and alienation; the role of national and international politics (civil and human rights, radicalisation and Islamophobia etc.) in the shaping of orientation and dis-orientation; normativity and diversity within the British Muslim community; and the framing of Muslim identities in Britain.
The conference panels have been organised to engage academics, government, civil society figures and media representatives with the aim to bridge the divide on all integration related issues. All panellists have been allocated 15 minute time slots and each panel session will be concluded with a 15–20 minute open Question and Answer session.
Recordings
SOAS – Nohoudh Muslim Integration Conference 2015: Engaging with the Discourse
Conference Programme
| Thursday, November 05, 2015 | ||
| 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:20—09:30 | Welcome address and Introduction | |
| Muhammad Abdel Haleem and Fahd al-Zumaei, Welcome | ||
| 09:30 | Muhammad Abdel Haleem, Integration from the Qur’anic Perspective | |
| 09:40 | Ifath Nawaz, Shari`ah in the UK: Dispelling the Myths | |
| 09:50—10:05 | Keynote Lecture: Trevor Phillips (Writer and broadcaster),Integration in the UK: A More British Muslim, A More Muslim Britain | |
| 10:10—11:40 | ENGAGING WITH THE INTEGRATION DISCOURSE (CHAIR:Anthony Heath, University of Oxford) | |
| Omar Khan, Integration and British Muslims: The Need for a Wider Agenda Usama Hasan, Hurriyah, musawah, ukhuwwah: Islam and Discourses of Integration David Goodhart, What Does Integration Look Like in a Liberal Society? Why Does it Matter? And is There a Special Muslim Issue with Integration? Christopher Bagley, The Meaning of Integration in British and Dutch Cultures Extended Question and Answer session |
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| 11:50—13.35 | EXTREMISM & COUNTER EXTREMISM (CHAIR: David Goodhart, DEMOS) | |
| Mohammed Aziz, The legal and non-legal counter-extremism initiatives during the New Labour years of 1997-2010 and their impact on the integration of Muslims in the UK Rashad Ali, Extremism and Counter-extremism Rizwaan Sabir, The Quilliam Foundation as a Propaganda Resource in the UKCampaign Against Political Islam Katherine Brown, Mothering and Caring for the State: Gender Logics in UK Countering Violent Extremism Programme Waqas Tufail, The Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 and the Criminalisation of British Muslim Extended Question and Answer session |
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| 14:35—16:05 | EDUCATION AND GEOGRAPHIES OF DIVISION (CHAIR: Alison Scott-Baumann, SOAS) | |
| Anthony Heath, ’The Relationship Between Religion And Poverty Waqas Tufail, Rotherham, Rochdale and the Racialized Threat of the ‘Muslim Grooming Gang’ Alyaa Ebbiary, Making Modern Mullahs in Britain Hywel Jones, Integration and the Prevent Strategy: A Knowledge Based Approach Extended Question and Answer session |
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| 16:25—18:10 | NORMATIVITY & DIVERSITY: RACE, ETHNICITY & BELONGING(CHAIR: Amina Yaqin, SOAS) | |
| Ron Geaves, The Contemporary Relevance of a Nineteenth Century Muslim Community in Liverpool Fatima Rajina, Dress and Language: A Critical Analysis ofthe Concept and the Process of Identity Construction within the British Bangladeshi Muslim Community in East London Chris Allen, Tackling Extremism, Reinforcing Islamophobia? A critical analysis of New Labour and Coalition policies and discourse Khadijah ElShayyal, How have the ‘soft-power’ type initiatives employed by the UK government’s securitisation agenda affected the identity of British Muslim young people and women? Ashraf Hoque, TBC Extended Question and Answer session |
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| Friday, November 06, 2015 | ||
| 09:00 | WELCOME BACK (Alison Scott-Baumann, SOAS, University of London) | |
| 09:10—09:25 | Keynote lecture: Fatima Manji (Journalist), A Journalist’s Insight into the Main Challenges Facing British Muslims | |
| 09:30—11:05 | FRAMING MUSLIM IDENTITIES: MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIMS & ISLAM (CHAIR: Fatima Manji, Journalist) | |
| Nafeez Ahmed, Muslims As Suspects – Why the Prevent Agenda is Demonising Dissent and Radicalising Communities Sundas Ali, Muslims in the Media – Unraveling Preconceptions Noureddine Miladi, The ‘Terrorism’ Frame: British Muslims and Islamophobia in the Media Farrah Sheikh, Locating English Muslims, Racialisation and the Challenge of Whiteness Extended Question and Answer session |
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| 11:25—13:10 | FREE SPEECH, SELF EXPRESSION & SILENCING DISSENT (Chair:David Feldman, Birkbeck) | |
| Omar Salha, Diplomacy, Sport and Islam: Tackling Islamophobia through Faith and Football Peter Morey, Framing Freedom Shenaz Bunglawala, W(h)ither Liberty? David Aaronovitch, Free Speech, Self Expression & Silencing Dissent Katy Sian, Prevent(ing) free speech and dissent in Britain’s Universities’ Extended Question and Answer session |
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| 14:25—16:05 | ISLAMIC FEMINISM, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY (CHAIR: Samia Bano, SOAS, University of London) | |
| Ziad Amir, Changing Perspectives on Muslim Polygamy: From Victorian Attitudes to Online Comments Amra Bone, Islamic Marriage and Divorce in the British Context: Do shari`a Councils Reinforce Unacceptable Patriarchy in the Muslim Communities Or Are They In Fact An Essential Tool In The Liberation of Muslim Women?’ Shuruq Naguib, Gender, Religious Authority and Islamic Education in Britain Amanullah De Sondy, The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities Extended Question and Answer session |
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| 16:20—18:00 | INTEGRATION, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? MOVING THE CONVERSATION FORWARD (CHAIR: Myriam François, SOAS, University of London) | |
| Matthew Wilkinson, Our Way of Being British: A Philosophical Basis for Muslim Integration Jørgen S. Nielsen, How European is the British Muslim experience? A comparative reflection Aaqil Ahmed, TBC David Feldman, A Model Minority? Anthony Heath, TBC Extended Question and Answer session |
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| 18.00–18:10 | CLOSING REMARKS | |