University of Vienna, Kleiner Festsaal - Islam and Politics

University of Vienna, Kleiner Festsaal - Islam and Politics

27 – 28th May,
2016
University of Vienna,
Kleiner Festsaal
Islam and Politics –
The Illusion of an Islamic State
—International
Conference —
© AP (Hussein Malla)
—Themes of the conference—
1 Theological background of political Islam – Tensions
between interpretations of Islam and democracy
2 Legitimization of violence with reference to Islamic theology
3 Islamic organizations and their objective of an Islamic
political system
4 Political Islam and Europe
5 Major political actors in Islamic organizations in Europe
and their financial structures
6 Violence in the name of Islam – Recruiting young people
to extremist movements
7 Promotion of a theology of violence and effective measures
in countering violence and promoting de-radicalization
Samim Akgönül
Elmira Akhmetova
Muhamed Ali
Leyla Almazova
Hodri Ariev
Dele Ashiru
Ednan Aslan
Dounia Bouzar
Alessandro Cancian
Bacem Dziri
Heinz Faßmann
Tarek Fatah
İştar Gözaydın
Cengiz Günay
Mohammed Ilyas
Sebastian Kurz
Rüdiger Lohlker
Moshe Ma’oz
Brigitte Maréchal
Steven Merley
Ešref Kenan Rašidagić
Said Sadek
Ronald Sandee
Yașar Sarıkaya
Mark Sedgwick
Ahmed Shaheed
Laurenţiu Tănase
Timings
Friday May 27, 2016
5.30 p.m.—9 p.m.
Saturday May 28, 2016
9 a.m.—6 p.m.
https://iis.univie.ac.at/
Conference languages: English and German. Translation provided
for lectures in English, German, and French. No conference fee
but participation is limited. Advanced registration through the following
e-mail address is required: islamandpolitics@univie.ac.at
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