MECO Annual Conference 2012

ISLAM & HUMAN RIGHTS
The European Paradigm
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LADY MARGARET HALL

Norham Gardens
Oxford OX2 6QA (map)

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER 2012
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmFriday Congregational Prayer followed by light lunch
(Summertown Hall, corner Banbury & Portland Roads, OX2 7EZ)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pmConference Registration
3:30 pm – 5:00 pmPanel 1: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS – Definitions /Discourses
5:00 pm – 5:30 pmRefreshment Break
5:30 pm – 7:00 pmPanel 2: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM
8:00 pm – 10:30 pmDinner + First Keynote Speaker (followed by Muslim Entertainer)
SATURDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER 2012
9:30 am – 11:00 amPanel 3: TEXTUAL/THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM
11:00 am – 11:30 amRefreshment Break
11:30 am – 1:00 pmPanel 4: ISLAMIC LAW, CHILDREN AND HUMAN RIGHTS
1:00 pm – 2:30 pmLunch + Second Keynote Speaker
2:30 pm – 4:00 pmPanel 5: GENDER, SEXUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM
4:00 pm – 4:30 pmRefreshment Break
4:30 pm – 6:00 pmPanel 6: ISLAM, DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
7 pm – 10:30 pmDinner + Third Keynote Speaker (followed by Muslim singers)
SUNDAY, 18TH NOVEMBER 2012
10 am – 11:30 amPanel 7: CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM THOUGHT & HUMAN RIGHTS
11:30 am – 12:00 pmRefreshment Break
12:00 pm – 2:00 pmPanel 8: Workshop / Round Table
PROBLEMS, PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS FOR EUROPEAN MUSLIMS
IN PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmLight Lunch & Farewell

© Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford: 2012