Third Conference
on
Islam in Contemporary Palestine

1 October 2009, Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah
Topic: Third Conference on Islam in Contemporary Palestine.
Organizer: PASSIA
Participants: Muntaha Jarrar, Chair, Women Union Society; Khaled Abu Arafeh; Yakoub Abu Asab; Eman Hamouri, Director, Popular Art Centre; Peter Schaefer, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation; Lily Habash, UNDP; Arwa Abu Hashash, Student; Paola Caridi, Journalist; Rima Tarazi, Director, General Union of Palestinian Women; Farida Amad & Nahla Bseiso, In'ash El-Usrah Society; Goetz Herrman, FES Intern; Haya Al-Fara, Advocacy Officer, MA’AN; Khitam Saafin, Union of Palestinian Women Committees; Walter Miller, US Consulate; Pia Rantala Engberg, Head, Finland Representative Office; Amal Abu Srour, Resource Development Officer, MA’AN; Muhammed Boukayeo, Student; Jamal Atta, Diplomatic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt; Dr. Jawad Naji, Prime Minister’s Advisor; Hani Al-Masri, Director, Bada’el Center; I’tedal Al Ashhab; Dr. Arafat Al Hidmi, Chairman, Makassed Charitable Islamic Society; Angelo Fratini, Italian Cooperation Logistic Officer; Dr. Khalil Nakhleh, Researcher; Kat Hanna, Student; Eva Schmidt, FES Intern; Muhammed Daraghmeh, Journalist; Ghazaleh Arar, General Union of Palestinian Teachers; Omar Shweiki, Assistant Director, Kenyon Institute; Bishop Dr. Munib Younan; Fajr Harb, Program Coordinator, The Carter Center; Timothy Rothermel, Director, The Carter Center; Abdul Rahman Abu Al Filat; Ashraf Tannous, Lutheran Church; Maysoon Al Ramahi, Al Khansa Women Association; Jamal Al Aref, Deputy Middle East Rep., ANERA, Bashir Barakat, Director, Dar Is’af Nashashibi; Naemeh Baydoun; Janet Michael, Ramallah Municipality; Ayshah Odeh; Abdul Raman Abad; Abdul Rahim Malouh; Ahmad Abbas, Planning Ministry; Almut Woller, Trainee, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation; Oskar Wuestinger, Austrian Representative; Ivo Silhavy, Czech Republic Representative; Lenka Hazbunora, Assist. Of H.M, Czech Republic Representative; Nils Eliasson, Swedish Consul General; Tristan Dunning, Doctoral Candidate; Henrik Meyer, FES; Bogustaw Odwolek, Polish Representative of the PA.

	PROGRAM
9.00-9.15	WELCOMING ADDRESSES Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
9.15-9.30	OPENING ADDRESS Abdel Azim Salhab, Director of the Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem   Related Material: Click here to download
SESSION I:	POLITICAL ISLAM IN PALESTINE Chair: Dr. Khaled Hroub, Director of Cambridge Arab Media Project (CAMP), Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
9.30-9:50	The Transformation of Political Islam in Palestine since 2006 – Where To? Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director, Palestinian Center for Policy & Survey Research, Ramallah
9.50 -10:10	Islam and Democracy Dr. Abdel Rahim Al-Shaikh, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Birzeit University
10.10-10.30	Islam and Governance: The Palestinian Experience Dr. Ali Sartawi, Dean of the Shari’a College, An-Najah National University, Nablus   Related Material: Click here to download
10.30-11.15	Open Discussion
SESSION II:	ISLAMIC IDENTITY, NATIONALISM AND RESISTANCE Chair: Dr. Ghassan Faramand, Director, Institute of Law, Birzeit University
11.30-11.50	Islam in Nationalism – A Unifying Factor? Dr. Khaled Hroub, Director of Cambridge Arab Media Project (CAMP), Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, UK   Related Material: Click here to download
11.50-12.10	Islamic Resistance – Social and Religious Origins of Islamic Militancy Dr. Bassem Zubeidi, Head of the Political Science Department, Birzeit University
12.10-12.30	Islamic Movements and the Occupation Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
12.30-13.15	Open Discussion
13.30-14.30	Lunch
SESSION III:	ISLAM AND THE WORLD Chair: Hani Al-Masri, Director of Bada’el - Palestine Media and Research Studies Center, Ramallah
14.30-15.30	Islam and Jerusalem Video Conference Cairo-Ramallah with Dr. Mohammed Salim Al-‘Awa, Head of the Egyptian Association for Culture and Dialogue, Cairo
15.30-15.50	Christian-Muslim Relations in Palestine Father Dr. Rafiq Khouri, Latin Church, Jerusalem   Related Material: Click here to download
15.50-16.10	Islam and the West Prof. Dr. Helga Baumgarten, Head of the MA Program Democracy and Human Rights, Birzeit University.
16.10-17.00	Open Discussion