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Islam in Contemporary Palestine
( الإسلام في فلسطين المعاصرة )

21-22 September 2004
Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah

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برنامج المؤتمر باللغة العربية 

   
RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNIT ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS (2004)

       :: All meetings were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA)

 


13 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and New Challenges, Such as Israel's Apartheid Separation Wall.

Participant(s): Corinne Whitlateh, Executive Director, Churches for Middle East Peace, USA; Rev. Jim Wetekam, Media Director, Churches for Middle East Peace, USA; Fr. Jim Kofski, MM, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, USA; Catherine Gordon, Associate for International Issues, Washington Office, Presbyterian Church, USA; Rev. Phil Jones, Director of Washington Office, Church of the Brethren, USA; Joe Volk, Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation, USA.

17 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: The Islamic View on the Issue of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Speaker: Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University

Participant(s): Jamal El-Aref, Deputy, ANERA; Walid Assali, Lawyer; Mohammed Nusseibeh, Islamic Higher Council; Jumana Jauni, Political Officer, British Consulate; Mufti Ekrima Sabri, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.

13 April 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Jesus in the Christian and Muslim Faiths

Speaker: Dr. Maroun Lahham; Dr. Abdul Rahman Abbad

Participant(s): Ibrahim Sha'aban, Lawyer; Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, Islamic Waqf; Mohammed Jadallah, Doctor; Abed Abu Diab, Member of Labor Union; Adnan Al-Husseini, Director, Islamic Waqf; Sheikh Jamil Hammami, Al-Quds University.

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28 April 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: Aspects of Holiness & History in Islam

Speaker: Sheikh Bassam Jarrar, Head, Noon Center for Quranic Studies, Ramallah

Participant(s): Amer Arouri, Field Worker; Tareq Hamida, Noon Center; Basem Bassouma, Noon Center; Idrees Al-Hajjeh, Trader; Shadad Said, Trader; Issa Wadi, Noon Center; Muhsen Sinokrot, Sinokrot Food Company; Imad Al-Qadi, Teacher; Majed Saqer, Imam (Mosque); Raed Saqer, Trader; Khaled Sawalha, Teacher; Jamil Hamami, Al-Quds University; Ahmad Nader, Diplomat; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Sana' Shannak, PASSIA.

Read More (in Arabic) المقدّس والتاريخي في الإسلام

Summary & Discussion (in Arabic) ملخص محاور الندوة والمناقشة

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26 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Ijtihad In Islam

Speaker: Mohammed Sheikh Ali, Lecturer at the Faculty of Quranic and Islamic Studies, Al-Quds University

Participant(s): Musa Dweik, Dean, School of Law, Al-Quds University; Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Ibrahim Sabri, member, Shari'a Appeal Court; Yousef Abu Sneineh, Imam, Al-Aqsa Mosque; Mohammed Nusseibeh, Engineer; Adnan Husseini, Director, Islamic Waqf; Sael Sheikh Ali, Al-Furqan School; Ahmad Abu Lafi, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Mohammed Jadallah, Physician; Mohammed Hussein, Islamic Waqf; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Sana' Shannak, PASSIA

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17 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: “Jesus Christ: The Second Coming” - An Islamic Perspective

Speaker: Sheikh Yusef Abu Sneineh; Dar Al- Hadith, Al Aqsa Mosque

Participant(s): Engineer Adnan Husseini, General Director of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf; Mohammed Abu Ghazaleh, Electric Company; Muezz Nashashibi, Engineer; Samer Nusseibeh, Engineer; Mohammed Saleem Ali, Teacher; Ahmed Abu Lafi, Lecturer, Al Quds University; Sayel Sheikh Ali, Al Furqan Schools; Ibrahim Sabri, Appeal Court Member; Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Mufti of Jerusalem & Palestine; Ishaq Al Qutob, Professor, Al Quds University.

Read More (in Arabic) عيسى بن مريم في النزول الأخير
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22 July 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: Islamic Culture and the Palestinian Society

Speaker: Jamal Bawatneh; Dar Al-Fatwa and Islamic Research Studies, Ramallah

Participant(s): Idrees Al Hajeh, Retailer; Abdul Rahman Naser; Rima Merriman, Communications Specialist; Lily Habash, Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Ramallah; Orayb Najjar, Associate Professor, Communications; Rasem Kamal, Rule of Law Specialist, USAID; Faisal Awartani, CEO, Alpha International, Ramallah; Ahmad Bawatneh, Student; Hasan Fayyad, Head of Research and Translation, Negotiation Department, BirZeit University; Sheikh Mohammed Hasan Amro; Ismail Talahmeh, Engineer; Sheikh Jamil Hammami, Al-Quds University.

Read More (in Arabic)   الثقافة الإسلامية والمجتمع الفلسطيني
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16 August ‏2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: The Friday Sermon (Khutba) between the Religious Narrative and Social Issues
( خطبة الجمعة بين الخطاب الديني وقضايا المجتمع )
   

Speakers: Ibrahim Abu Salem, Ismail Nawahdah,
              Aziz Kayed

Participant(s): Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine; Issa Wadi, Imam, Abu Obaida Mosque; Nasser Ed-Din Sayyed Ahmad; Imam, Al Rahman Mosque; Assem Sayyed Ahmad, Imam, Al Ama'ri Camp Mosque; Wafeeq ‘Alawi, Imam, Abween New Mosque; Abdul Hafeez Ataya, Property Department, Ramallah Waqf; Shaher Ahmad, Imam, Ali Mosque, Al Bireh; Basem ‘Amriyyeh, Director for Mosques Department, Ramallah Waqf; Khairi Taha, Imam, Ramallah Mosque; Khaled Sawalha, Teacher; Mustafa Abu Swai, Al Quds University; Jamal Bawatneh, Mufti, Ramallah; Munier Nabulsi, Imam, Ein Yabroud Mosque; Nizar Suleiman, Imam, Al-Kawthar Mosque; Mohammed Tarman, Vice President, Ramallah Waqf; Abdul Kareem Elwan, Imam, Jaljelia Mosque; Mustafa Habash, Dar Al-Fatwa, Atallah Fallaheen, Public Relations, Dar Al-Fatwa; Saeed Ma'tan, Imam, Hamza Mosque; Saleh Ma'tan, Imam, ِAl-Bireh Al Kabeer Mosque, Sana Shannak, PASSIA.

خطبة الجمعة- بين النجاح والفشل- د. إبراهيم أبو سالم
أضواء على خطبة الجمعة وصفات الخطيب الناجح-  د. إسماعيل نواهضة

خطبة الجمعة بين الخطاب الديني وقضايا المجتمع- مهارات الإتصال - عزيز كايد

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29 September 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic:
التعليم الديني في مدارس ومعاهد القدس
   
Speakers:

Dr. Ahmed Fahim Jabir. Dean of Faculty of Arts, Al-Quds University;
Dr. Mohammed Abdeen, Assistant Prof., Al-Quds University.

   
   

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Participants: Hasan Baraghiti, Al–Aqsa Secondary Religious School for Boys; Imad Abu Libdeh, Islamic Waqf, Jerusalem; Ahmed Al-Kurd, Islamic Waqf, Jerusalem; Dr. Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine; Sheikh Ibrahim Sabri, Appeal Court, Jerusalem; Riyad Khwais, Al-Iman Secondary School for Boys; Yusef Al-Ozbaki, Al-Iman Secondary School for Boys; Sayel Sheikh Ali, Al- Furqan Islamic School; Hasan Al–Qiq, Engineer, Head of Industrial Secondary School- Al-Yateem Al-Arabi Committee; Walid Salem, Director, Panorama Center; Samia Khoury, Sabeel; Walid Assali, Lawyer; Mohammed Sheikh Ali, Teacher; Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, Al-Aqsa Mosque; Dr. Mohammed Ghosheh, Head Islamic Research and Heritage Revival Instaution, Jerusalem; Ula Hab Rumman, Al-Iman Secondary School for Girls.

التعليم الشرعي في مدارس القدس ومعاهدها- د. محمد عابدين

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26 October 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic:
“Zakat” in Islam: between Theory & Practice
الزكاة في الإسلام : بين النظرية والتطبيق

 

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Speakers:

Imad Abu Libdeh, Head of Zakat Department, Islamic Waqf;
Sheikh Mohammad Hussain, Khatib & Director of Al – Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem.

   
Participants: Mohammad Salim Ali, Teacher, Al Quds University; Abdul Majid Nassar, Dir, Dar Al Fatwa, Jerusalem; Sheikh Ishaq Taha, Manager, Al Fatwa Council; Maher Daoudi, Program Manager, Swedish Consulate, Jerusalem ; Mats Svensson, Consul, Swedish Consulate, Jerusalem; Nora Carmi, Coordinator, Sabeel; Mitzi Naddecl, Student; Nuzia Medive, Spanish Cooperation; Renata Capella Soler, Humanitarian Coordinator,EC; Sayel Mohammed Ali, Al Furqan School; Elena Mancusi, UNRWA; Valentina De Bernard, UNRWA; Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Al Quds University; Hayat Alami, PASSIA.

الزكاة في الإسلام : بين النظرية والتطبيق- عماد أبو لبدة

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30 November 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic:

Euthanasia: between Shari’a Law and Medical Perceptions
تيسير الموت للمريض "قتل الرحمه"

بين الحكم الشرعي والموقف الطبي

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PowerPoint PresentationView Presentation, by Dr. Hani Abdeen In Arabic - 1Mbb

 

PowerPoint PresentationView Paper, by Dr. Mousa Al-Basit In Arabic b

   
Speakers:

Dr. Hani Abdeen, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Al Quds  University

Dr. Mousa Al-Basit, Lecturer, Faculty of Da’wa and Principles of Religion, Al Quds University

   
Participants: Mohammed Abu Ghazaleh, Services Director, Electric Company, Jerusalem; Bishop Munib Younan, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jerusalem; Dr.Mustafa Abu Sway, Al Quds University; Mohammed Salim Ali, Lecture, Faculty of Quranic and Islamic Studies, Al Quds University; Dr.Musa Dweik, Dean, Faculty of Law, Al Quds University; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al Quds University; Elise Aghazerian, Hayat Alami, Sana Shannak, PASSIA.
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28 December 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: The Islamic Concept of Truce {Hudna}, and its implications for the Palestinian Struggle

Speaker: Sheik Hassan Yousef

Participant(s): Hazem Kawasmi, Economist; Jamil Hamami, Lecturer; Holger Tillmaun, German Representative Office; Maysoon Ramahi, Al-Khansa Women Association; Rami Husseini, Husseini-Husseini; Samir Qirreish, Husseini-Husseini; Jamal Bawatneh, Mufti, Ramallah; Shaher Ahmad, Teacher; Mohammed Turman, Deputy, Ramallah Waqf; Bassem Amriyeh, Ramallah Waqf; Shadid, Avocit.

Read More(in Arabic)  مفهوم الهدنه في الإسلام وأثرها على الموضوع الفلسطيني
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNIT BRIEFINGS (2004)

 :: All meetings were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA)


15 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: The PLO & Hamas-Two Visions.
Participant(s): Jeffrey Beals, Political Officer, US Consulate General, Jerusalem.

28 January 2004, Bishop Residence in St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem
Topic: The Wall and the Israeli Separation Plan.
Participant(s): The Most Reverend & Right Honorable Dr. Rowan Williams, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury; the Right Reverend Riah Abu El-‘Assal, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem; ‘Azmi Bishara, Member of the Knesset; Isam Makhoul, Member of the Knesset; Simon McDonald, Ambassador, British Embassy, Tel Aviv; Dr. John Jenkins, Consul General, British Consulate, Jerusalem; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA. 29 January 2004 , PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The PLO and Hamas - Two Visions.
Participant(s): Hanlie Booysen , South African Representative Office, Ramallah.

12 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Political Agenda of the PLO and Hamas.
Participant(s): Jumana Jaouni, Political and Press Officer, British Consulate General, Jerusalem
17 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: World Council of Churches Statement on the Israel's Separation Barrier and Land Annexation in the Palestinian Territories.
Participant(s): Salpy Eskidijian, WCC Executive Committee, Geneva
24 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Implications of the Assassination of Sheikh Yassin.
Participant(s): Keijo Ruokoranta, Head, Finland Representative Office; Jarno Syrjälä, Regional Manager, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Terhi Heinonen, Program Officer, Finish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

11 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Muslim-Christian Relations in Palestine.
Participant(s):
A Delegation the Swedish Theological Institute (STI), Lund University, Sweden, Ann-Sofie Söderström, Student; Hanna Holender, Student; Aasulv Lande, Professor; Annette Oderwall, Student; Linda Foleback, Student; Anita Karlsson, Student; Sten Alsvall, Student; Anders Blomquist, Chaplain at STI; Magnus Persson, Student; Anna Ekstrom, Student; Jonathan Strömböck Sandstent, Studedt; Krell Jonasson, Jerusalem; Gunnel Arlin, Journalist; Jonna Hennig, Student.

26 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Nonviolence Theses and the Palestinian Case
Participant(s): Yoáv Karny, Senior Fellow, United State's Institute of Peace, Washington, DC
29 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Related to Al-Aqsa Mosque Issues
Participant(s): Adnan Husseini, Director, Islamic Waqf, Jerusalem
9 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Holy Places in Jerusalem
Participant(s): Rabbi Edward Miller, Author, USA
24 August 2004, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
(Working Dinner)
Topic: Non- Violence Thesis
Participant(s): Dr. Arun Ghandi, M.K, Gandhi Institute for Non- Violence; Palestinian
Campaign for Freedom and Peace.

6 September 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Interfaith Dialogue
Participant(s): Imam Abduljalil Sajid, Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony, Brighton Islamic Mission, UK.

9 September 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Religious Dialogue in Jerusalem – Problems and Prospects
Participant(s): David Rosen, Rabbi; Rafiq Khoury, Priest; Mustafa Abu Sway, Professor, Al Quds University; John Bell, Visiting Researcher, University of Toronto, Canada; Michael Bell, Academic, Senior Scholar for Diplomacy, Canada; Michael Molloy, Visiting Researcher, University of Toronto, Canada.
7 October 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Religious Issues
Participant(s): Rev. Julie Brenton Rowe, Communication Assistant to the Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jerusalem; Dennis Frado, Director, Lutheran Office for World Community, New York; Rev.Dr. James Vigen, International Relations and Human Rights, Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Washington DC
17 November 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Dialogue on Holy Places
Participant(s): Bawa Gain, General Secretary, World Council of Religious Leaders, New York.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNIT CONFERENCES (2004)
 :: All conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA)


12-15 January 2004, Knight's Palace, Old City, Jerusalem

Topic: The Universal Church in Solidarity with the Church of the Holy Land.Participant(s): Bishops' Conference Presidents with Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land.

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19 April 2004, YWCA, JerusalemTopic: Palestinians and the Current Situation

Lecture by: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA.

Organized by: Sabeel, as Part of its Annual Conference on Challenging Christian Zionism, Political, Theology and the Israel-Palestine Conflict.

Participant(s): 100 Participants.

03-06 July 2004, Cairo, EGYPT 

Topic(s):

The Arab Group for Christian Muslim Dialogue
Muslim-Christian Dialogue: from Covenant to Commitment Three year project

الفريق العربي للحوار الأسلامي – المسيحي

ندوة عن "أِشكالية الحوار و العيش المشترك"

Organized by:  Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue

 See Agenda (in Arabic)
     برنامج المؤتمر باللغة العربية 

 Final communique of the conference (in Arabic)
       بيـان صحفي عن المؤتمر

 

 

18-21 July 2004, Aachen, GERMANY 

Topic(s): The International Council of Christians and Jews 2004 Annual Conference-CHANGING BORDERS

Organized by:  (ICCJ) The International Council of Christians and Jews Aachen, Germany

Israel and Palestine – Searching for borders while dreaming of their absencee

Full Report (ICCJ Website)

See Agenda

21-22 September 2004, Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah 

Topic(s):

Islam in Contemporary Palestine

  الإسلام في فلسطين المعاصرة

Organized by:  (PASSIA) Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, Jerusalem

See Program (in English)

برنامج المؤتمر باللغة العربية 

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