STEERING GROUP http://www.muslimsofeurope.com/steering.php |
United Kingdom |
Biographies |
PROFESSOR FARHAN NIZAMI,
DIRECTOR, OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES
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Farhan Nizami (D.Phil.Oxon) is the Prince of Wales Fellow in the study of the Islamic World, Magdalen College , Oxford University and the Founder Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He read Modern History at Wadham College . From 1983 he was a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford : Rothman's Fellow in Muslim History and subsequently Fellow in Islamic Studies. He is an Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College and a member of the Faculties of Modern History and Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford . He is Founder Editor of the Journal of Islamic Studies (OUP, 1990-); Series Editor, Makers of Islamic Civilization (OUP, 2004-). He specializes in Muslim social and intellectual history.
Dr Nizami is the Chairman of the Academic Council of Wilton Park, U.K; Member, Academic Committee, Cumberland Lodge, U.K; Member, Steering Committee C-100, World Economic Forum, Davos; Member, International Advisory Panel, World Islamic Economic Forum, Malaysia; Member, Council of the Al-Falah Programme, University of California, Berkeley (2000 – 2005); Member, Advisory Board, Duke University's Islamic Studies Centre; Member of the Court of Oxford Brookes University; Member, Christian Muslim Forum; Patron, Oxford Amnesty Lectures; Director, Oxford Inspires, (2002-3).
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DILWAR HUSSAIN,
DIRECTOR, POLICY UNIT, ISLAMIC FOUNDATION |
Dilwar Hussain is Head of the Policy Research Unit and Senior Research Fellow at the Islamic Foundation, Leicester. He currently teaches a post-graduate course on Islam in Europe and his primary research interests are citizenship, Muslim communities in Britain and Europe , and British Muslim identity. He has worked in academic research and consultancy for the last ten years, and is an advisory editor to the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.
He was appointed as a Comissioner to the Comisison for Racial Equality in April 2006 and has also served on the Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Urban Life and Faith (2004 to 2006), worked on the Preventing Extremism Together workgroups set up by the Home Office after the events of 7 July 2005, and is co-Chair of Alif-Aleph UK, a network which brings together British Jews and Muslims. He is also a Trustee of the Wroxton Institute for Global Dialogue, a Fellow of the Royal Foundation of St. Katharine's Contextual Theology Centre, London and a Fellow of the Citizen Organising Foundation.
His recent publications include: Faith as Social Capital (with Rob Furbey et al), 2006, 'Can Islam Make us British?' in Madeleine Bunting's Islam, Race and Being British in 2005, British Muslims between Assimilation and Segregation (co-author) in 2004, and British Muslims: Loyalty and Belonging (co-editor) in 2003. |
DR ANAS SHAIKH ALI,
CHAIR , FORUM AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RACISM |
Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh Ali is currently Chairman of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS UK ) and Chair of the Forum against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR). Dr. Anas has a PhD in American Studies and has taught Literature and Translation at universities in the Middle East . He is a Trustee of FED 2000 UK (for Education and Development). He is academic advisor to the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Director of its Translation Department. His current research interests: Islam in Western Popular Culture, Islam and the Media, Muslim Education in Europe and Muslim Discourse in Europe . Dr. Anas is Executive Director of Legacy Publishing and on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. |
PROFESSOR TARIQ RAMADAN,
RESEARCH FELLOW, OXFORD AND LOKAHI FOUNDATION |
Professor Tariq RAMADAN holds MA in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva . In Cairo , Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars.
Tariq Ramadan has resigned from the post of Professor of Islamic Studies at Notre Dame University (Classic Department) and Luce Professor at the Kroc Institute (Religion Conflict and Peacebuilding). He is currently Senior Research Fellow at Lokahi Foundation and visiting Professor at Oxford St Antony 's College. Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active both at the academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on social justice and dialogue between civilizations. Professor Tariq Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank : European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels |
SARAH JOSEPH,
EDITOR OF EMEL MAGAZINE
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Sarah Joseph is the Editor of emel magazine, a lifestyle magazine with a Muslim focus. Launched in September 2003, emel is unique in Muslim media covering everything from current affairs to big name interviews, health to finance, education to environment, interior design to gardening. The magazine is the only Muslim magazine to achieve mainstream distribution and has readers in over 30 countries.
Sarah has lectured on Islam both within the UK and internationally for almost 15 years. Given that she embraced Islam 18 years ago Sarah has the fortunate position of experiencing two worlds and has attempted to use that position to promote mutual respect and understanding, and to act as a bridge for peace and tolerance.
Many high profile events have required Muslims to appear on the media to put across the Muslim perspective. Sarah has been at the forefront of such appearances appearing on a variety of television programmes including the BBC's Panorama and ITV's Johnathan Dimbleby.
Sarah has also scripted for and recorded for a variety of BBC and independent radio productions including Pause for Thought, Nicky Campell and Late Night Live. Sarah worked as a Specialist Researcher for the BBC's Learning Zone in the 2001 Islam series. She helped put together a new programme called "Inspired by Islam" which looked at the contribution of Islam and Muslim heritage to contemporary Western life.
Sarah has worked as a consultant on Islamic Affairs - exploring issues with, and providing diversity training to, employment, education, health bodies, police etc on the beliefs and needs of Muslims in the UK . Sarah has a BA (hons) in Religious Studies from King's College London and did post graduate research into Britons Embracing Islam at the same institution.
She was the winner of the 1999-2000 Prince of Wales Chevening/King Faisal Foundation Scholarship and travelled to Saudi Arabia to pursue research in the theological perspectives of conversion.
Sarah was awarded an OBE in the June 2004 Queen's Birthday Honour's List for services to inter-faith dialogue and to the promotion of women's rights.
arried to Mahmud Al-Rashid, she is the mother of three children: Hasan 10, Sumayyah 6 and Amirah 4. |
SIR IQBAL SACRANIE,
SECRETARY-GENERAL, MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN
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Sir Iqbal AKM Sacranie has been actively involved in voluntary capacity with community and charitable work for the last thirty-five years, both nationally and internationally. His main interest has been to ensure that faith and ethnic communities are treated fairly, equally and justly and given due recognition of their contribution to the society.
He is a Fellow of Institute of Financial Accountants and an Associate of Institute of Administrative Management
He was re elected the Secretary General of The Muslim Council of Britain, a national umbrella and representative body of British Muslims in 2002 and completed his four year term maximum allowed under the Constitution in June 2006. He was the founding Secretary General when the MCB was established in 1997.
He chairs the Board of Trustees of Memon Association UK, Balham Mosque and Tooting Islamic Centre. Also chairs the Al-Rissala Education Trust, which runs independent primary and secondary schools.
He was elected Deputy President of World Memon Organisation (WMO) in 2004, an international organisation of the world Memon community.
He was appointed Vice President of Family Welfare Association, a national charity in the UK that focuses on helping suffering children around the world. He is a trustee of Muslim Aid an international relief agency serving in more then 45 countries.
He was awarded OBE in 1999 Honours List and a recipient of Muslim News Award for Excellence - Good Citizenship, by Prime Minister Tony Blair. He was awarded a plaque for Commitment and Dedication to Community work by Memon Association UK which was presented by HRH Prince of Wales in 2001. In March 2005 he was presented with the Life Time Achievement Award for community work presented by the World Memon Organisation in Bombay , India .
In 1999 the Observer magazine produced a Power List of 300 most powerful people and he was numbered at 246. The Guardian newspaper named him in 2002 as ‘The most influential Muslim in the UK '. In 2005 the GQ magazine produced a list of 100 Most Powerful Men in Britain and he was ranked at number 10 as the voice of Muslims in Britain , who plays a vital role as mediator in multi-cultural Britain .
He was knighted in June 2005 for services to charities and community relations. |
AMR KHALED,
TELE-EVANGELIST BASED IN EGYPT/UK
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Amr Khaled is the Head of the Islamic Programme Development at ART (Arab Radio & Television). He is currently presenting the Sunaa Al-Hayah (Life Makers) series on the ART satellite network, which won him the 'International Non-Smoking Day' award from the World Health Organisation in May 2004. His previous Television series include, 'Wa-Nalqa Al-Aheba' (Let's meet the beloved), Islamuna (Our Islam), and 'Till they Change themselves', and he has been delivering the ART flagship 'Ramadan Lectures' since 2002. He has produced numerous Audio serials, totalling over 140 lectures, and has authored several publications, which have been translated into many languages. He graduated from Cairo University in 1988 with a degree in Commerce and Accounting, became a founding member and partner at the Arab Accountants Bureau in Egypt, and is currently studying for his Ph.D. in 'Peace and Coexistence' at the University of Wales |
Turkey
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Ibrahim Kalin, SETA (Foundation for Political, Economic and Social research
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Ibrahim Kalin, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA and the director of the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research based in Ankara, Turkey. He received his B.A. in History from the University of Istanbul, Turkey, M.A. from the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Malaysia and Ph. D. from the George Washington University, Washington DC. At Holy Cross, he teaches a number of courses on Islam including Introduction to Islam, Introduction to the Qur'an, Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Sufism, Islam and the West, and Islam in the Modern World. His field of concentration is post-Avicennan Islamic philosophy with research interests in Ottoman intellectual history, Islamic scientific tradition, interfaith dialogue, mysticism, and comparative philosophy. He has contributed to several encyclopedia including MacMillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 nd Edition and Encyclopedia of Religion 2 nd Edition He has published widely on Islamic philosophy and the relations between Islam and the West. His recent publications include
"Organization of the Islamic Conference: A Voice for the Muslim World?", ISIM Review , No 17 (Spring 2006), pp. 36-37
"The Sun Rising from the West: The Influence of American Islamic Thinkers on Turkey" in Muslims in the United States: Identity, Influence, Innovation, ed. by Philippa Strum (Washington DC: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005) pp. 131-141.
"Islam and Peace: A Preliminary Survey on the Sources of Peace in the Islamic Tradition" Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies , Vol. 11 (January, 2004), pp. 1-37,
"Derrida's Last Postcard", Islamica Magazine , Vol. 4, (Summer 2004), pp. 109-110.
"Roots of Misconception: Euro-American Perceptions of Islam Before and After September 11 th " in Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition ed. by Joseph Lumbard (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2004), pp. 143-187,
"Mulla Sadra's Realist Ontology and the Concept of Knowledge" The Muslim World , Vol 94, No 1 (January 2004), pp. 81-106,
"Christianity, Islam, and the Religious Other: From Indifference to Understanding", Muslim World Book Review Vol. 25, Issue 1 (Autumn 2004), pp. 6-20;
"Between Physics and Metaphysics: Mulla Sadra on Nature and Motion" Islam and Science Vol. I, 2003, pp. 65-93
"Three Views of Science in the Islamic World", God, Life and the Cosmos: Christian and Islamic Perspectives , eds. Ted Peters, Muzaffar Iqbal, Syed Nomanul Haq, (Ashgate, 2002), pp. 43-75. |
Prof. Ali Kose, Marmara University
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Curriculum Vitea Ali Kose, Prof. Marmara University Faculty of Theology Lecturer in Psychology of Religion Birth date: 1963 BA: Faculty of Theology, Dokuz Eylul University (1985). MA: Institute for Social Sciences, Marmara University (1988). PhD: King's College, University of London (1994).
Publication
Books
Conversion to Islam: A Study of Native British Converts, London: Kegan Paul, 1996.
Natural Disasters and Religion: A Socio-Psychological Study of the Marmara Earthquake in Turkey (in Turkish), Istanbul: Centre for Islamic Studies, 2000, (Co-author Ass. Prof. Talip Kücükcan).
Freud and Religion (in Turkish), Istanbul: ?z Yay?nc?l?k, 2000.
Secularism on Trial (in Turkish, ed), Istanbul: Ufuk Yay., 2002. Three Josephs and One Islam (in Turkish), ?stanbul: Etkile?im Yay?nlar?, 2005.
Millennium Cults (in Turkish), ?stanbul: Truva yayinlari, 2006. Secular but Sacred (in Turkish, ed), ?stanbul: Etkile?im Yay?nlar?, 2006.
Articles
"Post-Conversion Experiences of Native British converts to Islam" Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 1994, V, 2, 195-206.
"Native British Converts to Islam: Who are They? Why Do They Convert?", The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 1995, XII, 3, 347-359.
"Religious Conversion: Is it an Adolescent Phenomenon? The Case of Native British Converts to Islam", International Journal for the Psycology of Religion, 1996, VI, 4, 253-262.
"The Assesment of Various Factors in the Spread of Islam During the Medieval Period", Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies, 1997, I, 1, 65-89.
"The Journey From the Secular to the Sacred: The Experiences of Native British Converts to Islam", Social Compass 1999, (46)3, 301-312.
"East is East, and West is West: Remarks on Muslim Perspectives on Europe and Christianity", Turkish Islam and Europe, (ed) G. Seufert and J. Waardenburg, Istanbul 1999, pp. 179-189.
"Conversion Motifs Among British Converts to Islam", International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 2000, 10 (2), 101-110. (Co-author M. Loewenthal). |
France
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Fouad Alaoui, Conseil Francais du Cult Musulman
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Germany |
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Ali Kizilkaya, Chairman, Islamic Council of Germany
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Ali Kizilkaya is currently Head of Islamic Council of Germany. He worked in the different positions in Islamic communities in Germany . Ali Kizilkaya was a Secretary General of Islamic Federation of state Bremen . Also, he was a Head of Muslim Youth and University Students Organization. In 1980s he worked in Central Islamic Archive of Germany. Since 1984 Mr. Kizilkaya is working in Dialog group. After that Mr. Kizilkaya had a position of Secretary General in Islamic Society Milli G?rü?. Since 2002 the Head of Islamic Council of Germany (Islamrat). Islamrat – is the oldest open-roof Organization which has got more than twenty societies as the members .
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Bosnia |
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Grand Mufti Dr Ceric |
Dr. Mustafa Ceric is the Raisu-l-Ulama of Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grand Mufti of Bosnia since 1993. He is also the Grand Mufti of Sanjak, Croatia and Slovenia. He is reelected at the position of Raisu-l-Ulama 2005.
He was born in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1952.
He graduated from Madrasah in Sarajevo as well as the Faculty of Arabic Language and Literature at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. In 1987 received his Ph.D. in Islamic studies from the University of Chicago, where he studied under the late Dr. Fazlur Rahman.
He served as an imam (Islamic Cultural Center, Chicago and Islamic Center of Zagreb, Croatia) and professor in Bosnia (Faculty of Islamic Schiences), Malaysia (International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization, Kulalulumpur) and the United States (American Islamic College, Chicago).
He is the co-recipient of the 2003 UNESCO Felix Houphoet Boigny Peace Prize for Contribution to World Peace and recipient of the International Council of Christians and Jews Annual Sir Sternberg Award for exceptional contribution to interfaith understanding.
Dr. Ceric is a member of several local and international scientific organizations and societies, including the Interreligious Council of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Foundation of Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery,
the Council of 100 Leadres of the World Economic Forum, the European Council for Fatwas and Research, World Conference of Religions for Peace, the Executive Committee of the European Council of Religious Leaders, the Board of Trustees of International Islamic University Islamabad, the Sharia'h Board of Bosnia Bank International, the Fiqh Academy in Mecca, Aal Albayt Foundation for Islamic Thought in Jordan, International Commission for Peace Research chaired by dr. Henry Kissinger, UNESCO and Executive Council of World Forum of Ulama.
He has delivered numerous lectures and led several workshops on interreligious and interfaith issues at local and international conferences.
He authored «Roots of Synthetic Theology in Islam»; «A Choice Between War and Peace», and «European Muslim Declaration» among other numerous publications in Bosnian as « Religion, Nation and Homeland".
He speaks fluently Arabic and English. |
List of Participants (as of 20 June 2006) "
TITLE |
NAME |
SURNAME |
COUNTRY |
Sheikh |
ABDILLAHI |
ABDI |
KENYA |
Mr |
MOHAMMED |
ABDUL AZIZ |
UK |
Mr |
RAED |
ABU BAKER |
JORDAN |
Dr |
KHALED |
ABU NAHLEH |
AZERBAIJAN |
Major |
OMAR |
ABU SABBAH |
JORDAN |
Sheikh |
ABDALLAH |
ADHAMI |
SYRIA |
Mr |
KHURSHID |
AHMED |
UK |
Dr |
MANAZIR |
AHSAN |
UK |
Ms |
FATIHA |
AJBLI |
FRANCE |
Mr |
TAHA |
AKYOL |
TURKEY |
Mr |
SAYYED JAWAD |
AL KHOEI |
UK |
Ms |
FAREENA |
ALAM |
UK |
Mr |
FOUAD |
ALAOUI |
FRANCE |
Mr |
FATIH |
ALEV |
DENMARK |
Dr |
ANAS AL-SHAIKH |
ALI |
UK |
Mr |
HAIDER |
ALI |
USA |
Mr |
MOCKBUL |
ALI |
UK |
Mr |
AHMET |
ALIBASIC |
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA |
Mr |
ABDULRAHEEM |
ALJABARI |
MOLDOVA |
Dr |
NOOH |
AL-KADDO |
IRELAND |
Mr |
ŞAHİN |
ALPAY |
TURKEY |
Dr |
YOUSEF |
ALQARADAWI |
QATAR |
Mr |
AHMED |
AL-RAWI |
UK |
Mr |
AYMAN |
ALY |
AUSTRIA |
Mr |
ISMAIL |
AMLA |
UK |
Dr |
MEHMET |
ASUTAY |
UK |
Mr |
NIHAD |
AWAD |
USA |
Mr |
KURTULUŞ |
AYKAN |
TURKEY |
Dipl. Ing. |
TARAFA |
BAGHAJATI |
AUSTRIA |
Dr |
AHMED |
BAKCAN |
FRANCE |
Mr |
ABDELWAHEB |
BAKLI |
FRANCE |
Mr |
SHARIF |
BANNA |
EGYPT |
Dr |
SAVAŞ |
BARKÇİN |
TURKEY |
Sheikh |
ISSAM |
BASHIR |
KUWAIT/SUDAN |
Mr |
İSMAİL |
BATAKLI |
BELGIUM |
Mr |
BRAHIM |
BELKILANI |
NORWAY |
Mr |
Cheikh |
BENTOUNES |
FRANCE |
Prince |
GHAZI |
BIN MUHAMMAD |
JORDAN |
Mr |
EL HADJI BABOU |
BITEYE |
FRANCE |
Mr |
ALI |
BOUSSAID |
SPAIN |
Mr |
AHMED |
BOUZIANE |
BELGIUM |
Ms |
SELİN |
BÖLME |
TURKEY |
Mr |
RON |
BRANSCOMBE |
UK |
Mr |
LHAJ THAMI |
BREZE |
FRANCE |
Dr |
MUSTAFA |
CERIC |
BOSNIA |
Mrs |
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CHABERT |
FRANCE |
Mr |
KARIM |
CHEMLAL |
BELGIUM |
Mrs |
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COROLLER |
FRANCE |
Mr |
RIDVAN |
ÇAKIR |
GERMANY |
Mr |
YAŞAR |
ÇOLAK |
UK |
Mr |
HAYDAR |
DEMİRYÜREK |
FRANCE |
Sheikh |
BASHIR AHMAD |
DULTZ |
GERMANY |
Mr |
BELAL |
EL-MOGADDEDI |
GERMANY |
Mr |
IBRAHIM F. |
EL-ZAYAT |
GERMANY |
Mr |
MANSUR |
ESCUDERO |
SPAIN |
Mr |
SAID |
FERJANI |
UK |
Dr |
SOPHIE |
GILLIAT-RAY |
UK |
Sheikh Dr |
ALI |
GOOMA |
EGYPT |
Sheikh |
OUNIS |
GUERGAH |
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http://www.muslimsofeurope.com/mecca.php |