hafeezanwar
Junior Member
Symposium on Prophet's Biography
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO), an arm of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), is taking part in an international symposium on the 'Prophet's biography in American writings,'
which is to be hosted at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, of the University of Sidi Mohammed bin Abdellah, in Fez, Morocco, from April 14 to 16.
A source at the Jeddah-based OIC told that the symposium, which is organised in association with the Moroccan Ministry of Waqf and Islamic Affairs with the support of ISESCO, will bring together a host of scholars, thinkers and researchers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Oman, Egypt, Algeria, Malaysia and the United States.
"Participants will seek to review the history of research and writing about the Prophet’s biography by American Orientalists and their approaches to this subject. It will also examine and evaluate how the Prophet's biography is portrayed in the American religious and literary discourses, education curricula, research labs and the media," he added.
Meanwhile, ISESCO, in cooperation with the Observatory of Geopolitical Studies and the Faculty of Law's Centre for International European and Comparative Law at the Paris Descartes University, will hold an international symposium, from Friday in the French capital, on the theme, 'Islam and Adaptation to the Contemporary World: Necessity of Ijtihad.'
Arab and foreign intellectuals, academics and researchers, will participate in the symposium, which will be held at Unesco headquarters in Paris. In a related development, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the OIC, who participated in the recent 2nd Annual Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations (AoC) held in Istanbul, Turkey, signed an agreement with Jorge Sampaio, AoC representative, establishing the framework and setting the targets of the bilateral cooperation between the two institutions.
In another bilateral meeting, the Secretary-General discussed with Peter Doyle, Ambassador of Australia to Turkey, prospects of cooperation between OIC and Australia and ways and means to develop joint projects aimed at improving the conditions of those OIC member states that are trying to fight poverty and underdevelopment.
Addressing the session on 'Shaping the Global Agenda in Times of Crisis Why Does Good Governance of Cultural Diversity Matter?,' Ihsanoglu noted that Islam and Christianity had a lot in common, and proposed the idea of 'historic reconciliation' between Islam and Christianity as an OIC initiative and a project for the AoC or similar fora.
He stressed that “cultural diversity must be respected if we are to have social peace and harmony in any society,” and added that "multi-culturalism should be accepted as the basic element of our social peace and nobody should see his/her culture or values superior to those of others."
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Danish Prime Minister and newly elected NATO Secretary-General, who was a panelist, promised to pay close attention to religious sensitivities and to seek reconciliation with the Muslim world.
During the Forum, Ihsanoglu, also addressed sessions on 'Intercultural Dialogue and History in the Context of Globalisation: towards a Worldwide Network of Historians and History Teachers' organised by the Council of Europe with the collaboration of the OIC subsidiary organ, the Research Centre for Islamic Art and Culture (IRCICA). Addressing the session on 'Islamic and Muslim contribution to European Culture, Societies and Identities', the secretary-general reiterated his views regarding Islam being a component of the European culture and identity and proposed the reconciliation between the two Abrahamic religions.
-Agencies
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO), an arm of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), is taking part in an international symposium on the 'Prophet's biography in American writings,'
which is to be hosted at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, of the University of Sidi Mohammed bin Abdellah, in Fez, Morocco, from April 14 to 16.
A source at the Jeddah-based OIC told that the symposium, which is organised in association with the Moroccan Ministry of Waqf and Islamic Affairs with the support of ISESCO, will bring together a host of scholars, thinkers and researchers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Oman, Egypt, Algeria, Malaysia and the United States.
"Participants will seek to review the history of research and writing about the Prophet’s biography by American Orientalists and their approaches to this subject. It will also examine and evaluate how the Prophet's biography is portrayed in the American religious and literary discourses, education curricula, research labs and the media," he added.
Meanwhile, ISESCO, in cooperation with the Observatory of Geopolitical Studies and the Faculty of Law's Centre for International European and Comparative Law at the Paris Descartes University, will hold an international symposium, from Friday in the French capital, on the theme, 'Islam and Adaptation to the Contemporary World: Necessity of Ijtihad.'
Arab and foreign intellectuals, academics and researchers, will participate in the symposium, which will be held at Unesco headquarters in Paris. In a related development, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the OIC, who participated in the recent 2nd Annual Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations (AoC) held in Istanbul, Turkey, signed an agreement with Jorge Sampaio, AoC representative, establishing the framework and setting the targets of the bilateral cooperation between the two institutions.
In another bilateral meeting, the Secretary-General discussed with Peter Doyle, Ambassador of Australia to Turkey, prospects of cooperation between OIC and Australia and ways and means to develop joint projects aimed at improving the conditions of those OIC member states that are trying to fight poverty and underdevelopment.
Addressing the session on 'Shaping the Global Agenda in Times of Crisis Why Does Good Governance of Cultural Diversity Matter?,' Ihsanoglu noted that Islam and Christianity had a lot in common, and proposed the idea of 'historic reconciliation' between Islam and Christianity as an OIC initiative and a project for the AoC or similar fora.
He stressed that “cultural diversity must be respected if we are to have social peace and harmony in any society,” and added that "multi-culturalism should be accepted as the basic element of our social peace and nobody should see his/her culture or values superior to those of others."
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Danish Prime Minister and newly elected NATO Secretary-General, who was a panelist, promised to pay close attention to religious sensitivities and to seek reconciliation with the Muslim world.
During the Forum, Ihsanoglu, also addressed sessions on 'Intercultural Dialogue and History in the Context of Globalisation: towards a Worldwide Network of Historians and History Teachers' organised by the Council of Europe with the collaboration of the OIC subsidiary organ, the Research Centre for Islamic Art and Culture (IRCICA). Addressing the session on 'Islamic and Muslim contribution to European Culture, Societies and Identities', the secretary-general reiterated his views regarding Islam being a component of the European culture and identity and proposed the reconciliation between the two Abrahamic religions.
-Agencies