10 Jan 2007

Rights of Women & Minorities in Islam, CSID's 8th Annual Conf., Apr 2007
Center For The Study Of Islam And Democracy (CSID), Washington, DC, US
Supplied note: "Center For The Study Of Islam And Democracy, Call for Paper Proposals - The Rights of Women and Minorities in Islam and Muslim Societies
CSID's 8th Annual Conference, Friday, April 27, 2007, Washington DC
Muslim-majority societies are broadly perceived in the West as falling short of adhering to universal human rights standards when it comes to women and minorities, particularly religious minorities. Facile explanations are often offered to explain this phenomenon, among them the supposed immutability of the Shari'a or the religious law. This conference [www.csidonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=366&Itemid=26] aims to explore these critical issues in a more rigorous, academic manner from a variety of perspectives and interrogate commonly held assumptions about the rights of women and minorities among both Muslims and non-Muslims. [...] Both broad theoretical studies and specific case studies are welcome.
Paper proposals (no more than 400 words) are due by January 25, 2007 and should be sent to: Prof. Asma Afsaruddin, Chair, Conference Program Committee 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 601, Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel.: (202) 265-1200. Fax: (202) 265-1222. E-mail: conference--at--islam-democracy.org
Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by February 15, 2007 and final papers must be submitted by March 31st, 2007. - ram."
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