Edip Yuksel (E) 2013 Conference at Princeton University 2

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Constitutions and Islam The second Panel Discussion at 42nd NAAIMS Conference at Princeton University September 28, 2013 North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS) [Formerly the Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS)] Presents 42nd Annual Conference “Constitutions and Islam” Cosponsored By: Department of Near Eastern Studies & Program in Near Eastern Studies Princeton University, NJ Saturday, September 28, 2013 8.30 – 9.00 a.m. Registration 9.00 – 9.30 a.m. Welcoming and Introductory Remarks [Princeton University – Computer Science Bldg: Room 104, 35 Olden Street] M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Program Chair) Jon Mandaville, Portland State University, Portland, OR (AMSS President) 9.30 - 11.00 a.m. Panel 1 [Computer Science Bldg: Room 104] Religious Law under Secular Constitutions Chair: Aisha Musa, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Discussant: Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Edgar Melgar (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ): “Academics, Imams, Believers and the State: Religious Authority in Modern Islam and the American Judicial System” Edip Yuksel (Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ), and Layth AlShaiban (Free Minds and Progressive Muslims): “Peacemakers Constitution” Joshua M. Roose (University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia): “Shari’a, Islamophobia and Legal Pluralism in Practice: Insights from Sydney and New York” 11. 00 – 11.15 a.m. Break 11.15 a.m - 12.45 p.m. Panel 2 [Computer Science Bldg: Room 104] Reform in Islamic Law: A Look at the Causes Chair: Sumaiya Hamdani, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Discussant: Aaron Spevack, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Rola el-Husseini (City University of New York [CUNY], NY): “The Jurisprudence of the Islamic State in Contemporary Shi’i Thought” Abdur Rab (Independent Economic Consultant, Houston, TX): “Reform in Finance: Riba vs Interest in the Modern World” Zainab Alwani (Howard University School of Divinity, Washington, DC): “Islamic Jurisprudence: Role of Women Scholars in Islamic Family Law Reforms in Morocco” 1.00 – 2.00 p.m. Luncheon Keynote Address [Princeton University: Carl Fields Center – Room 104, 58 Prospect Avenue] Ismail Raji al-Faruqi Memorial Lecture: Keynote Speaker: Mohammad H. Fadel [Associate Professor of Law, University of Toronto, Canada] Keynote Address: Islam, Constitutionalism, and the Challenge of Pluralism 2.00 – 2.15 p.m. Dhur Prayers 2.15 – 3.45 p.m. Panel 3 [Computer Science Bldg: Room 104] Codification Compared: From Iran and Saudi Arabia to Malaysia Chair: Judith Rahima Jensen, Educational Solutions, Klamath Falls, OR Discussant: Mirjam Künkler, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Neguin Yavari (New School for Social Research, New York, NY): “Popular vs Divine Will in Comparative Perspective: Shari’a as Constitution in Iran and Saudi Arabia” Samy Ayoub (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ): “The Mecelle: Sharī’a, State, and Modernity Fashioning and Refashioning of Islamic Law in the 19th-20th Centuries CE” Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied (National University of Singapore, Singapore): “ABIM, Syariah Activism and Constitutional Reforms in Malaysia” 3.45 – 4.00 p.m. Break 4.00 – 5.30 p.m. Panel 4 [Computer Science Bldg: Room 104] Debates over Islamic Constitutionalism from Said Nursi to al-Azhar Chair: Meriem El Haitimi, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco Discussant: Bernard Haykel, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Mashal Saif (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina): “Pakistani Shi‘a ‘Ulama’: Debating the Implementation of the Shari’a” Mucahit Bilici (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, NY): “Islamic Constitutionalism and Democracy in Said Nursi’s Munazarat (1911)” Usaama al-Azami (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ): “Maqāṣid al-Shari’a, Siyasa Shar’iyya, and al-Azhar: Understanding the New Islamist Debate” 5.30 - 5.45 p.m. Concluding Remarks 5.45 – 6.00 p.m. Break & Asr Prayers 6.00 – 7.30 p.m. Social Hour & Annual Grand Meeting [Princeton University: McCormick Hall - Room 104, 35 Olden Street]