- ActivitesMB and West
- October 24, 2007
- 6 minutes read
Islamism, democracy and political violence in the Arab World: The Hamas challenge
Two-day workshop organised by the Democracy and Islam Programme,
Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster
25 – 26 October 2007
The Pavilion,
First Floor, University of Westminster,
115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW
(Nearest Tube Station: Goodge Street)
PROGRAMME
Thursday 25 October
09.00-09.20: Arrival and registration
09.20: Welcome remarks by Dr Simon Joss, Director of CSD
09.300-11.00: Session One
Chair: Dr Dibyesh Anand, CSD
Islamists, democracy and the question of legitimate violence: the Hamas challenge:
Concept paper presented by Abdelwahab El-Affendi, CSD
Discussants: Amr Hamzawy, Carnegie Endowment; Dr Kamal Helbawi, UK; Dr. Robert Springborg, SOAS;
11.00-11.15: Coffee Break
11.15-13.00: Session Two
Chair: Professor John Keane, CSD
Theory and practice: the rhetorical contrasts between al-Banna and Maududi, and their practical consequences
Sheikh Rachid al-Ghannoushi, Tunisia; Dr Saad Elkatatny, MP (Egypt); Dr Bobby Sayyid, Universit of Leeds.
13.00-14.00: Lunch break
14.00-15.30: Session Three
Chair: Dr Bj?rn Olav Utvik, University of Oslo
Jihadists and mainstream Islamists: mutual critiques
Abd al-Majid Manasra, Algeria; Abd al-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds, London; Radwan Masmoudi, CSID, US
15.30-17.00: Session Four
Chair: Maria Holt, CSD
The Hamas experiment: an aberration or the confirmation of a tendency?
Speakers: Dr Azzam Tamimi, IIPT; Alaistair Crook, Conflicts Forum; Khalid Hroub, Cambridge Arab Media Project
17.10:18.30: Session Five:
Chair: Dr Amr Hamzawy
Reassessing Sayyid Qutb: myth and reality in the “Qutb connection”
Dr Amr El-Shobaky, Al-Ahram; Dr Nasir al-Sani’, Kuwait; Mr Adil Salahi, UK
Friday 26 October
09.00-10:30: Session Six
Chair: Dr Radwan Masmoudi, CSID, Washington DC
Keynote Speeches: Islamism and the prospects for peaceful politics
Dr Saad al-Uthmani, Justice and Development Party, Morocco
Dr Saad El-Katatny, Egypt
10.30-12.00: Concluding session
Chair: Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Speakers: Dr Robert Springbrog; Dr Radwan Masmoudi; Dr Bobby Sayyid; Dr Laith Kubba, Dr Bj?rn Olav Utvik, Sheikh Rachid al-Ghannoushi,
