“Minorities in the Muslim World” PROGRAM Sunday, October 26th

THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ON THE MUSLIM WORLD 2014
“Minorities in the Muslim World”
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH 2014
MARMARA UNIVERSITY- ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Sponsored by Marmara University, The Program in Islamic, Turkish, and Near Eastern Studies at Washington
College, The World Academy for Local Government and Democracy, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and
Creative Learning Inc., Washington DC.
PROGRAM
Sunday, October 26th, 2014
12:00-14:00
Registration
16:00-18:00
Opening Ceremony
Welcoming Speeches Conference Organizing Committee & officials of
Religious Authorities of Minorities, universities (vice-Chancellors) and
national & local government representatives
Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology and head of local
organizing host committee Dr. Nuri Tınaz (Marmara University) and Ali
Murat Yel (Marmara University)
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies Faculty
Advisor, African and Near Eastern Studies concentrations Dr. Tahir Shad
Director of Middle East Institute Marmara University Talip Kucukcan
World Academy for Local Government and Democracy President Mehnet
Duman
Mayor of Istanbul, Dr. Kadir Topbaş
President of Creative Learning Inc William Kruvant
Grand Mufti of Istanbul Rahmi Yaren
Governor of Istanbul Vasip Şahin
Rector of Marmara University, İ. Erol Özvar (Deputy Vice Chancellor)
Chief Adviser and Ambassador Associate Ibrahim Kalin
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
18:30-21:30
Dinner
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Topkapı Social & Recreational
Services
Monday, October 27th
7:00-8:30
Breakfast at Hotel
8:45
Participants will depart from Hotels to the Conference Venue, Marmara
University, Sultanahmet Campus, in Historical peninsula &
Questions/concerns will be addressed.
9:00-11:25
Session 1
A
B
Human Rights
Human Rights
Chair: Christine Wade
Discussant: Masoumeh Velayati
A. Syed Farid Alatas
The Persecution of Shi’ites in
Malaysia
B. Deborah Blue Carey
The Stigma Against Metal Illness
Treatment in Tehran
C. Tarik Dautovis
Discrimination of Bosniaks in
Republika Srpska entity in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
D. Alison Mae Percich
The Internally Displaced of Yemen:
How Displacement Contributes
Towards Yemen’s Failed
Attempts at Political
Development and Security
E. John Ghio P. de Leon
Observance of Minority Rights of
Kurdish People in Iran, Syria
and Turkey
Chair: Cengiz Tomar
Discussant: Ali Murat Yel
A. Mirza Asmer Beg
Minority Rights in India- A Study of
Educational Rights
B. Osman Can
The Status of Minorities in Turkish
Constitution and Legal System
C. Murtaza Bedir
The Place and Legal Rights of minorities
in Islamic Jurisprudence/Islamic Law
D. Jeric Michael Go
Turkey's Migration Policy and It's
Domestic Implications: A Case Study
on Syrian Refugees in Turkey
E. Büşra Nur Söylemez
Social Networks, Living Conditions, and
Uncertainty: Vicious Cycle Trapping
African Migrants in Tarlabaşi
11:25-11:40
Tea & Coffee Break
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
11:40-13:05
Session 2
A
B
International Politics
Education
Chair: Aykut Toros
Discussant: Seyed Javad Miri
Discussant: Anna Rhodora Solar
A. Thomas Eli Banghart V
How the Sahwari Independence
Movement Shows International
Growth Despite Western
Blockades
B. Claire Lawson
Al-Muhamasheen and Al-Qaeda
in the Arabian Peninsula: A Push
to Radicalization in Yemen
C. Cheryl Mariani
Shia Militancy in the Muslim
World: The Changing Face of
Jihad
D. Xinhua Jiang
China’s Muslim minority: Does it
Impact China’s Foreign Policy in
the Middle East?
E. Joseph Alagha
Popular Culture as Soft Power
F. Suleuman Elik
Minority and Religious
Minorities in Turkish-Iran
Political Relations
13:05-14:05
Chair:
Discussant:
A. Mehr Mirzaei Rafe
Education of Minorities in the
Muslim World, Based on Practical
and Administrative Decisions
B. Samira Alireza Beigi
Education of Minorities in the
Muslim World
C. Hossein Godazgar
Diversity and Education in Iran
D. Aydın Topaloğlu
Bulgarian Muslim Minorities'
Education and Employment Rights
Lunch Break and Keynote Address
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Topkapı Social & Recreational
Services
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
14:05-16:20
Session 3
A
B
Economic, Social & Cultural
Capitals
Economic, Social & Cultural
Capitals
Chair: Ismail Demirezen
Discussant: Joseph Alagha
A. Joseph Alagha)
Minorities and Bourdieu's
Capitals
B. Joseph Prud’homme Sr.
Oil Policy and Society
C. Rebecca DeSantis
African Minorities in the State
of Israel
D. Agil Shirinov
Socio-Cultural Characteristics
of Traditional Jewish and
Christian Groups in Azerbaijan
E. Jacqueline Torkelson
Falling out of Favor: The
Decline of Jewish Social and
Economic Prosperity during the
Seventeenth Century Under
Ottoman Rule
Chair: Ahmet Uysal
Discussant: Mohammad Mas’oed
A. Mohamed Tavakol
Minorities, Marginalization, and the
Opportunities and Challenges of
Social Networks and Information
Society in the Islamic World
B. Zeinab Shafiei
Minorities Social Networks in Iran
C. Sayed Nader
The Network of Schools for Afghani
Immigrants’ Children as a Social
Network
D. Tahsin Ozcan
Some Notes on Economic & Social
Life of Non-Muslimes in the Ottoman
Society, Hasköy Case
E. Müleyke Barutçu
Islam and Conservatism: Turkish
Case
16:20-16:35
Tea & Coffee Break
15:50-16:30
Session 4: Roundtable: Democratization
Discussant Leader: Himmet Taşdemir
Discussant Leader: Joseph Alagha
Discussant: Ali Murat Yel
18:00-21:00
Dinner
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Topkapı Social & Recreational
Services
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
Tuesday, October 28th
7:00-8:30
Breakfast at Hotel
8:45
Participants will depart from Hotels to the Conference Venue, Marmara
University, Sultanahmet Campus, in Historical peninsula &
Questions/concerns will be addressed.
9:00-11:35
Session 5
A
B
Religious & Cultural Rights
Religious & Cultural Rights
Chair: Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast
Discussant: Mohamed Tavakol
A. Samim Akgönül
Religious Minorities: Are they
Religious
B. Süleyman Kızıltoprak
Ibadis in Libya: Distinctive
Sectarian Community
C. Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast
A Reflection on the Nature of
Human Differences in Islamic
View
D. Nuri Tinaz
Turkey's Legally Unprotected
and Unrecognized New
Religious Minorities
E. Evrim Ersan Akkilic
Islam in Austria
F. Adile Agush
The Pomaks, As a Muslim
Religious Minority in Both
Bulgarian Society Muslim
Community
Chair: Mehmet Ali Doğan
Discussant:
A. Zohreh Khosravi
Psychosocial Pathology of
Minorities: The Case of Afghan
Immigrants and Refugees in Iran
B. Ertuğrul Şahin
Turkish Migrants- Their Religious &
Cultural Problems in Germany
C. Lufu Ozsahin
Minorities from Caucasus in Turkey:
The Case of Georgian
D. Janet Sorrentino
The Practice of Ziyara to Shi'ite Italy
Spaces in Sunni-held Sultanates in
two Medieval Muslim Travel
Accounts
E. Lutfi Özşahin
Minorities from Caucasus in Turkey,
The Case of Georgian
11:35-11:50
Tea & Coffee Break
11:50-12:20
Session 6: Roundtable: Migration
Discussant Leader: Ferhat Kentel
Discussant Leader: Tahir Abbas, Fatih University
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
Discussant Leader: Jo-An Gross, The College of New Jersey
Discussant Leader: Mohamed Tavakol, University of Tehran
12:20-13:30
Lunch Break and Keynote Address
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Topkapı Social & Recreational
Services
Muqtedar Khan
The Challenges that Muslims Face as Minorities in the West
13:30-14:45
Session 7
A
Gender
Chair: Hossein Godazgar
Discussant: Carmelita Lazatin
A. Caitlin Ann Dailey
B. Shannon Eileen Kane
Reforming the Fragrant Concubine: Gendered Articulations of Difference
in Sino-Uyghur Relations
C. Masoumeh Velayati
D. Ayu Diasti Rahmawati
Miss Alya's Quest for God: The Redefinition and Reclaiming of the
Religious Freedom of Muslim Transgender Women in Indonesia
E. Margaret Lamb
Christian Women and Political Participation in Egypt
14:45-18:30
Cultural Visits to Historical Places: Planned by host Marmara
University
Visits to Museums
1453 Panorama
Miniaturk
Koc Museum
Tokapi Museum
19:00-21:00
Dinner
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Topkapı Social@Recreational Services
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
Wednesday, October 29th
7:00-8:30
Breakfast at Hotel
8:45
Participants will depart from Hotels to the Conference Venue, Marmara
University, Sultanahmet Campus, in Historical peninsula &
Questions/concerns will be addressed.
9:00-11:25
Session 8
A
B
Minorities and Nationalism
Minorities and Nationalism
Chair: Hossein Godazgar
Discussant: Jo-Ann Gross
A. Mariel Ann Shilling
Headscarves, Secularism, and
the Republic of Turkey: An
analysis of the Headscarf Ban in
Turkey
B. Lee Ken Teo
Nationalism and Dissent: The
Intellectual-Political Minority in
Malaysia
C. Cody Philip Coyote Knipfer
Saudi Arabia’s Shia Youth: A
Crisis in the Making
D. Sarah Cassim Madha
The Racialization Project of
British Colonials in Burma and
the "Muslim Problem"
E. Musa Tasdelen
Ethnicity and Ethnic
Communities in Turkey- an
Overview
F. Muqtedar Khan
American Muslims
Exceptionalism: The New Face
of Muslim Politics in America
Chair:
Discussant: Talip Küçükcan
A. Samedin Kadić
Constitutional Framework and
Discrimination of Minorities
B. Shena Daryl Sunico
Religious Minorities and Their Role
in Democratization: A Case Study of
Egypt and Yemen's Democratic
Transition
C. Melih Çoban
Jews of Turkey: From Subjects to
Citizens of the Nation State
D. Ferhat Kentel
Citizenship Rights of Minorities in
Modern Turkey
E. Ismail Safa Ustun
Ethnic and Political Movements in
Iran
F. Tahir Abbas
British Muslim Minorities:
Immigration, Identity Politics,
Multiculturalism and Radicalization
11:25-11:40
Tea & Coffee Break
11:40-12:10
Session 9: Roundtable: Minorities and Popular Culture
Discussant Leader: Mirza Asmer Beg
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
Discussant Leader: Joseph Alagha
Discussant: Ferhat Kentel
11:45-13:00
Lunch Break and Keynote Address
13:15-14:45
Session 10
A
B
Ethnic, Racial, Cultural &
Religious Tensions
Ethnic, Racial, Cultural &
Religious Tensions
Chair: Nurullah Ardiç
Discussant: Mehmet Ali Doğan
A. Katherine Marie Wellington
A Divided Holy Land: The
Christian Minority of Palestine
B. Alparslan Nas and Yalcin
Luleci
Image and Perception of
Minorities in Turkey MoviesMedia
C. Ekta Panigrahi
Shite Minority in Saudi Arabia
D. Dr. Joseph Prud’homme
Christians in the Muslim World
E. Kyle Matthew Smith
Causes of Ethnic Conflict in the
Arab World
Chair: Melih Çoban,
Discussant: Anouar Boukars
A. Katherine Young
Armenians in Iran
B. Liselot Koenen
Social Segregation in the
Netherlands: The Tension Between
Dutch Natives and the Muslim
Minority
C. Anja Zalta
The Situation of Muslims in Slovenia
(Past and Present)
D. Nurul Fadiah Binti Johari
Anti-Shite Prejudice on Singapore
and Malaysia: A Preliminary Study
E. Yosra Gendi
The Integrationist Approach to
Minority Rights in Egypt: Case of the
Copts
14:45-15:00
Tea & Coffee Break
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
15:00-16:40
Session 11
A
B
Ethnic, Racial, Cultural &
Religious Tensions
America’s Unofficial Ambassadors
Informational Panel
Chair: Nurullah Ardiç
Discussant: Talip Küçükcan
A. Seyed Javad Miri
Sectarianism and its Cultural
Roots: Overlooking the Problem
of Islamic Extremism in the
Middle-East
B. Shima Vezvaei
An Empire without the Emperor:
Escaping Islamic
Fundamentalism in the MiddleEast with an Alternative Global
Approach
C. Rana Nassri Abu-Mounes
Majority-Minority Relationship
between Tolerance and Tension:
Damascus in the Nineteenth
Century as a Case Study
D. Terence Gilheany
The Influence of Ibn Tamiyyah
and Al-Ghazali on
Contemporary American
Muslims
E. Fatma Durak
Muslim Women’s representation
in Turkish Islamic Magazines
18:00-21:00
America’s Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA)
is a citizen diplomacy initiative, which
builds mutual understanding and enhances
people-to-people partnerships between
America and the Muslim World. We do this
by placing Americans in volunteer positions
in the Muslim World and helping them
share their experiences upon their return.
Come to the informational panel to learn
more about this unique program
Dinner
Topkapi Social and Recreational Services, Istanbul Metropolitan
Municipality
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
Thursday, October 30th
7:00-8:30
Breakfast at Hotel
8:45
Participants will depart from Hotels to the Conference Venue, Marmara
University, Sultanahmet Campus, in Historical peninsula &
Questions/concerns will be addressed.
9:00-10:45
Closing Ceremony
Dr. Nuri Tinaz
Dr. Ali Murat Yel
Dr. Tahir Shad
11:00-12:00 Publicity & Publication
This select, invitation-only academic conference will be a small,
interactive gathering of the world’s distinguished scholars of international
affairs to explore systemic transformations in the Middle East and their
implications for not only the affected countries, but also for Europe and
the rest of the world. Select papers presented at the conference will be
published in a peer-reviewed book series. The book series will be
published by the highly regarded international press, Peter Lang Press.
12:30-14:00
Lunch
Historical Peninsula (Sponsored by Istanbul Fatih Municipality)
Departure Shuttles to Airport
Free for private interests & shopping
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MUSLIM WORLD
OCTOBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 30TH
MARMARA UNIVERSITY