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Feeling ourselves on the edge of a third world war, we also feel the need to hear Rumi’s “Peace message” after eight centuries he delivered it. We seek to understand his poems which are still very young and inspiring.

The world is getting more global yet, peace and dialogue is lacking more and more. Therefore, we need the universal voice of Rumi more than ever. The humanity seems to have not learned its lessons from the two world wars. Feeling ourselves on the edge of a third one, we also feel the need to hear Rumi’s “Peace message” after eight centuries he delivered it. We seek to understand his poems which are still very young and inspiring*.

Come; join us to understand him, which will hopefully lead to understanding of each other, and make this world a better place.

Come, hear the word of Rumi coming from 8 centuries away :

Come, come whoever you are..

Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

It doesn’t matter.

Ours is not a caravan of despair.

Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times

Come, yet again, come, come.

For more information :   contact     info@dialogue-international.org

April 13-14, 2012

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

www.islamconference.org

Abstract submission extended deadline: December 18, 2011

Keynote Speakers: 

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

John O Voll, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Theme: The theme of this year’s conference will be “Islam and Democracy”.

Scope: Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• Islamic Theological Perspectives on Democracy
• Islam, Liberalism, and Pluralism
• Islam, Secularism, and the State
• Islam and Nationalism
• Muslim Women and Democracy
• Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
• Islam and Democracy in Central Asia
• Islam and Democracy in Europe
• Islam and Democracy: Turkey Model
• Arab Spring

Timeline:

• Call for Papers: October 3, 2011
• Abstract submission extended deadline: December 18, 2011
• Conference registration starts: January 1, 2012
• Publication of program: March 1, 2012
• Paper submission deadline: March 23, 2012
• Registration deadline: April 1, 2012
• Conference: April 13-14, 2012

Submissions:

If you are interested in giving a talk at the International Conference on Islam, please submit the following to islamconference@global.wisc.edu:

• Your full name, institutional affiliation and contact information
• 1 page CV/Bio
• The title of your presentation and a 300-word abstract
  

The submissions will be peer reviewed and accepted abstracts will be published in the proceedings of the conference. The file format should be *.pdf, *.doc, or *.txt.

Registration:

Each participant must register by April 1, 2012.  The registration fee is US $20 for regular participants; there is no fee for UW-Madison students with valid identification. The registration fee covers the expenses for reception and relevant materials (e.g., program, proceedings). For registration, please visit www.islamconference.org. For all questions regarding the conference, please check www.islamconference.org or contact islamconference@global.wisc.edu

Location:

The conference will be held at the Union South on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus.

For the full address and directions, check

http://www.union.wisc.edu/visit-unionsouth.htm

Lodging:

You can stay at the Wisconsin Union Hotel located in Union South where the conference will be held. Here are some other suggestions for other places to stay in Madison:

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/about-department/location-key-contacts/hotels

For more information on the conference please check

www.islamconference.org, or send an email to: islamconference@global.wisc.edu

We commemorate the Great Islamic Scholar Mevlana Jalaladdin- I Rumi , by reading his poems, remembering his life, and sharing ideas of his impact or potential impact in our lives while we enjoy a great sample of live Sufi music.

The making of Noah’s Pudding is a common practice among Muslims and Christians in the Middle East. It is the symbol of sharing joy – the joy of Noah’s landing, the joy of Moses’ crossing the Red Sea, the joy of Jesus’ birth and God’s bestowments to many other Prophets.

According to the tradition, when the waters of the Great Flood began to recede, Prophet Noah and his family are said to have gathered up all of the food remaining on the ark and cooked a delicious pudding out of it. Noah’s pudding is the name given to this dish. In the remembrance of Prophet Noah and as thanksgiving to God, Dialogue International volunteers made it custom to maintain the tradition by preparing this pudding on this day and to share it with neighbors and friends. Generally, people who prepare Ashure send a cup of it to each of their neighbors. As a tradition, forty houses to your east, west, north and south considered neighbors.

Sharing food offers a way to reaffirm unity and the essential relationship of human to one another regardless of faith, race and color. To continue this good tradition and expand the experience of sharing, love, peace and compassion Dialogue International  is offering you to be part of this joyful traditional event by   sharing the homemade Noah’s pudding with us

We apology for any inconvenience.
Dialogue International

place &time TBA 

What is Islam and Who are Muslims ?  What is Islam’s view of terror ? Is Islam compatible with the modern life ? What is Jihad ?  Is your knowledge about Islam based news on media ? Do you have questions about Islam and want to learn about them from a reliable source ?  Now you have a chance to ask to an Imam about all these. Abdullah Antepli is a faculty member of Duke University and  Muslim Chaplin of Duke University Campus. He also gave the opening prayer of U.S. House of Representatives  in 2010. He is the founder of the Muslim Chaplains Association

Students from both faiths will come together to celebrate coexistence and better understand each other’s faith. We hope to share the room, the food and contribute to a world that we will share in the future…

The speaker event “Wrestling with FreeSpeech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey” is being held at Gale VandeBerg Auditorium, 121 Pyle Center on October 28^th, 2011, between 4:30pm-6:00pm

We are honored to have the distinguished speaker, James C. Harrington here at UW-Madison campus to present his discussion, particularly focusing on the political trial of Fethullah Gülen.

The political trial of Fethullah Gülen, a moderate Turkish religious leader, helped to greatly expand civil liberties and strengthen democracy in Turkey. The trial began in 2000 in an Ankara state security court(now disbanded) and ended in 2008 in an appeals court in Gülen’s favor. This book explores Gülen’s trial, examines the evolving process of Turkey’s efforts to enter the European Union, and discusses ways that the EU’s insistence on expanding civil liberties in Turkey and reforming the judicial system affected the outcome of the trial(and vice versa). As a coda, the book considers unsuccessful efforts to block Gülen’s application for immigrant status in the United States as a religious scholar, which occurred during the same time as his political trial in Turkey.

About the author:

James C. Harrington, a human rights attorney with nearly four decades of experience, is founder and director of the Texas Civil Rights Project. He has taught at the University of Texas School of Law for twenty-one years. Harrington has handled landmark civil rights cases, written and published widely, and served on human rights delegations in different areas of the world. Harrington is author of Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trials and Times of Fethullah Gülen, The Texas Bill of Rights: A Commentary and Litigation Manual, myriad law review articles, a wide assortment of op-ed pieces, and various book reviews.

You may obtain the slides presented by clicking here.

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The speaker event “Turkey and the Restructuring of the Middle Eastern Regime” was held at Gale VandeBerg Auditorium, Pyle Center on April 18^th, 2011.

We are honored to have the distinguished speaker, Kerim Balci here at UW-Madison campus to present his discussion, particularly focusing on the recent developments in the Middle East.

Part I

About the Speaker:
Kerim Balci is a Turkish writer, journalist and academician. Kerim Balci (b. 1971) is recently the editor in chief of Turkish Review, a bimonthly journal published by Zaman Media Group of Turkey. Balci is a frequent columnist in Today’s Zaman and
Zaman dailies, both the largest circulating newspapers in their boulevards, and correspondents to several local and international TV channels on issues related to the Middle East.

Kerim Balci studied Physics and Political Science and International Relations in the Bosporus University of Turkey. He has an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the city where he served as the representative of Zaman Turkish Daily for eight years. Balci is currently a PhD candidate at the Durham University of the UK on linguistic philosophy.

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