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Has the 19th century seen the consolidation of a new legal paradigm in the Global...
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Law’s Making and Remaking of Religion: Middle Eastern and Comparative PerspectivesHas the 19th century seen the consolidation of a new legal paradigm in the Global North and its expansion in the Global South? Legal positivism had long been in the making, and some draw its conceptual roots all the way back to Thomas Hobbes or John Locke, but it is with Jeremy Bentham and John Austin in the Anglo-Saxon context and later Hans Kelsen in the European continental context that legal positivism has been theorised in its current form. Quite attached to the notion of autonomy of the legal system, legal positivism adopts a definition of law that heavily centres around the state and is anchored in the constitution for its ultimate justification. As such, legal positivism relegates other forms of normativity outside the confines of (state) law.
Bayt Dakira, Essaouira, Morocco.
Tuesday - Thursday
17 - 19 October, 2023
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Dr. Steffen Krüger
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Morocco.
Professor Baudouin Dupret
Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
Professor Gianluca Parolin
Aga Khan University, United Kingdom.
Dr. Ido Shahar
University of Haifa, Israel.
Prof.dr. L.P.H.M. Buskens
Nederlands Instituut in Marokko (NIMAR), Morocco.
Iris Agmon
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Professor Roberta Aluffi
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
Professeur Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron
Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Université Paris-Cité, France
Professor Nathan Brown
The Georges Washington University, United States.
Guy Burak
New York University, United States.
Louis-Leon Christians
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Karim El chazli
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland.
Dorthe Engelcke
Max Plank Institute for International and Private Law, Germany.
Alexis BLOUËT
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.
BURNSIDE, JONATHAN
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Aristides N. Hatzis
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Heba Khalil
Nebraska Wesleyan University, United States.
Marième N’Diaye
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
Dr. Mona Oraby
Howard University, United States of America.
Valentina Rita Scotti
European Law and Governance School, Italy.
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ayang Utriza Yakin
Sciences Po Bordeaux, France
Nadjma Yassari
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany
ZEMIRLI, AZIADÉ
Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France.
Conference Program
Law’s Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of Religion? Middle Eastern and Comparative Perspectives
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Topic 1
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Conference Registration
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Topic 2
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Opening Session
Baudouin Dupret, CNRS, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
H.E André Azoulay, Adviser to HM King Mohammed VI, President of Association Essaouira-Mogador.
Abdellah Ouzitane, President of the Centre d'études et de recherches sur le droit et la culture hébraïques, Bayt Dakira
Zakaria Jalal, Professor of Cardiology, Hôpital de Haut-Lévêque, Pessac
Saâid Amzazi, Former Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research
Steffen Krüger, Resident-Representative, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Morocco.
Gianluca Parolin, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, United Kingdom.
Baudouin Dupret, CNRS, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
H.E André Azoulay, Adviser to HM King Mohammed VI, President of Association Essaouira-Mogador.
Abdellah Ouzitane, President of the Centre d'études et de recherches sur le droit et la culture hébraïques, Bayt Dakira
Zakaria Jalal, Professor of Cardiology, Hôpital de Haut-Lévêque, Pessac
Saâid Amzazi, Former Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research
Steffen Krüger, Resident-Representative, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Morocco.
Conference Presentation
Ido Shahar, University of Haifa, Israel.Gianluca Parolin, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, United Kingdom.
Baudouin Dupret, CNRS, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
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Topic 3
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Panel 1: Defining
Chair: Gianluca Parolin, Aga Khan University, United Kingdom.
Religion, the Policy State, and the University Nathan Brown, The Georges Washington University, United States.
Deconstructing the effects of legal positivism on biblical law Jonathan Patrick Burnside, University of Bristol Law School, United Kingdom.
A Matter of Principles: Mabādiʾ al-Šarīʿa Between Universal Necessity and National Contingency Roberta Aluffi, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
Just Religious Status: Pursuing Equivalence not Equality in Legal Claims to Recognition Mona Oraby, Howard University, United States
Religion, the Policy State, and the University Nathan Brown, The Georges Washington University, United States.
Deconstructing the effects of legal positivism on biblical law Jonathan Patrick Burnside, University of Bristol Law School, United Kingdom.
A Matter of Principles: Mabādiʾ al-Šarīʿa Between Universal Necessity and National Contingency Roberta Aluffi, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
Just Religious Status: Pursuing Equivalence not Equality in Legal Claims to Recognition Mona Oraby, Howard University, United States
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Topic 4
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Panel 2: Reforming
Chair: Ido Shahar, University of Haifa, Israel.
Reform Ottoman Style: The Transformation of the Sharia Courts and Law in the Long Nineteenth Century Iris Agmon, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Legitimizing Assisted Reproduction by Fatwas: The Role of Shiite Grand Ayatollahs in Legal Reform in Iran. Nadjma Yassari, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany.
The Sharia Court of Appeals 1994-2023: The transformation of the discourse from the ‘perfect Sharia’ to fiqh al-aqalliyyat Moussa Abou Ramadan, Université de Strasbourg, France.
Awaiting the Palestinian Family Code: Drafts, Debates, and Developments Irene Schneider, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Is the 2022 Saudi Personal Status Code Revolutionary? Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Université Paris-Cité, France.
Reform Ottoman Style: The Transformation of the Sharia Courts and Law in the Long Nineteenth Century Iris Agmon, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Legitimizing Assisted Reproduction by Fatwas: The Role of Shiite Grand Ayatollahs in Legal Reform in Iran. Nadjma Yassari, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany.
The Sharia Court of Appeals 1994-2023: The transformation of the discourse from the ‘perfect Sharia’ to fiqh al-aqalliyyat Moussa Abou Ramadan, Université de Strasbourg, France.
Awaiting the Palestinian Family Code: Drafts, Debates, and Developments Irene Schneider, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Is the 2022 Saudi Personal Status Code Revolutionary? Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Université Paris-Cité, France.
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Topic 5
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Table-ronde « Humanités, diversité et droit. Le pluralisme juridique vu d’Essaouira »
(in French, list of participants to be confirmed)
Chair: Farid El Bacha, Université Mohammed V – Rabat, Chaire de Droit hébraïque
Jean-Benoît Thambo, Hôpital de Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France.
Léon Buskens, Nederlands Instituut in Marokko (NIMAR), Morocco.
Louis-Léons Christians, UC Louvain, Belgium.
Nathalie-Bernard-Maugiron, IRD, Ceped, Université Paris Cité, France.
Aziadé Zemirli, IRD, Ceped, Université Paris Cité, France.
Ilham Hamdai
Chair: Farid El Bacha, Université Mohammed V – Rabat, Chaire de Droit hébraïque
Jean-Benoît Thambo, Hôpital de Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France.
Léon Buskens, Nederlands Instituut in Marokko (NIMAR), Morocco.
Louis-Léons Christians, UC Louvain, Belgium.
Nathalie-Bernard-Maugiron, IRD, Ceped, Université Paris Cité, France.
Aziadé Zemirli, IRD, Ceped, Université Paris Cité, France.
Ilham Hamdai
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Topic 6
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Panel 3: Regulating
Chair: Ido Shahar, University of Haifa, Israel.
Kanun, Shari‘a and Defter: A Study in Ottoman Constitutional Thought
Guy Burak, New York University, United States.
Saving the Soviet Soul: Fatwas against Suicide in Socialist Uzbekistan (1940s-1980s)
Paolo Sartori, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
How do European Judges imagine Religious Law, and, more specifically, Islamic Law
Louis-Leon Christians, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
The Byzantine Family Code in Focus: An Imprint of Roman, Christian, and Islamic legal concepts?
Dörthe Engelcke, Max Plank Institute for International and Private Law, Germany.
Kanun, Shari‘a and Defter: A Study in Ottoman Constitutional Thought
Guy Burak, New York University, United States.
Saving the Soviet Soul: Fatwas against Suicide in Socialist Uzbekistan (1940s-1980s)
Paolo Sartori, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
How do European Judges imagine Religious Law, and, more specifically, Islamic Law
Louis-Leon Christians, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
The Byzantine Family Code in Focus: An Imprint of Roman, Christian, and Islamic legal concepts?
Dörthe Engelcke, Max Plank Institute for International and Private Law, Germany.
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Topic 7
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Panel 5: Imagining
Chair: Gianluca Parolin, Aga Khan University, United Kingdom.
The Message of the Imam
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
“Fatherland, Religion, Family”: The Depiction of Clergymen in Greek Theatre and Cinema Under Strict Political and Moral Censorship (1936-1974)
Aristides N. Xatzis, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
The Representation of Religion in Turkish Films and TV series: Re-Building the National Identity
Valentina Scotti, European Law and Governance School, Italy.
Mawga Ḥārra [A Heatwave]: Sex Work, Morality, and Crime in Contemporary Egypt
Heba Khalil, Nebraska Wesleyan University, United States.
The Message of the Imam
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
“Fatherland, Religion, Family”: The Depiction of Clergymen in Greek Theatre and Cinema Under Strict Political and Moral Censorship (1936-1974)
Aristides N. Xatzis, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
The Representation of Religion in Turkish Films and TV series: Re-Building the National Identity
Valentina Scotti, European Law and Governance School, Italy.
Mawga Ḥārra [A Heatwave]: Sex Work, Morality, and Crime in Contemporary Egypt
Heba Khalil, Nebraska Wesleyan University, United States.
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Topic 8
Thursday 19 October 2023
Panel 4: Commodifying & Objectifying
Chair: Baudouin Dupret, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
Commodifying Halal in Indonesia
Ayang Utriza Yakin, UC Louvain, Belgium.
Accommodations of Islamic norms in economical field? A comparative study in North African and European countries.
Bochra Kammarti, Cespra, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France.
Family Affairs in Algeria : How do Religious Norms Survive ?
Aziadé-Zohra Zemirli, Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Université Paris-Cité, France.
The Making of “German Islam” by Law: The Constitution, the Public Administration & Muslim Organisations
Jörn Thielmann, FAU Forschungszentrum für Islam und Recht in Europa (FAU EZIRE)
Commodifying Halal in Indonesia
Ayang Utriza Yakin, UC Louvain, Belgium.
Accommodations of Islamic norms in economical field? A comparative study in North African and European countries.
Bochra Kammarti, Cespra, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France.
Family Affairs in Algeria : How do Religious Norms Survive ?
Aziadé-Zohra Zemirli, Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Université Paris-Cité, France.
The Making of “German Islam” by Law: The Constitution, the Public Administration & Muslim Organisations
Jörn Thielmann, FAU Forschungszentrum für Islam und Recht in Europa (FAU EZIRE)
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Topic 9
Thursday 19 October 2023
Panel 6: Adjudicating
Chair: Alexis Blouët, Centre National de recherche scientifique, France.
The Actual role of Islamic law in the Egyptian Legal System
Karim El Chazli, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
Adjudicating the Family in Egypt: Interpretive Practices of Positive Islamic Law
Monica Lindbekk, University of Bergen, Norway.
Family, abortion, homosexuality: the judicial arena as a place of confrontation between Islam and secularism in Senegal
Marième N’Diaye, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
Islam and the Palestinian Authority
Emilio Dabed, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada.
The Actual role of Islamic law in the Egyptian Legal System
Karim El Chazli, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
Adjudicating the Family in Egypt: Interpretive Practices of Positive Islamic Law
Monica Lindbekk, University of Bergen, Norway.
Family, abortion, homosexuality: the judicial arena as a place of confrontation between Islam and secularism in Senegal
Marième N’Diaye, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
Islam and the Palestinian Authority
Emilio Dabed, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada.
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Topic 10
Thursday 19 October 2023
Concluding Remarks
Baudouin Dupret, CNRS, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
Gianluca Parolin, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, United Kingdom.
Ido Shahar, University of Haifa, Israel.
Farid El Bacha, Professor, Université Mohamed V, Chaire de Droit hébraïque, Morocco.
Gianluca Parolin, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, United Kingdom.
Ido Shahar, University of Haifa, Israel.
Farid El Bacha, Professor, Université Mohamed V, Chaire de Droit hébraïque, Morocco.
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