Conference Program
The conference program is tentative and still being updated. Please check back often for changes and updates.
Friday April 4, 2003
Saturday April 5, 2003
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Registration and Check in
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Welcome and Introduction
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM: Defining Progressive Islam: Building common ground
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
"The times they are a-changin' - a Muslim quest for justice, gender equality and pluralism" Omid Safi
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel 1: Workshop and discussion. Moderater: Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Zuhr prayer* and Lunch
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Progressive
Islam - The Struggle Against Structures of
Oppression and the Fight for Justice
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
"Invisibility and Pluralism: Hajar Then and Now" Amina Wadud"Sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims" Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel 2: Workshop and discussion. Moderator: Saadia Yacoob
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Tea Break and Asr prayer*
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Progressive Islam - Theology of Praxis and Liberation
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
"Progressive Islam and the theology of praxis" Farid Esack
"Progressive Muslims: Engaging the Muslim Community and Building Alliances with the Secular Left" Raza Mir
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Panel 3: Workshop and discussion. Moderator: Junaid Ahmad
6:30 PM -- Maghrib Prayer*
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
"Human Rights, Women's Rights, and Alternative Media in Pakistan (with a concluding performance)" Fawzia Afzal Khan
9:00 PM Dinner Served (Dinner sponsored by PMN-DC)
Dinner will be followed by poetry recitation:
"Recitation of Rumi poetry, Persian with English poetry" Omid Safi
"Recitation of leftist Urdu Poetry" Raza Mir
Sunday April 6, 2003
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Outreach and community building
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
"Visions of a Progressive Mosque" Imam Daayiee Abdullah
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Panel 4: Workshop and discussion. Moderator: Faisal Alam
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM:
Where do we go from here? Closing thoughts and future
goals.
Moderators: Junaid Ahmad, Anjum Khalidi, and Saadia Yacoob.
1:00 PM - Zuhr prayer* and Lunch
*All prayers will be conducted in accordance with progressive ideology. Men and women will line up side by side, in separate rows, and members of both sexes will have the opportunity to lead prayer. Those uncomfortable with the arrangement will have the opportunity to form their own congregation for prayer.