SIXTH CONFERENCE ON IBADISM AND OMAN
June 2015
Saint Petersburg
MONDAY, JUNE 1
| 08:30 | REGISTRATION |
| 09:00–09:30 | OPENING |
| 10:00–10:30 | Coffee Break |
SESSION 1
Prelude
Chair: Heinz Gaube
| 10:30 | Madelung, Wilferd: A Quranic Perspective on the Nahda in Islam |
| 11:00 | Lange, Christian: Modern Religious Tendencies on the Arabian Peninsula |
| 11:30 | al-Saiyid, Ridwan: Modern Sunni-Ibadi Relationship in a Comparative Perspective |
| 12:00 | Modarresi, Hossein: Islamic Modernism, a Shi’i-Ibadi Perspective |
| 12:30 | Teles e Cunha, João: The Estado da India’s Influence on the Muslim World |
| 13:00 | Discussion |
| 13:30–14:30 | Lunch |
SESSION 2
Reform Movements in Modern Times
Chair: Ersilia Francesca
| 14:30 | Wilkinson, John: The Ibadi Nahda. A Historical Perspective |
| 15:00 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei: The Heritage of Ibadism in the Medieval History of Hadramawt in the Context of the Ideological Struggle Between the Irshadites and the Alawites |
| 15:30 | Rodionov, Mikhail: Ibadism in the Cultural Memory of Modern Hadramawt |
| 16:00 | Aillet, Cyrille: The Rewriting of the Past: How North African Ibadi Scholars Shaped the Community’s Historical Memory (19th-20th c.) |
| 16:30 | Discussion |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Coffee Break |
SESSION 3
Exploring Sources of the Ibadi Nahda Period (1)
Chair: Abdalrahman Al Salimi
| 17:30 | Ziaka, Angeliki: Redefining Ibadi Identity through Religious Discourse in the Time of the Nahda |
| 18:00 | Broucek, James: The New Concept of Ibadi Theology in Oman |
| 18:30 | Abou-El-Wafa, Ahmed: Ibadi Jurisprudence in Modern Context |
| 19:00 | Francesca, Ersilia: The Idea of Ijtihad in Jurisprudence in Tunisia and Libya |
| 19:30 | Discussion |
| 20:30 | Dinner |
TUESDAY, JUNE 2
SESSION 4
Exploring Sources of the Ibadi Nahda Period (2)
Chair: Adam Gaiser
| 09:00 | Hoffman, Valerie: The New Development in East Africa |
| 09:30 | Fromherz, Allen: Ibadism in 19th Century Zanzibar and East Africa |
| 10:00 | Kaya, Veysel: A Contextual Comparison between al-Rawahi, Nur al-Din al-Salimi and al-Fazari on the Knowledge of God |
| 10:30 | Discussion |
| 11:00–11:30 | Lunch |
SESSION 5
Exploring Sources of the Ibadi Nahda Period (3)
Chair: Cyrille Aillet
| 11:30 | Yildiz, Harun: Ibadism in the Studies of Ali Yahya Muammar |
| 12:00 | Gombeyaz, Kadir: A Prominent Ibadi Scholar of Jarba: Abu Sulayman Dawud b. Ibrahim al-Talati al-Jarbi (d. 967/1560) |
| 12:30 | El Kadiri Boutchich, Brahim: The Role of Shaykh Ali Yahya Muammar in the Enrichment of Ibadi Doctrine |
| 13:00 | Discussion |
| 13:30–14:30 | Lunch |
SESSION 6
New Perspectives on the Individual and on Society (1)
Chair: Valerie Hoffman
| 14:30 | Albayrak, Ismail: Modern Ibadi Tafsir. A Survey |
| 15:00 | Saleh, Walid: Modern Ibadi Tafsir. Examples |
| 15:30 | Propst, Amanda: Religious Pluralism and the Development of the Ibadi Identity in the Modern Period |
| 16:00 | Sachedina, Amal: Heritage at Work. New Configurations of Ethics, Histories and Religiosity as Part of Modern State Building in the Sultanate of Oman |
| 16:30 | Discussion |
| 17:00–17:30 | Coffee Break |
SESSION 7
New Perspectives on the Individual and on Society (2)
Chair: Allen Fromherz
| 17:30 | Rabi, Uzi: The Conception of State |
| 18:00 | Bishara, Fahad: On Understanding Ibadi Law on Economy |
| 18:30 | Ech-Cheikh, Muhammad: Ibadi Ethics and Values |
| 19:00 | Ghazal, Amal: The Individual Reaction to Western Modernization |
| 19:30 | Schreiner, Stefan: Tolerance |
| 20:00 | Discussion |
| 20:30 | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3
SESSION 8
New Perspectives on the Individual and on Society (3)
Chair: Amal Ghazal
| 09:00 | Limbert, Mandana: Family in Oman |
| 09:30 | Di Tolla, Anna Maria: Family in North Africa |
| 10:00 | Al Husseini, Suleiman: Tolerance, Sincerity and Hospitality Experienced by European and American Travellers who Visited Oman in the 19th and 20th Century |
| 10:30 | Jomier, Augustin: Ibadi Press in North Africa |
| 11:00 | Nicolini, Beatrice: Ibadi Press in Zanzibar |
| 11:30 | Discussion |
| 12:00–12:30 | Coffee Break |
SESSION 9
New Perspectives on the Individual and on Society (4)
Chair: Beatrice Nicolini
| 12:30 | al-Shayili, Sulayman: The Reform in the Ibadi Jurisprudence During the 18th to 20th Centuries |
| 13:00 | Michalak-Pikulska, Barbara: Ibadi Poets in the Mashriq: Abu Muslim al-Bahlani and Ibn Shaykhan al-Salimi |
| 13:30 | Al Hajri, Hilal: The Perception of Nahda in Omani Poetry |
| 14:00 | Discussion |
| 14:30–15:30 | Lunch |
| 15:30–17:00 | Final Discussion |
| Chair: John Wilkinson | |
| 17:00–17:30 | Coffee Break |
| 19:30 | Dinner |
