18 – 20 May 2015 – Atlas Idrissides Premium Urban Club – Marrakech
Civil Society and free market in Muslim majority Countries
Program
18th May 2015
18.30 – 20.30 Opening Dinner
19th May 2015
09.00 – 09.15 Opening remarks
09.15 – 10.45 I. Session
Chair: Wan Saiful Wan Jan (Malaysia)
Speakers:
– Paul Heck (USA): “Muslim Open Society”
– Ali Ojqo / Dridi Ouafa (Algeria): “Freedom of belief in Islamic societies and the impact on social cohesion”
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.45 II. Session
Chair: Mazen Deraouan (Syria)
Speakers:
– Taha Hamedani (Morocco): “Individual freedom from an Islamic perspective”
– Peter Welby (UK): “Secular Politics and Freedom”
12.45 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.15 III. Session
Chair: Peter Menzel (USA)
Speakers:
– Raza Ullah (Pakistan): “How to Relate Society with State: Explicating the Experiences of Islamization in Pakistan”
– Abdulllah Setti (Morocco): “Liberal understanding in the political thought of the Moroccan Islamic movements”
16.15 – 16.45 Coffee Break
16.45 – 17.45 IV. Session
Chair: Ozlem Caglar Yilmaz (Turkey)
Speakers:
– Can Ceylan (Turkey): “What is ‘Civil Religion’ to stand for in Islam?”
– Ali Salman (Pakistan): “OECD and OIC Countries: Tradeoff between Security and Freedom”
19.00 – 21.00 Dinner
20th May 2015
09.00 – 10.45 V. Session
Chair: Youcef Maouchl (Algeria)
Speakers:
– Hicham El Moussaoui (Morocco): “Islam and entrepreneurship :Why institutions matter?”
– Admir Cavalic (Bosnia): “Economic freedoms in Islamic countries”
10.45 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30 VI. Session
Chair: Edo Omercevic (Bosnia)
Speakers:
– Souad Adnane (USA/Morocco): “Women’s Economic Empowerment: The Way Towards Economic Growth in Mainly Muslim Countries”
– Vaslleios Syros (Finland): “Islamic and European Ideas on FreeTrade”
12.30 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.00 VII. Session
Chair: Bican Sahln (Turkey)
Speakers:
– Lorenzo Montanari (USA/Italy): “Property right index as indicator of economic freedom: data from Muslim countries”
– Mustapha Radji (Algeria): “Religious people and the support of free markets in the Arab and Muslim world. Evidence from the World Values Survey WVS”
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.00 VIII. Session
Chair: Nouh El Harmouzl (Morocco)
Speakers:
– lmdad Hussain: “Civil Society and Civil Freedom inMuslim World: Cases of Pakistan and Malaysia”
– Mossaab Tijani (Morocco): “Civil Society inthe Muslim world: the Moroccan experience”
– Omar JaffaI (Algeria): “Toward the building of Maghreb! civil society: a study of globalized communication indicators”
18.00 Closing
19.00 – 21.00 Dinner