Islam and Human Rights Fellowship Program

Project Description

A residential program for scholars and activists from various parts of the Islamic world to explore the relationship between human rights and Islam.

Project Accomplishments

• 12 roundtable conferences (2001-2004)
• International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (May 16-21, 2004)
• 29 international lectures; 38 national lectures
• Symposium on "Islam and Human Rights," Journal of Human Rights in the Muslim World
• Special "From the Field" Issue: "Islam and Human Rights Advocacy for Social Change in Local Contexts," Muslim World Journal in Human Rights

Sponsors

The Ford Foundation

Directors

• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im

Other Participants

• Hameed O. Agberemi, Al-Fataah, Nigeria
  
• Ali Ahmad, Bayero University, Nigeria
  
• Salbiah Ahmad, human rights attorney, Malaysia
  
• Jamila Bargach, National School of Architecture, Morocco
  
• Codou Bop, GREFELS, Senegal
  
• Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin, State Institute of Islamic Studies, Indonesia
  
• Jamail A. Kamlian, Mindanao State University-LLigan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Philippines
  
• Lily Zakiyah Munir, Center for Pesantren and Democracy Studies, Jombang, Indonesia
  
• Huda Seif, anthropologist, Yemen
  
• Recep Senturk, Islamic Research Center, Turkey

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