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The Islamic legal tradition in Spain and the postulates of secularism
September 18, 20197:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Ambassadors’ Hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62, First Floor).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
On Wednesday, September 18 in Madrid, Casa Árabe is hosting this round table discussion, which will include talks with figures such as Muhammad Khalid Masud, an ad hoc member of the Shari’a Appeals Chamber of Pakistan’s Supreme Court.
The event will be presented by Pedro Martínez-Avial, the General Director of Casa Árabe, and moderated by Mohammed Dahiri, a professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Participants:
- Muhammad Khalid Masud, an ad hoc member of the Sharia Appeals Chamber of Pakistan’s Supreme Court:
“Theological origins of International Law in Spanish Christian and Muslim legal thought” (this presentation will be given in English)
- Ana Ballesteros, associate researcher at the CIDOB and OPEMAM:
“Islamic Law and its interpretations in Pakistan”
-José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, a professor of Legal Philosophy at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid:
“Secularism and modernity to guarantee peace and security”
The event has been organized by Casa Árabe with the cooperation of the Department of General Linguistics, and Arab, Hebrew and East Asian Studies (Universidad Complutense of Madrid), the Departmental Section of International Relations and Global History (Universidad Complutense of Madrid) and the Euro-Mediterranean University Institute (EMUI-UCM).
Muhammad Khalid Masud is an ad hoc member of the Shari’a Appeals Chamber of Pakistan’s Supreme Court. He has been associated with the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Council of Islamic Ideology at the University of Leiden (Netherlands), the International Islamic University of Malaysia and Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. His main publications and co-editions include Shatibi’s Philosophy of Islamic Law (1995), Iqbal’s Reconstruction of Ijtihad (1995), Shari’a Today (2013), and several book chapters and co-published volumes, which include the upcoming title Freedom of Expression in Islam: Challenging Apostasy and Blasphemy Law, co-edited by Lena Larsen, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Kari Vogt and Christian Moe (2019).
- Muhammad Khalid Masud, an ad hoc member of the Sharia Appeals Chamber of Pakistan’s Supreme Court:
“Theological origins of International Law in Spanish Christian and Muslim legal thought” (this presentation will be given in English)
- Ana Ballesteros, associate researcher at the CIDOB and OPEMAM:
“Islamic Law and its interpretations in Pakistan”
-José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, a professor of Legal Philosophy at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid:
“Secularism and modernity to guarantee peace and security”
The event has been organized by Casa Árabe with the cooperation of the Department of General Linguistics, and Arab, Hebrew and East Asian Studies (Universidad Complutense of Madrid), the Departmental Section of International Relations and Global History (Universidad Complutense of Madrid) and the Euro-Mediterranean University Institute (EMUI-UCM).
Muhammad Khalid Masud is an ad hoc member of the Shari’a Appeals Chamber of Pakistan’s Supreme Court. He has been associated with the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Council of Islamic Ideology at the University of Leiden (Netherlands), the International Islamic University of Malaysia and Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. His main publications and co-editions include Shatibi’s Philosophy of Islamic Law (1995), Iqbal’s Reconstruction of Ijtihad (1995), Shari’a Today (2013), and several book chapters and co-published volumes, which include the upcoming title Freedom of Expression in Islam: Challenging Apostasy and Blasphemy Law, co-edited by Lena Larsen, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Kari Vogt and Christian Moe (2019).
