Sharia Law Forum

This is a panel discussion on Sharia Law: Realities and Challenges in the Global World. Panel of Speakers: David Forte, Tamara Albertini and Azeema Faizunnisa

David Forte is a Professor of Law at the Cleveland State University. He was a Bradley Scholar at the Heritage Foundation. He writes and speaks nationally on topics such as constitutional law, religious liberty, Islamic law, the rights of families, and international affairs.   His book, Islamic Law Studies: Classical and Contemporary Applications, has been published by Austin & Winfield.  He is Senior Editor of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (2006) published by Regnery & Co, a clause by clause analysis of the US Constitution. His teaching competencies include Constitutional Law, the First Amendment, Islamic Law, Jurisprudence, Natural Law, International Law, International Human Rights, and Constitutional History.

Topic: Sharia in the United States: Realities and Challenges

Tamara Albertini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the first director of the Islamic Studies program at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, where she also teaches Renaissance philosophy. She has authored and edited a number of books in both her research areas. In her work on Islamic philosophy she aims at reintroducing the vigor and vision of Muslim intellectual contributions from the classical period. She is currently working on a book entitled The Seductiveness of Certainty. Fundamentalists’ Destruction of Islam’s Intellectual Legacy.  

Topic: Islamic Law and Islamic Ethics: A difficult Relationship? Controversial views discussed by some of Islam's greatest scholars from the classical period and from the 20th century centered around the question of who or what decides over good acts: Shari'a, rational principles, or the loving encounter with God.

Azeema Faizunissa is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Sociology. Her research and teaching interests include youth studies, women's health and rights in Pakistan and South Asia and sociology of Muslim societies. She is actively involved in the Islamic Society of UH and Lovers of South Asian Cultures. Prior to coming to UH, she worked with Population Council Pakistan office and World Population Foundation in various research related positions. She received a Masters degree in Population Studies from Australian National University in 2002.

Topic: Women’s Rights under Sharia Law in Pakistan

Ticket Information
Free and open to the public

Event Sponsor
Federalist Society & Muslim Societies in Asia and the Pacific, Mānoa Campus

More Information
956-6316, http://www.msaphawaii.org/wordpress/events/

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