Thursday 6 October 2011

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POSTMODERNISM 2011


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POSTMODERNISM
18TH - 20TH OCTOBER 2011

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh/Greetings,

Please be informed that the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM in collaboration with Taqwa Foundation will be organizing the above conference at ISTAC, IIUM KL Campus, No 24 Persiaran Duta, Taman Duta, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This conference is focusing on its heritage as well as its aspirations and future position in placing Islamic Thought and Civilization on a strong and effective footing vis-à-vis contemporary issues and developments. This is an attempt at seeing Islamic Thought in relation to the development and issues of postmodernism.

Therefore, it is our pleasure to cordially invite all students to participate in this auspicious event.

For further information, please view our blogspot: http://istacemc.blogspot.com, and you can also check our facebook using istacemc.

We would appreciate it if you could disseminate the information to your colleagues and friends in and outside IIUM.

For Registration, kindly send your name, Matric. No., Kulliyyah/Faculty, Institution, Handphone Number, and E-mail address, to istacemc@yahoo.com, and/or istacemc@gmail.com.

For further enquiries, please contact any one of the following at any time:
1-      Bro. Moh’d Muneer’deen at +60132530711 or +60176340478.
2-      Bro. Abdul Ganiy at +60173417232 or +60105225892.
3-      Bro. Qamar’deen at +60172837944 or +60102486353.

NB:
-          Participation fee for students is RM100 payable on/before the first day of the conference.
-          Registration closes by 11:59pm on the 16th of October 2011. Please register early to secure a seat.
-          Kindly check the attachment for further detail.

Thank you and Wassalam. 

Friday 23 September 2011

ISTAC FRIDAY NIGHT LECTURE 06/2011


ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Prof./ Assoc. Prof./Dr./ Sir/ Mdm /Bro. /Sis.,

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

We have the pleasure of inviting you to attend the ISTAC Friday Night Lecture (FNL) No. 06/2011 by Dr. Mohsen Saleh, Director, Al-Zaytouna Centre of Studies and Consultations, Beirut, Lebanon. Details of the program are as follows:

Date/Day           : 23rd September 2011 (Friday)
Time                   : 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Venue                 : Main Hall, ISTAC-IIUM KL Campus, No. 24 Persiaran Duta, Taman Duta, Kuala Lumpur

Title                    : The Arab Spring and its Impact on the Palestinian Issue

Transportation to & fro Jalan Duta and Gombak Campus (8.00pm and 11.00pm respectively) will be provided. Kindly gather at the rectory building before 8.00pm.

Should there be any enquiries, please contact Sr. Zainiah/Sr. Norazimah at 603-62073400 or Bro. Mohammed Muneer’deen at 013-2530711, Bro. Abdul Ganiy Muhammad Raji at 017-3417232 and Bro. Adeniyi Kamorudeen at 017-2837944

Thank you. Wassalam.

Administration Office, ISTAC


BRIEF PROFILE OF DR. MOHSEN SALEH:

The General Manager of Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations is Dr. Mohsen Moh'd, an associate professor of Modern and Contemporary Arab History, editor-in-chief of the annual Palestinian Strategic Report, former head of Department of History and Civilization at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), and former executive manager of Middle East Studies Centre in Amman. He was granted the Bait al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) award for Young Muslims Scholars in 1997 and the Excellent Teaching Award (College level), given by IIUM in 2002.  Dr. Mohsen is the author of ten books and some of his books are translated into several languages. He contributed chapters to eleven books. He is the editor/ co-editor of 32 books. Dr. Mohsen is the editor of electronic daily “Palestine Today,” which has so far published more than 2250 issues. He has published many articles in refereed scholarly journals and magazines. He has presented papers at innumerable academic local and international conferences and seminars. He is a frequent commentator on current issues on broadcasting media.

Thursday 15 September 2011

ISTAC-IIUM SPECIAL LECTURE

ISTAC-IIUM SPECIAL LECTURE
 
Dear Prof./ Assoc. Prof./Dr./ Sir/ Mdm./Bro./Sister,
 
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
 
We have great pleasure in inviting you to our Special Lecture by Dr. Musa Adam Abdul-Jalil who is Associate Professor of Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Khartoum, Sudan. Details of the program are:
 
Date/Day            : 19th September 2011 (Monday)
Time                   :  11:00am – 1:00pm
Venue                 :  Training Room, LG Floor, ISTAC, IIUM KL Campus
 
Title                     “Reshaping Identity Politics: Capitalizing on the Sharia’a Debate in the  Sudan”
 
Should there be any enquiries, please contact Sr. Zainiah/Sr. Norazimah at 603-62073400 or Bro. Mohamed Muneerdeen at  013-2530711, Bro. Abdul Ganiy Muhammad Raji at 017-3417232 and Bro. Adeniyi Kamorudeen at 017-2837944
 
Thank you. Wassalam.
 
 
ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
ISTAC, IIUM

THE FUTURE OF ISLAMIC FEMINISM FORUM


THE FUTURE OF ISLAMIC FEMINISM FORUM

We are pleased to inform you that the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) and Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) will be organizing the above forum at ISTAC, IIUM KL Campus, Kuala Lumpur.
As such, we have great pleasure in inviting you to participate in  the above event.  Details of the program are:
Date/Day          :         18th September 2011 (Sunday)
Time                  :         2:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue                :         Main Hall,  ISTAC, IIUM KL Campus
 
Penalists                :     Shaykh M. Uthman El-Muhammady
                                    Dr. Farish A. Noor
                                    Sr. Zainah Anwar
Moderator             :     Dr. Ahmad Farouk Musa
Please refer to the attached  brochure for further information.
                                   
Should there be any enquiries, please contact Bro. Mohamed Muneerdeen at  013-2530711, Bro. Abdul Ganiy Muhammad Raji at 017-3417232 and Bro. Adeniyi Kamorudeen at 017-2837944
 
Transportation to and from Gombak Campus and  ISTAC (1:30pm and 5:00pm)  will be provided.
Thank you. Wassalam.
ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
ISTAC, IIUM KL CAMPUS

Saturday 6 August 2011

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POST-MODERNISM "REVISITING IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT"

http://www.iium.edu.my/istac/events/international-conference-islamic-thought-after-postmodernism



 
BACKGROUND OF THE CONFERENCE:
ISTAC, IIUM being a Center of Postgraduate Studies is concerned with dimensions and aspects of Islamic Thought and Civilization, focusing on its heritage as well as its aspirations and future position in placing Islamic Thought and Civilization on a strong and effective footing vis-a-vis contemporary issues and developments. Therefore this International Conference is an attempt in this direction to see Islamic Thought in relation to the development and issues of postmodernism.

OBJECTIVE OF THE CONFERENCE:
1.      To identify the nature and major elements and trends of postmodernism
2.      To identify areas and issues of concern in Islamic Thought with the emergence of post-modernism
3.      To formulate an intellectual response to those areas and issues of concern.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Articulating a Critical Response to Postmodernism with the Help of Islamic Epistemology
EMERITUS PROFESSOR DATUK DR. OSMAN BAKAR
Deputy CEO
International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS)



SPEAKERS
The “Big-Bang” on the Muslim Family: An Islamic Law Should Lead?
PROF. DATO’ DR. ZALEHA KAMARUDDIN
Deputy Director General
Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)


The Ravage of Postmodernism: Political Fragmentation among Muslims In Malaysia
PROF. DATO’ DR. ZAINAL KLING
Tun Ghafar Baba’s Professorship Holder
Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI)
Tanjong Malim, Perak


PROF. DR. AWANG SARIYAN
Chair Holder of Malay Studies
Beijing Foreign Studies University
China



Postmodernism:  Its Specter, Post Modernity and the Muslims
PROF. DATO’ DR. MD. SALLEH YAAPAR
Director of the USM Press
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang


A Comparison between Islamic and Postmodernist Critiques Of Science
PROF. DR. MOHD HAZIM SHAH HAJI ABDUL MURAD
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Malaya



Language and Reality in Traditional and Modern Philosophies
ASSOC. PROF. DATO’ BAHARUDIN AHMAD
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM



Sufi Values and Principles in the Context of the Present Age
PROF. DR. MOHD YUSOFF HUSSAIN
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM



Some Aspects of Postmodernism: An Examination in the Light of Islamic Mainstream Discourse
SHAYKH MUHAMMAD UTHMAN EL-MUHAMMADY
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM



Islamic Education and Postmodernism in Philippine Secular State
DR ALI B. PANDA
King Faisal Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies Mindanao State University
Marawi City, Philippines


Confrontation and Elimination: The Adaptation of Islamic Education after Post Modernism in China
DR. MA QIANG
Northwest Ethnology Center
Shaan Xi Normal University
China



Postmodernism’s Notion of Truth and Reality: An Islamic Assessment
DR. ABDULREZAK ABDULLAHI HASHI
Kulliyyah of Science
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)



The Crossing of Thoughts: Non-Traditional Dialogues or Monologues
PROF. DR. KONUL BUNYADZADE
Baku State University
Azerbaijan



The Scientific Discourse in Islamic Civilization and Postmodernism
DR. IBRAHIM SHOGAR
Kulliyyah of Science
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)



A Preliminary Attempt to Compare Skeptism and the Possibility of Knowledge in Postmodernism and in Islam
DR. NORZAKIAH SAPARMIN
Kulliyyah of Science
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)



Rescuing Reason: Habermas’ Critique of Postmodernism
Mohd Shaiful Ramze Bin Endut
Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat (IKRAB)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia



Building a Live Able Urban Environment: An Analysis of Postmodernist and Islamic View-Points
DR. ABDUL-MUMIN ABDULAI & DR. KHAIRIL AZHAR MD. YASSIN
Kuliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)



The Alleged Transmission of Greek Thinking Concepts into Arabic Grammar: Is It Still Relevant?
DR. SOLEHAH HAJI YAACOB
Kuliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)



Identity Construction in Tablighi Movement in Malaysia:
Prospects and Challenges in the Post Modern Era
DR. ZUHAIRY ZOLKIPLE
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia



Nature and Significance of Culture in Islam and Postmodernism
DR. ALAUDDIN MONDAL
Assam University, Silchar
India




Religion and Violence – Postmodern Perceptions
DR. MUHAMMAD SAFEER AWAN
Department of English
International Islamic University
Islamabad, Pakistan



Islamic Family Institution & the Impacts of Post Modern Thought
LATEEF KAYODE ADEYEMO
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM



Islam and State in Post-Modern Indonesia: A Substantialist Perspective
BR. MOHAMAD LATIEF
Academy of Islamic Studies
University of Malaya



The Feminists’ Liberation of Women from Inequality in Marriage and Sexuality, Family Life and Reproduction: Reconsideration in Islamic Thought
SR. NUR SURIYA MOHD NOR
Kuliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)




Man, Ego and Society in the Philosophy of Iqbal
BR. MEHRIBAN GASIMOVA
Baku University
Azerbaijan



On Studying the Term of Custom in the Context of Maslaha (Public Interest) in Thought of Islamic Law and Influences of Postmodernism
SR. SAMIRE HASANOVA
Baku University
Azerbaijan








FEES FOR PARTICIPANTS:

International Participants: USD150.00
Local Participants: RM300.00
Students: RM100.00 (Proof of student’s status is required)

FEES FOR PRESENTERS:
Local: RM300.00
International: USD150.00

For further information please contact:
Secretariat
The International Conference on Islamic Thought After Postmodernism
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
IIUM Kuala Lumpur Campus
24 Persiaran Duta, Taman Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 603-62073400 Fax: 603-62073477
Email:istac_conference@iium.edu.my
Facebook: Istacemc Iium
Blog: http://istacemc.blogspot.com





TARGET PARTICIPANTS:
Participants are targeted from Local educational institutions i.e. IPTS and IPTA as well as International Institutions.
SUGGESTED ACCOMODATION:
1.      PENINSULAR RESIDENCE HOTEL
No. 10, Jalan Semantan
Bukit Damansara
50490 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-20841515
Fax: 03-20841500

2.      BEST WESTERN PREMIER
SERI PACIFIC HOTEL, KUALA LUMPUR
Jalan Putra
P.O. Box 11468
50764 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-40425555
Fax: 603-40417236

3.      ISTAC’S APARTMENT
No. 24, Persiaran Duta
Taman Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-62073400 (Attn: Pn. Noormaizah/Pn. Norazimah)
Note: Hotel arrangement during the conference is to be arranged by the participants and subject to the hotel's  room availability and rates.