Date:
Saturday, April 14, 2018 (All day)
Location:
1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
The First Annual Symposium on Islam, Dialogue, and Sectarian De-Escalation at the Harvard Kennedy School has gathered a diversity of voices from leading scholars, religious authorities, civic community leaders, and policymakers alike to push forward analytical understanding and dialogue on the pressing topic of sectarianism in the Muslim world. From the rise of ISIS and militant extremism in the context of an eroding Arab state system to the intensification of the Iran-Saudi cold war in the wake of the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, the dire consequences of Shi’a-Sunni sectarianism and conflict—which can tear apart the societies of the Islamic world—have never been greater in modern history.
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10:00AM: Introductory Address
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10:15AM - 11:45PM: Regional Geopolitics and the New Sectarianism in the Middle East
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12:00PM - 2:00PM: Lunch Panel: Clergy & Religious Authority in Sectarian De-escalation
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2:15PM - 3:45PM: Religious Pluralism and Muslim Identity in the West and Islamic World
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4:00PM - 5:30PM: Religion & Civic Activism in the North American Muslim Diaspora Community
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5:45PM - 7:15PM: Fireside Chat – US Policymakers and Sectarian Geopolitics in the Middle East