"Theory and Uses of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa"

AJIS Symposium Agenda - May 2-5, 2021 Register

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10:00 am to 10:40 am Keynote speech: History and Jurisprudence of the Maqsid: A Critical Appraisal by Prof. Mohammad Hashim Kamali

10:40 am to 11:20 am Opening Remarks by Dr. Ovamir Anjum and Dr. Shuruq Nuguib

11:20 am to 12:00 pm Open Q & A

May 3rd

10:00 am to 10:10 am Opening/ Introduction

10:10 am to 10:30 am Presentation: Maqāṣid and Maṣlaḥa in Islamic Economic Tradition – an Ethical Turn by Dr. Sami Al-Daghistani 10:30 am to 10:40 am Comments 10:40 am to 10:45 am Final comments by the presenter

10:45 am to 11:05 am Presentation: Who Owns Islamic Law? The ‘Maqasid Turn’ in Muslim Movements in South India by Thahir Jamal Kiliyamannil 11:05 am to 11:15 am Comments 11:15 am to 11:20 am Final comments by the presenter

Presentation: Maqāṣidī Models for an “Islamic” Medical Ethics: 11:20 am to 11:40 am Problem-Solving or Confusing at the Bedside?” by Dr. Aasim Padela 11:40 am to 11:50 am Comments 11:50 am to 11:55 am Final comments by the presenter

11:55 am to 01:00 pm Open Q & A

May 4th

10:00 am to 10:10 am Opening/ Introduction

10:10 am to 10:30 am Presentation: Maqasids and the renewal of ʾuṣūl al-fiqh in Abdallah Bin Bayyah’s discourse by Rezart Beka 10:30 am to 10:40 am Comments 10:40 am to 10:45 am Final comments by the presenter

Presentation: Al-Muwafaqat in Mauritania: Maqasid al-Shari‘a and 10:45 am to 11:05 am Mauritanian Commentators on al-Shatibi at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by David Drennan 11:05 am to 11:15 am Comments 11:15 am to 11:20 am Final comments by the presenter

11:20 am to 11:40 am Presentation: Maqāṣid Discourse from Islamic Modernism to Theorising Authoritarianism by Yomna Helmy 11:40 am to 11:50 am Comments 11:50 am to 11:55 am Final comments by the presenter

11:55 am to 01:00 pm Open Q & A

May 5

10:00 am to 10:10 am Opening/ Introduction

Presentation: The Grounds of Islamic Law: An Examination of 10:10 am to 10:30 am Contemporary Islamic Legal Reformist Discourses by Mohammad Mehdi Ali 10:30 am to 10:40 am Comments 10:40 am to 10:45 am Final comments by the presenter

10:45 am to 11:05 am Presentation: ʾIbn Taymiyyah Differing with the Four Madhāhib due to Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah by Dr. Ahmad M. Khater 11:05 am to 11:15 am Comments 11:15 am to 11:20 am Final comments by the presenter

11:20 am to 11:40 am Presentation: Before Maqāṣid: Recovering the Contested Vision of Benefit (maṣlaḥa) in Islamic Law by Dr. Youcef Soufi 11:40 am to 11:50 am Comments 11:50 am to 11:55 am Final comments by the presenter

11:55 am to 01:00 pm Open Q & A

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