Summer School "Islam und Demokratie"
11. - 15.06.2019
The Summer School is organized by the Seminar für Evangelische Theologie/Abteilung Dialog der Religionen, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies (ICES) and the International Center. This year the specific topic of the Summer School will be: "Islam and Democracy". It will bring together some of the most prominent lecturers and academics in the field of religion, reconciliation, and political science.
It is not uncommon to argue that there is an almost unresolvable contradiction between Islam as a religion and democratic principles. The history of Islam shows that Muslims have usually pragmatically determined the relationship between state and politics, although political rule has mostly sought to derive their basic legitimacy from religion. There have been periods of very close links between politics and religion - for example, in the early days of the Islamic community in Medina - and also those in which a de facto separation prevailed, with religion often being instrumentalized for political purposes. In the opinion of most Muslims in Germany, Islam is compatible with democracy, because the Koran does not develop a theory of politics and government. Issues as such will be discussed from the perspective of different disciplines with a range of internationally known scholars and students from our partner universities in Palestine.
Program
Monday, 10 June
| 17:30 | City Tour |
| 18:30 | Dinner for arriving participants from Palestine |
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, Venue: DUBLIN (EUF), room DUB 008
09:00 | Pick up from hotel to the summer school venue |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome to the summer school |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Introductory note by Dr. Jan Völkel, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, University of Freiburg Response by Prof. Dr. Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, Director, Wasatia Graduate Academic Institute, Jerusalem. |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | 1st Session: Introduction to Islam Dr. Loay Ghazawi, Hebron University Response by Prof. Dr. Ralf K. Wüstenberg, EUF |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch break |
| 14:15 – 16:00 | 2nd Session: International law, democracy and civil Islam Dr. Arhan Kardasch, FORUM DIALOG, Berlin: "Civil Islam and Secular Democratic State" Dr. Gerd Hankel, Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung: "The notion of Democracy in International law" |
| 16:00 –16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 (sharp) | Transport to European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Schiffbrücke 12, Flensburg |
| 17:00 | Gathering in the ECMI – Introduction to the Centre |
| 18:00 | Keynote public lecture by Prof. Dr. Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, Director, Wasatia Graduate Academic Institute, Jerusalem: "The relation between Islam and Democracy: Where do they meet and where do they clash?" |
Wednesday, 12 June, Venue: DUBLIN (EUF), room DUB 008
| 9:00 | Pick up from hotel to the summer school venue |
| 9:30 – 11:00 | 3rd Session: Political Islam and Social Change Dr. Amjad Abu El Ezz, An-Najah University, Nablus: "Hamas perspective on the peace process in the Middle East" |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | 4th Session: Living Together in Pluralistic Societies Prof. Dr. David Schweikard, EUF: "The Paradox of "Tolerance and Solidarity" Response by Prof Dr. Zaki Saleh, Arab American University, Ramallah |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | 5th Session: Islam and Democracy – Between Theory and Practice Dr. Samir Suleiman, Hebron University Response by Suat Alper Orhan, EUF |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Student working session |
| 18:30 | Social Evening at Campelle |
Thursday, 13 June, Venue: DUBLIN (EUF), room DUB 008
| 9:00 | Pick up from hotel to the summer school venue |
| 9:30 – 11:00 | 6th Session: Diplomacy for Democracy in Palestine: Success or Failure? Dr. Dalal Iriqat, Arab American University, Ramallah Response by Prof. Dr. Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, EUF |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | 7th Session: Islam and Gender Prof. Dr. Wietske de Jong-Kumru, EUF: "Muslim" Feminism in the Netherlands and its Discontent Dr. Zeina Barakat, EUF: The struggle of Muslim Women for Gender Equality |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Student working session |
| Free afternoon |
Friday, 14 June 2019 Venue: DUBLIN (EUF), room DUB 008
| 09:30 | Pick up from hotel to the summer school venue |
| 10:00 – 12:30 | 8th Session: Islam and Democracy – Depiction in Literature and Media Prof. Dr. Iulia-Karin Patrut, EUF: Islam and Democracy in German Literature – Historical Cornerstones from Lessing to Özdamar Dr. Nadjib Sadikou, EUF: Representations of Islam and Democracy Rafik Shami and Navid Kermani Dr. Thies Münchow,EUF: Michel Houellebecq's "Submission" – Islam, Democracy, and a Case of Radical Desublimation Dr. Marcello Neri, EUF Living a Lie. The Crisis of Liberal Western Democracy on the Background of Practiced Pluralism in F. Zaimoglu’s Siebentürmeviertel Response by Dr. Amjad Abu El Ezz, An-Najah University, Nablus |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Venue: Campelle Welcome by Pastor Silke Hansen |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | 9th Session: Student presentations |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee and cake |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Farewell |