Media Advisory
October 24, 2006
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Contact: MATT KOVARY
(212) 382-6713 |
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT
OF ISLAMIC LAW
The Origins and Elements of Sunni and Shi’a
Jurisprudence
When: Monday, November 6, 2006;
6:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: New York City Bar Association
( 42 West 44 th Street)
The New York City Bar Association will present
what may very well be the most distinguished panel
of academic Islamic law scholars ever assembled
for the public in the Western Hemisphere . And
they will meet for a sweeping discussion of Islamic
Law at the House of the Association, 42 West 44
th Street , on Monday, November 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) is a cornerstone
of Islamic studies, both civil and religious. Starting
with the Quran itself, law and theology are intrinsically
intertwined for both the Sunni and Shi’a
schools of legal study. To further this understanding,
and to help examine the subject in a modern context,
panelists will also discuss the origins and elements
of the 1,400-year-old Sunni-Shi’a schism
that still so forcefully divides the Islamic world.
This is a free public program. Reporters are
invited to cover the event, attend for their own
edification, or to cultivate Islamic law sources
for future stories.
Please register with the press coordinator at
(212) 382-6713, or by e-mail at mkovary@nycbar.org.
Moderator:
ROBERT E. MICHAEL, Chair, Committee on Foreign
and Comparative Law.
Speakers:
BERNARD K. FREAMON, Professor of Law, Seton Hall
Law School, Director of the Law School’s
Program for the Study of Law in the Middle East
in Cairo. Topic: “Formation of the early
precepts of Islamic Law, from the revelation of
the Quran through the defeat of the Rationalists.”
MARK D. WELTON (LT. COL., RET.), Professor of
International and Comparative Law, United States
Military Academy , West Point . Topic: “The
development of Islamic Law from the end of the
Classical Period to the present.”
ROY P. MOTTAHEDEH, Gurney Professor of History,
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
. Topic: “The origins of Shi’a Islam
and the major differences from Sunni jurisprudence.”
BERNARD HAYKEL, Professor of Islamic Law and
Middle Eastern History, Department of Middle Eastern
and Islamic Studies, New York University. Topic: “Developments
and changes in modern Yemen and Saudi Arabia ,
with a particular emphasis on the role of the Zaydi
School of non-Twelver Shi’ites.”
About the Association
The New York
City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org)
was founded in 1870, and since then has been
dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards
of the profession, promoting reform of the law,
and providing service to the profession and the
public. The Association continues to work for
political, legal and social reform, while implementing
innovative means to help the disadvantaged. Protecting
the public’s welfare remains one of the
Association’s highest priorities.
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