Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World

Muslims and Political Participation in Britain

Muslims and Political Participation in Britain Conference Programme

DAY 1 - Friday 20th April

08:30 - 09:00: Registration

09:00 - 09:15: Welcome and introductory remarks

9:15 - 10:45 Panel 1: Civil society and social movements

Shabana Basheer (MADE in Europe)

Engaging young Muslims in campaigning on global poverty issues

Rosemary Hancock (University of Sydney)

‘Islamic’ Environmentalism in Great Britain

Khursheed Wadia (University of Warwick)

Muslim Women as Political Actors in the UK since 9/11

10.45 - 11.15: Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.45 Panel 2: Muslim representative organisations

Ekaterina Braginskaia (University of Edinburgh)

Official Muslim institutions in Britain and Russia: the Muslim Council of Britain and Russia’s Council of Muftis in comparative perspective.

Sean McLoughlin (University of Leeds)

The State and Muslim Organisations in Britain

Mohammad Mesbahi (The Islamic College, London)

A case study of MINAB in the UK

12:45 - 13:45: Lunch (all food is halal)

13:45 - 14:45 Panel 3: Theoretical and normative approaches

Nasar Meer (University of Northumbria)

Conceptualizing Muslim identity politics in Europe

Farid Panjwani (Aga Khan University)

‘Muslims’ in politics: some critical philosophical reflections on religion and citizenship

14.45 - 15.00: Dr Saeko Yazaki (University of Cambridge)

Presentation of "Contextualising Islam in Britain" publication.

15:00 – 17:00 Muslims in Britain Research Network AGM

18:00 – 19:30 Muslims and the Political Process in Scotland (Scottish Parliament)

DAY 2 - Saturday 21st April

09:15 - 10:45 Panel 4: Young people

Asma Mustafa (independent researcher)

Political participation among second-generation British Muslims: A qualitative exploration

Brooke Storer-Church (University of Bristol)

Facebook Groups as Potential Political Publics? Exploring ideas of the political amongst young British Muslim Facebook users

Tehmina Kazi (British Muslims for Secular Democracy)

Active citizenship: young Muslim leaders

10:45 - 11:15: Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.45 Panel 5: The 2010 general election

Jan Dobbernack (University of Bristol)

Exploring Muslim identities in the 2010 Muslim Vote

Jamil Sherif (Muslim Council of Britain)

A Muslim civil society initiative: The YouElect Project

Maria Sobolewska (University of Manchester)

Mosques and political participation. The case of the 2010 General election in Britain

12.45 - 13.45: Lunch (all food is halal)

13:45 - 15:15 Panel 6: Representation and participation

Stephen H. Jones (University of Bristol)

‘A System of Self-Appointed Leaders’? Differentiating between Modes of Muslim Representation in Britain

Justin Gest (Harvard University)

In God We Trust: The Effect of Islamic Religiosity on European and American Muslim Political Participation

Parveen Akhtar (University of Bristol)

Patronage Politics as Political Resource: the case of British Pakistanis

15.15 - 15.45: Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.00: Book launch

European Multiculturalisms (edited by Anna Triandafyllidou, Tariq Modood and Nasar Meer).

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16.00 - 17.30 Panel 7: European experiences

Sieglinde Rosenberger (University of Vienna)

Linking Muslim immigrants to politics: Immigrant-origin candidates and Muslim organizations in the 2010 municipal election in Vienna

Fatima Zibouh (University of Liege)

Politics, religion and identity: The case of Muslim politicians in Belgium

Joost Berkhout (University of Amsterdam) & Didier Ruedin (University of Neuchatel)

Patterns of Claims-Making on Civic Integration and Migration in Europe: Are Muslims Different?

17.30 – 18.00: Closing Round Table discussion