Welcome Speeches |
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Mazen
Asbahi, J.D.
ISPU Board of Directors |
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Anwar Ibrahim
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia |
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Panel 1: What Makes Islamic Education Islamic? Theoretical
Considerations
Chair: Zareena Grewal, Ph.D. candidate
University of Michigan
ISPU Board Member |
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Barnaby Reidel, Ph.D. candidate
University of Chicago
Topic: “Characterizing” the Ummah: Islamic Education and its Social
Reproduction in the United States” |
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Zakiyyah Muhammad, Ed.D.
American Institute on Islamic Education
Topic: “What makes an Islamic School Islamic? Theoretical
Considerations for the Education and Status of Muslim Teachers” |
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Nadeem Memon, Ph.D candidate
University of Toronto
Topic: “Adamic Education: Toward Implementing the Essence of Islamic
Education” |
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Omar Bajwa
Cornell University
Topic: “Delineating Hamza Yusuf’s Pedagogical Philosophy” |
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Panel 2: Islamic Full-Time Schools: Trends, Choices, and Cases
Chair: Saeed Khan, Ph.D. candidate
Wayne State University
ISPU
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Jazmin Zine,
Ph.D.
Topic: “Safe Havens or Religious Ghettos? Narratives of Islamic
Schooling in Ontario” |
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Omar Ezzeldine, Ed.D.
Tustin High School
Topic: “Teacher Retention and Other Lessons for Muslim Schools” |
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Abukar Arman
Columbus Public Schools
Topic: “Why Choose an Islamic School? Columbus as a Case Study” |
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Louis Cristillo, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Topic: “Making Boundaries and Building Bridges: The Case for the
Muslim Day School as a Civil Society Actor” |
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Hakim Rashid
“Sister Clara Muhammad Schools” |
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Panel 3: Higher Education Panel: Liminal Spaces, Critical
Policies
Chair: Muneer Fareed, Ph.D., Wayne State University and ISPU Board
of Advisors |
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Anna Bowers
Vassar College
Topic: “The Search for Justice: Islamic Pedagogy and Inmate
Rehabilitation” |
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Zareena Grewal, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Topic: “The Politics of Islamic Pedagogy: Transnational Intellectual
Networks” |
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Shabana Mir, Ph.D.
University of Indiana
Topic: “Do we belong on campus? Muslim Students and University
Policies” |
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Louay Safi, Ph.D.
Islamic Society of North America
Topic: “Imam Education” |
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Panel 4: Teaching How to Teach Islam: Cultural Competency,
Curriculum, and Education Policy
Chair: Omar Al-Talib, Ph.D., Minaret of Freedom Institute |
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Susan Douglass
Council on Islamic Education
Topic: “Islam and Curriculum Reform” |
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Maha ElGenaidi
Islamic Networks Group
Topic: “Teaching Islam to Hospital and Law Enforcement Officials” |
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Afeefa Syeed
Al-Fatih Academy
Topic: “School and Community Relations” |
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Panel 5: Lessons Learned: Moving Forward
Chair: Zahid Bukhari, Ph.D., Project Muslims in the American Public
Square *Was not able to attend. |
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Sulayman Nyang, Ph.D.
Howard University
Topic: “Islamic Education Reconsidered”
*Was not able to attend. |
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Mohamed Nimer, Ph.D.
American University
Topic: “Muslims, Education and American Pluralism” |
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Barbara Sahli
Harvard University
Topic: “Authentic Interactions: An Anecdote to the Anonymity of
Otherness” |
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Karen Keyworth
Islamic Schools League of America
Topic: “Support Network for Islamic Schools and Data Based
Profiles” |
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Dawud Tauhidi
Crescent Academy International
Topic: “The Challenge of Integration in American Muslim
Education” |
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Patricia Hanson-Qureshi, Ph.D. candidate
University of Wisconsin
Topic: “School Headwear Policies: Legal Landscape, Policy
Implications and Parent’s Role in Collaborating with Public School
Districts” |
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Panel 6: Islamic Schools: A Conversation with Educators
Chair: Habeeb Quadri, Principal at MCC Islamic School |
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Matthew Moes, Ed.M.
Islamic Association of North Texas Quranic Academy
Topic: “Islamic Schools as Change Agents” |
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Seema Imam, Ph.D.
National Louis University
Topic: “Pedagogy and Muslims in the American Landscape” |
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Hamed Ghazali, Ph.D.
MAS Council of Islamic Schools
Topic: “Serious Academic Challenges Facing Islamic Schools” |
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Freda Shamma, Ph.D.
Foundation for Advancement and Development of Education and Learning
Topic: “Trends: Literature for Muslim American Students” |
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Ahmad Al-Akhras, Ph.D.
Columbus Public Schools
Topic: “Trends in Muslim Education in the US” |
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| Closing Remarks |
Muzammil Ahmed, M.D.
Member, ISPU Board of Directors |
