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This might be of interest to some ... INFORM Seminar XLIII, New Movements within the Islamic Tradition Saturday 21 November 2009 Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London School of Economics http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/LSE_CampusMap.pdf http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/howToGetToLSE.htm To register: post cheque to Inform, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE. ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; 020 7955 7654). Tickets (including buffet lunch, coffee and tea) cost £48 each (£28 students/unwaged). PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME The presence of speakers on an Inform programme does not mean that Inform endorses their position. The aim of Inform Seminars is to help participants to understand, or at least recognise, different perspectives. For Inform's codes of practice see www.Inform.ac<https://owa.uwe.ac.uk/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx> 9.30 - 10.00: Registration 10.00 - 10.10: Welcome and Introduction 10.10 - 10.35: Eileen Barker (Professor Emeritus, LSE; Chair & Honorary Director, Inform) "One Religion, Many Directions: A Brief Introduction to Islamic Diversity" 10.35 - 11.00:Masoud Banisadr (Former member, Mojahedin-e Khalq; author of Masoud: Memoirs of an Iranian Rebel) "My Life in a Terrorist Cult" 11.00 - 11.25: Coffee 11.25 - 11.50:Robert Lambert (Research Fellow, University of Exeter) "Converts to Salafism tackling violent extremism: a Brixton case study" 11.50 - 12.15:Ozcan Keles (Executive Director, Dialogue Society) "Achieving peace through education and dialogue: the Gülen Movement" 12.15 - 12.50: Group Discussions 12.50 - 13.50: Lunch 13.50 - 14.15: Hakeem Ajonbadi, Chairman of Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), Millwall, London "NASFAT: A Nigerian Islamic Movement in the UK" 14.15 - 14.40:Munir Ahmed Zamir (Ex-Islamist; consultant on intervention work with vulnerable individuals)"Me, Myself, and Khilafah" 14.40 - 15.05: Ron Geaves (Professor of Religious Studies, Liverpool Hope University) "New Sufis in Britain" 15.05 - 15.30: Tea 15.30 - 15.55: Sadek Hamid (Muslim Youth Work Programme Leader, University of Chester) "New Movements within British Islam: groups, trends, and geography" 15.55- 16.20: Madawi Al-Rasheed (Professor of Social Anthropology, King's College London) "Saudi Salafi Transnational Networks" 16.20 - 16.50: Panel Discussion This email was independently scanned for viruses by McAfee anti-virus software and none were found