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14.03.2013 Conference on Islamic Family Law
On 19th to 21st of June 2013, the Conference on Islamic Family Law will be held at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Mehr...22.10.2012 Concepts of Religion between Asia and Europe
International Symposium in Zurich organized by URPP Asia and Europe, Department for the Study of Religions, University of Zurich, in cooperation with the Swiss Society for the Study of Religions Thursday - Saturday, November 1 - 3 The conference will be held in English. Registration is required for organizational reasons but no registration fee is required.
Mehr...22.10.2012 "Adultery should not be criminal offence at all"
"The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice was established by the Human Rights Council in 2010 to identify ways to eliminate existing discrimination in law and practice, and helping States to ensure greater empowerment and autonomy for women in all fields. Recently, the Group urged Governments to repeal laws which criminalize adultery and give rise to punishments ranging from the imposition of fines to flogging and death by stoning, or hanging."
Mehr...06.09.2012 The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity - The PEW Forum on Religion and Public Life
"The survey, which involved more than 38,000 face-to-face interviews in over 80 languages, finds that in addition to the widespread conviction that there is only one God and that Muhammad is His Prophet, large percentages of Muslims around the world share other articles of faith, including belief in angels, heaven, hell and fate (or predestination). While there is broad agreement on the core tenets of Islam, however, Muslims across the 39 countries and territories surveyed differ significantly in their levels of religious commitment, openness to multiple interpretations of their faith and acceptance of various sects and movements."
Mehr...21.06.2012 International Conference on Islam and International Law
On 14th and 15th of June 2012, the International Conference on Islam and International Law took place at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. For further information concerning the speakers and the presented papers please refer to the Abstracts (Copyright: University of Innsbruck, Austria) and the forthcoming publication “Islam and International Law. Engaging Self-Centrism from a Plurality of Perspectives”, edited by Marie-Louisa Frick and Andreas Müller, University of Innsbruck.
Mehr...14.06.2012 Cultural Diversity in Britain
"With the current debate about ‘multiculturalism’, this study sets out a new approach to cultural diversity. It explores ways of unlocking the potential in diversity and identifies strategies to aid greater exchange between different cultural groups."
Mehr...10.05.2012 Arab Youth Survey 2012
"A fair wage and owning a home are currently the two highest priorities for young people in the Middle East – displacing living in a democracy as the greatest aspiration of regional youth, according to the findings of the ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2012, the largest study of its kind of the region's largest demographic: its young people ...."
Mehr...09.03.2012 Der Arabische Frühling – ein Jahr danach/ The Arab Spring – one year on
International Symposium in Zurich organized by SGMOIK / SSMOCI Friday / Saturday 23 / 24 March 2012 Zur Erinnerung an / In memory of Victor Kocher
Mehr...23.02.2012 Pakistan - Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2012
The landmark ‘Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2012’, which had already been passed by the National Assembly in August 2009, has now been passed unanimously by the Senate. The Domestic Violence Bill makes violence against women and children an offence, punishable by time in jail and imposition of fines. It also stipulates that the cases regarding domestic violence be dealt with expeditiously.
Mehr...21.11.2011 GAIR-Mitteilungen
Die Freischaltung der GAIR-Mitteilungen 2011 auf dem Server der UB Leipzig nun erfolgt ist. Unter dieser Adresse kann das Dokument im PDF aufgefunden werden.
Mehr...09.09.2011 Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik. Transdisziplinär
Di 27. September, 19.15 - 20.45 Uhr, Universität Luzern, Hörsaal 5. Auftakt zum 4. Jahrgang des Joint Degree Masterstudiengangs Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik sowie Buchvernissage zu Band 1 der Schriftenreihe des ZRWP. Unter anderem mit Kurzvortrag «Was ist "Religion" in der Gegenwart? Aktuelle Theorieangebote in religionswissenschaftlicher Perspektive» von Prof. Dr. Frank Neubert (Religionswissenschaft, Universität Bern). Das Buch liegt zur Ansicht und zum Kauf bereit. Veranstalter: Zentrum Religionsforschung und ZRWP. Anmeldung bis 19. September erbeten an: andreas.tunger@unilu.ch
Mehr...09.09.2011 Vom Hinterhof ins Stadtzentrum. Religiöse Minderheiten in der Mehrheitsgesellschaft
Sa 24. September, 9.00 - 17.45 Uhr, Universität Luzern, Raum Raum 3.B 58, Tagung. Veranstalter: Religionswissenschaftliches Seminar und Zentrum Religionsforschung gemeinsam mit der Reformierte Kirche Stadt Luzern aus Anlass des 150-Jahr-Jubiläums der Matthäuskirche. Anmeldung bis 14. September erbeten an: andreas.tunger@unilu.ch
Mehr...09.09.2011 Jugend - Migration - Integration
Mi 21. September, 18.30 - 20.00 Uhr, Universität Luzern, Raum 3.B 58, Buchvernissage und Werkstattgespräch mit Brigit Allenbach und Cordula Weissköppel, Mitherausgeberinnen des Buches «Jugend, Migration und Religion», das am Abend auch zur Ansicht und zum Kauf bereitliegt. Veranstalter: Zentrum Religionsforschung und ZRWP Anmeldung bis 13. September erbeten an: andreas.tunger@unilu.ch
Mehr...09.09.2011 Islamdebatten
«Islam-Debatten Schweiz - Europa» Do 29. September - Sa 1. Oktober, Universität Bern Veranstalter: Schweizerische Gesellschaft Mittlerer Osten und Islamische Kulturen (SGMOIK), Groupe de recherche sur l'islam en Suisse (GRIS), Institut für Islamwissenschaft und Neuere Orientalische Philologie der Universität Bern.
Mehr...02.09.2011 Research Project: Get and Talaq in the United Kingdom
Pascale Fournier, Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, is conducting a research project about religious divorce in western countries, including Germany, France, Canada and United Kingdom. Participation from Jewish and Muslim women is crucial to the project as we try to tell accurate versions of how these countries’ legal systems deal with religious divorce.
Mehr...30.05.2011 Annual LUCIS Conference 2011 | Applying Sharia in the West
Leiden University, 20 - 21 June 2011. The annual LUCIS conference will discuss the (im)possibilities of implementing Islamic rules (‘Sharia’) in Western societies, with a focus on rules pertaining to family relations. It is a topic of heated debates among academics, politicians and society at large, but these debates mostly yield more questions than answers.
Mehr...27.05.2011 Bericht über die Tagung "Religiös-kulturelle Varianz des Familien- und Erbrechts?"
Unter dem Titel "Europäische Rechtsordnungen neu justieren" wird in den UZH News über die Tagung "Religiös-kulturelle Varianz des Familien- und Erbrechts?" berichtet, welche am 21. Mai 2011 an der Universität Zürich vom Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies, dem Institut für Religionsrecht der Universität Freiburg i. Üe. sowie dem Schweizerischen Institut für Rechtsvergleichung organisiert worden war.
Mehr...23.05.2011 Update face-veil ban debate in Switzerland
The Political Institutions Committee of the National Council decided to follow the decision of the Commitee of the Council of States, taken in January 2011, to refuse a Cantonal Initiative which would prohibit partial or full veiling of the face on a national level.
Meanwhile, a Cantonal Popular Initiative was submitted in the canton of Ticino on 19 May 2011 which asks for the prohibition of face veiling on a cantonal level.
04.05.2011 Kultur, Religion und Familienrecht in Europa: Rechtspluralismus als Perspektive?
Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Wo ist Kultur?"der Kommission für Interdisziplinäre Veranstaltungen von Prof. Dr. Andrea Büchler; Donnerstag, 26. Mai 2011, 18.15 - 20.00; Universität Zürich Zentrum, Hörsaal KO2-F-180
27.04.2011 Islam kontrovers. Perspektiven einer kritischen Islamwissenschaft
Öffentliche Ringvorlesung des Instituts für Islamwissenschaft und der Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies in Kooperation mit dem Center for Area Studies an der Freien Universität Berlin
Mehr...06.04.2011 Frauenrechte und Islam: Diskurse und Debatten
Öffentliche Ringvorlesung des Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Geschlechterforschung IZFG der Universität Bern
Mehr...30.03.2011 Critical Islamic Thought - a Summer School in Granada, Spain
5 - 17 June 2011; deadline of the final round of application: 5 April 2011
Mehr...14.03.2011 Podiumsdiskussion "Revolution in der arabischen Welt?"
Montag, 28.3.11, 18:30 - 20:00, Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Hörsaal KOL-F-101, mit: Bettina Dennerlein, Sarah Farag, Reinhard Schulze, Isabelle Werenfels, Moderation: Beat Stauffer, Veranstalter: UFSP Asien und Europa
Mehr...04.03.2011 New funding initiative to promote academic mobility
The Gerda Henkel Foundation gives outstanding researchers the opportunity to spend a longer period of time at a foreign institution of their choice within the Foundation’s promoted disciplines as well as the special programme “Islam, the modern nation state and transnational movements”.
Mehr...02.03.2011 Tagung "Religiös-kulturelle Varianz des Familien- und Erbrechts: Zukunftsmusik oder Unding?"
Eine Tagung für Juristinnen und Juristen, für Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von Behörden und Religionsgemeinschaften und für interessierte Privatpersonen, organisiert vom Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies (Universität Zürich), vom Institut für Religionsrecht (Universität Freiburg i. Üe.) sowie vom Schweizerischen Institut für Rechtsvergleichung.
Mehr...24.01.2011 Press release of the Political Institutions Committee of the Federal Council of States regarding a face-veil ban
The Political Institutions Committee of the Federal Council of States refuses a Cantonal Initiative which would like to prohibit partial or full veiling of the face. The practice of veiling because of religious reasons does not really represent a problem in Switzerland according to the Council.
Mehr...10.12.2010 Is the Creation of a Palestinian State still Achievable?
Talk by Prof. Dr. Saleh Abdel Jawad, Dean of the Faculty of Law & Public Administration at Birzeit University,
on 13 December 2010, 4:15 p.m.,
Auditorium KOL-F-104, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich
10.12.2010 Open society and Islam: a debate held in Zurich
A summary and the papers presented at the panel discussion "After the Minarets Ban: Open Society and Islam", which was organized by Reset Dialogues on Civilizations and the University Research Priority Program Asia and Europe at the University of Zurich on 17 November 2010 are available on the website of ResetDOC.
Mehr...09.12.2010 Pluri-Legal Newsletter launched
The first edition of the Pluri-Legal Newsletter for a Plurality Conscious Approach to Ethnic Minorities has been launched.
Mehr...08.12.2010 Press release of the Federal Commission for Women's Issues: "Gender Equality and Religious/Cultural Practices"
The Federal Commission for Women's Issues FCWI, inter alia, calls for a headscarf ban at public schools in its recently published position paper.
Mehr...01.12.2010 Subscription to Oxford Islamic Studies
CIMELS has become a subscriber to Oxford Islamic Studies Online, offering free access to students, researchers and other interested parties at the Center.
Mehr...30.11.2010 Media reports on panel discussion
Media reports on the panel discussion "After the minarets ban: open society and Islam" held on 17 November 2010 are available for download here. (in German)
27.10.2010 Panel discussion "After the Minarets Ban: Open Society and Islam"
Speakers: Giuliano Amato, Katajun Amirpur, Nilüfer Göle, Reinhard Schulze und Rosemarie Zapfl
Introduction: Andrea Büchler
Chair: Nina zu Fürstenberg
17.30 - 19.30 Uhr
Auditorium HAH-E-3, Häldeliweg 2, 8044 Zurich
28.04.2010 Honorary doctorate degree awarded to Mona Zulficar
The Faculty of Law at the University of Zurich awarded an honorary doctorate degree to the Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist Mona Zulficar.
Mehr...06.11.2009 What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation in Iraq
Talk by Dr. Nadje Al-Ali, University of London
University of Zurich, Raemistrasse 71, Lecture hall KOL-G-209, 10:00
In cooperation with Gender Studies, University of Zurich
11.01.2009 Islamic Law in Europe?
Swiss television SF 1, "Sternstunde Philosophie": Dr. Andrea Büchler, Professor at the University of Zurch talks with Roger de Weck. (in German)
Mehr...06.03.2008 Basics of Islamic Law
Talk by Prof. Dr. Andrea Büchler within the Faculty Days on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the University of Zurich. (in German)
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