MECO
presented
a
textual workshop
HIJAB, JILBAB & NIQAB
INTRINSIC OR INCIDENTAL
TO ISLAMIC TEXT, TRADITION AND THEOLOGY?
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
WOLFSON COLLEGE
OX2 6UD
SATURDAY, 17th MARCH 2007
PROGRAMME
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| 9:30 am
| REGISTRATION
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10 – 11:30 am
| SESSION I
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- Cultural mores and dress codes in pre-Islamic and early Muslim society
- Etymological analysis of the relevant Qur’anic passages
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| 11:30 – 12 pm
| REFRESHMENT BREAK
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12 – 1:30 pm
| SESSION II
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- Historiographical dissection of the pertinent ahadith
- An indepth examination of prophetic custom (sunnah)
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| 1:30 – 2:30 pm
| PRAYERS & LUNCH
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2:30 – 4 pm
| SESSION III
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- Theological opinions from the classical Sunni and Shi’ah madhahib
- The interpretations of medieval and modern commentators
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| 4 – 4:30 pm
| PRAYERS & REFRESHMENT BREAK
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4:30 – 6 pm
| SESSION IV
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- Valid alternatives to Wahhabi, Salafi, Deobandi, Ikhwani etc. perspectives
- Round table discussion and feedback
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