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Who Speaks for Islam? Who
Speaks for the West?

Program

FEBRUARY 10, 2006 (FRIDAY):

OPENING SESSION:

09:00 — 09:30
Opening Ceremony

Introductory Remarks by:
• Mustapha Tlili, Founder and Director, Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West, New York University and Fauziah Mohd Taib, Director General of IDFR, Malaysia

Welcome by:
• Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Foreign Minister of Malaysia

09:30 — 10:00
Opening Address by Datuk Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia

10:00 — 10:30
Break

SESSION ONE — IMPROVING MUTUAL PERCEPTION THROUGH THE MEDIA

An important goal of this session was to convey the diversity within each tradition and to dispel misperceptions. As the media in both the Muslim world and the West exercise enormous influence in disseminating perceptions to the masses, participants engaged in developing a strategy to promote better understanding between Muslims and the West through the media.

10:30 — 12:30
Moderator: Iqbal Riza, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Alliance of Civilizations and his representative at the conference

Speakers:

Timothy Garton Ash, Director, European Studies Centre, Saint Antony’s College, Oxford University (U.K.)

Max Boot, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (U.S.)

Boutheina Cheriet, Professor at the University of Algiers and former Minister of Women’s Affairs (Algeria)

Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran

Discussant: Feisal Abdul Rauf, Chairman, Cordoba Initiative (U.S.)

12:30 — 14:30
Friday prayers/ lunch

SESSION TWO — THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON THE MUSLIM WORLD

The variables of the global economic equation have changed significantly in recent years. Participants discussed and determined the impact of these changes on Muslim countries and societies.

14:30 — 16:30
Moderator: Chandra Muzaffar, President, International Movement for a Just World (Malaysia)

Speakers:

Ralf Fücks, Executive Board, Heinrich Böll Foundation (Germany)

Kurt Seinitz, Foreign Editor, Die Krönenzeitung (Austria)

Discussant: A. Riawan Amin, President Director, Muamalat Bank (Indonesia)

17:00 Break

20:00 — 22:00
Group dinner with keynote address by Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran

FEBRUARY 11, 2006 (SATURDAY): SESSION THREE — THE CHALLENGES POSED BY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO THE MUSLIM-WESTERN RELATIONSHIP

There have been amazing transnational developments in information technology and in biotechnology, which may reinforce feelings of powerlessness among those who have not benefited. This session explored the challenges these developments posed for governments, societies, and traditional authorities as well as for the ordinary citizen.

08:30 — 10:30
Moderator: Ronald Lehman, Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S.)

Speakers:

Imran Ali, Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan)

Raisu-l-Ulama Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Rainer Wessel, President and CEO, Ganymed Pharmaceuticals (Germany)

Discussant: Mark Smolinski, Director, Global Health and Security Initiative and Vice President for Biological Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) (U.S.)

10:30 — 11:00
Break

SESSION FOUR — WHAT IS THE FUTURE FRAMEWORK FOR THE MUSLIM —WESTERN RELATIONSHIP?

During this session participants considered the policy implications that emerged throughout the various conference sessions, including future directions for American and Western policy in general toward the Islamic world and the importance of formal mechanisms for dialogue in resolving conflicts.

11:00 — 13:00
Moderator: Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (U.S.)

Speakers:

Usman Bugaje, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nigerian Parliament

Mohamed Charfi, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Tunis and former Minister of Education (Tunisia)

Wilhelm Höynck, former Secretary General of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and personal representative of the current OSCE Secretary General

Discussant: Sir Iqbal Sacranie, Secertary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (U.K.)

13:00 — 15:00
Group lunch with keynote address by Timothy Garton Ash

CLOSING SESSION

15:30 — 16:00
Closing Address by Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

End of Conference

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