Muslim Youth and Women in the West: Source of Concern or Source of Hope?

May 15, 2007

Session I—Tensions produced by Islam in the West: How can they be Overcome?

Part 1: Opening

  • 10:00–10:10 a.m.
    Opening Statement by
    Mustapha Tlili, Founder and Director, Center for Dialogues: Islamic World— U.S.—The West, New York University, and Conference Chairman

  • 10:10–10:15 a.m.
    Welcome Remarks by
    Edward Mortimer, Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar

  • 10:15–10:35 a.m.
    Address by
    Ursula Plassnik, Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs

  • 10:35–10:40 a.m.
    Remarks by
    Heinz Schaden, Mayor of Salzburg

  • 10:40–10:50 a.m.
    Break

Part 2: Roundtable

  • 10:50 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
    Moderator
    Mustapha Tlili

  • Speakers

    Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General, Organization for Security and Co–operation in Europe (OSCE)

    Iqbal Riza, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary–General on the Alliance of Civilizations

    Ralph Scheide, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs and Director of the Near and Middle East Department and Africa, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria)

    Hans Gnodtke, Commissioner for Dialogue with the Islamic World and Dialogue Among Civilizations, Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

    Farah Pandith, Senior Adviser on Muslim Engagement, Department of State (United States)

  • 12:30–2:00 p.m.
    Lunch with keynote address by
    Rikke Hvilshøj, Minister of Refugee, Immigration, and Integration Affairs (Denmark) ession II—Muslim Communities in the West

Session II — Muslim Communities in the West

Panel 1: A Survey of the Current Economic, Social, Cultural, and Political Landscape

  • 2:00–2:20 p.m.
    A General Survey
    Martin Schain, Professor of Politics, New York University (United States)

  • 2:20–2:40 p.m.
    The European Story, in Numbers
    Zsolt Nyiri, Regional Research Director for Europe, the Gallup Organization (United States)

  • 2:40–3:00 p.m.
    The Social Geography of Exclusion
    Ceri Peach, Professor of Social Geography, Oxford University (United Kingdom)

Panel 2: A Vision for the Future

  • 3:00–3:20 p.m.
    Building Resilience and Preventing Violent Extremism

    Susan Scholefield, Director General for Equalities, Department of Communities and Local Government (United Kingdom)

  • 3:20–3:40 p.m.
    Successful Integration—Is It the Key to Enhanced Security?
    Shaarik Zafar, Senior Policy Adviser, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security (United States)

  • 3:40–4:20 p.m.
    Can Muslim Youth and Women Infuse New Vitality Into “Old Europe” and On What Terms?

    Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Islamic Studies, St Antony’s College, Oxford University (United Kingdom), and Visiting Professor, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

    Abdelmajid Charfi, Professor Emeritus of Arab Civilization and Islamic Thought, University of Tunis (Tunisia)

  • 4:20–4:40 p.m.
    Break

  • 4:40–6:30 p.m.
    General debate

  • 8:00 p.m.
    Dinner hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs at the Salzburg Residence

May 16, 2007

Working Group Sessions: Security, Integration–Best Practices, and Religious Practice—a Western Islam?

  • 9:00–10:30 a.m.
    Working Groups Deliberate

  • 1. Security
    Moderator
    Randy Beardsworth, Vice President, Human Capital and Corporate Communication Strategies, Analytic Services Inc., and former Assistant Secretary, Policy, Planning, and International Affairs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security (United States)

  • Rapporteurs
    Sophie Body–Gendrot, Director, Center for Urban Studies, the Sorbonne (France)
    Shamit Saggar, Professor of Political Science, University of Sussex, and former Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister (United Kingdom)

  • 2. Integration–Best Practices
    Moderator
    Haroon Siddiqui, Editorial Page Editor Emeritus, Toronto Star (Canada)

  • Rapporteurs
    Vincent Tiberj, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Political Research at Paris Institut des Sciences Politiques (France)

    Shireen Hunter, Visiting Scholar,
    Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, Georgetown University (United States)
  • 3. Religious Practice—A Western Islam?
    Moderator
    Farhan Nizami, Director, Oxford
    Centre for Islamic Studies (United Kingdom)

  • Rapporteurs
    Aziz Huq, Director, Liberty and National Security Project, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law (United States)
    Roger Hardy, Middle East and Islamic Affairs Analyst, BBC World Service (United Kingdom)

  • 10:30-11:00 a.m.
    Break

  • 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
    Working groups resume deliberation

  • 12:30-2:00 p.m.
    Lunch

  • 2:00-2:30 p.m.
    Working group rapporteurs prepare reports and submit them to conference secretariat

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Guided walking tour of Salzburg

  • 7:00 p.m.
    Reception and dinner hosted by the county and city of Salzburg at Hellbrunn Castle

May 17, 2007

  • 9:00-11:00 a.m.

    • Sessions III and IV: Working Group Reports and Debate on Security, Integration, and Religious Practice— A Western Islam?


  • 11:00-11:20 a.m.
    Break

  • 11:20 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

    Session V: Consideration of Policy Recommendations


  • 1:00-1:30 p.m.

    Session VI: Plan of Action and Closing


  • 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch
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