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May 2018
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Friday 04 |
9:00 - EVENT - Conference on Radicalisation and De-radicalisation: Post-ISIS
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Three years ago, ISIS claimed a cross-border caliphate stretching over vast swathes of north-western Iraq and eastern Syria. Fascinated by its rise, Muslim youths from all corners rapidly joined its cause. After three years of shocking violence, ISIS has faced major setbacks and has been in retreat (...)
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Wednesday 23 |
Paigham-i-Ramadan (Message of Ramadan) is an exhibition from UWA’s Centre for Muslim States and Societies showcasing papercutting by artist Tusif Ahmed and conceived as part of Ramadan - the ninth month of the Islamic calendar where Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. The exhibition runs until (...)
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July 2018
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Friday 20 |
11:00 - EVENT - Afghanistan and Regional Security Architecture in the Heart of Asia
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By Dr. Nasir A. Andisha, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
In this seminar Dr Andisha focuses on the security environment in the Asian region with a special focus on the current situation in Afghanistan.
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August 2018
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Friday 24 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Public Seminar: Women�s representation in Asian parliaments
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Women’s representation in Asian parliaments
The presentation will examine the relationship between socioeconomic development, corruption, the level of democracy, and women’s parliamentary representation in contemporary Asia. Previous studies have argued that economic development (...)
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September 2018
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Wednesday 05 |
Blasphemy in Pakistan: a spectacle of piety
Sana Ashraf, PhD candidate, Australian National University
Blasphemy allegations in Pakistan in recent years have led to a student getting lynched on a university campus, neighborhoods getting burnt down by angry mobs, and a governor getting (...)
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October 2018
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Tuesday 09 |
Blasphemy and Islam
by Sajid Hameed, Research Fellow, Al-Mawrid Global
Blasphemy is a long-standing issue of debate across cultures. However, in 2005, when a Danish newspaper published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, the topic became a major global controversy. What (...)
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November 2018
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Thursday 01 |
USTAD FAREED AYYAZ AND USTAD ABU MOHAMMAD AND BROTHERS
Sufi Qawwali Night
Brought to you by the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, UWA, in collaboration with SelamFest
DATE: 1 November 2018
TIME: 6pm to 10pm
TICKETS: $40 to $60 via: (...)
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Friday 02 |
PEACEBUILDING IN THE MIDDLE EAST
by Sheikh Mazen Ahram, Imam and Monitor of all Jerusalem Mosques and teacher at Majidul Aqsa
The Centre for Muslim States and Societies and Public Policy Institute, The University of Western Australia,
in collaboration with SalamFest, are (...)
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Friday 09 |
19:55 - CONCERT - CMSS Presents Pakistani Singer Nadeem Abbas at SWAN Festival of Lights
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The performance by renowned Pakistanis singer, Nadeem Abbas on 2 November 2018 has been moved to the Swan Festival of Lights (instead of the Kurrajong Hall, UWA).
He will be performing as the guest of the Centre for Muslim States and Societies (UWA) at the SFOL Festival (Supreme Court (...)
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March 2019
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Thursday 21 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - Discussion forum: Responding to Islamophobia post-Christchurch attacks
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Responding to Islamophobia post-Christchurch terror attacks
On 15 March 2019, described by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as ‘one of the darkest days’ of New Zealand’s history, a man in his 20’s stormed into Al-Noor Mosque and later a second nearby mosque in Christchurch. He (...)
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April 2019
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Thursday 04 |
Domestic violence is a global issue considered to be a heritage of the patriarchal system. While domestic violence is not a new problem, it has only attracted attention comparatively recently. Even with women being more powerful than ever, the modern world is still faces this issue.
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May 2019
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Wednesday 01 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - Seminar: Behind the Islamist Carnage: Sri Lankan Ethno-Religious Democracy in Disarray
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A bunch of highly educated and religiously inspired middle or upper-middle-class Muslims belonging to the extremist National Tawheed Jamaat based in the township of Kattankudy and linked to ISIS has carried out a highly coordinated attack on Christian churches in Sri Lanka killing nearly 300 (...)
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Friday 03 |
18:00 - SEMINAR - Rekindling: Journey to discover the world of traditional Islamic arts in Morocco, Spain, and Turkey
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Hamida Novakovich is an academic, writer, curator and community arts worker who traveled to Morocco, Spain, and Turkey among other places on an Australia Council Career Development grant. She also facilitated the 'Rekindling Tour' by CMSS (sponsored by the Council of Australian Arab Relations, CAAR) (...)
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Friday 10 |
8:40 - CONFERENCE - Conference on Radicalisation, Counter-radicalisation and De-radicalisation
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Radicalisation,
Counter-Radicalisation
and De-Radicalisation
For nearly two decades since 9/11, policymakers and the academia alike have paid much attention to radicalisation and terrorism involving jihadist groups and Muslim actors. Despite costly military interventions and (...)
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Wednesday 15 |
16:30 - EVENT - Nationhood reframed: when migration signifies an opportunity
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The re-tooled concept of nationhood involves the process of expanding the nation when otherwise different people share some combination of language, religion, norms, values, faith, culture, identity and ideals. It is based not on ethnic or racial origins but like its glorious precursor – the (...)
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