Contents Contact Us Search Feedback Q&A Glossary Links


Home
Up

 

Symposium Speakers & Topics


The following are the list of speakers and topics of papers to be presented. These are subject to change.

Rafudeen, Auwais Dr Ritual and political critique: Tuan Guru’s subversive pietism
Njozi, Hamza M Prof   The Campaign Against Qur’anic Schools in Tanzania
Hashim, Abdulkadir   Crown and Crescent: Competing Policies on the Administration of Waqf  Institutions in the East African Coast 
Kasozi Abdu B.K  Dr Struggle to deliver utilitarian (secular) education to Muslims in E Africa 1900-1960     
Ziddy, Issa H  Dr The transmission of Islamic learning in Zanzibar - 19th – 20th Century (achievements, problems and challenges)
Jones, Jane Halbert  Spread of Islam in Southern Africa
Waris, Attiya  Making a Mountain out of a Molehill: The Protection of the right to the freedom of religion of the Muslim Religious Minority in Kenya's Constitution 
Soghayroun, Ibrahim Elzain Prof Role of traders and Muslim Scholars in spread of Islam in Zanzibar and E Africa
Fataar, Aslam Prof Intersections of religious and political discourses among Muslim teachers in apartheid Cape Town 
Ahmed, Hussein  Prof Amharic Translation of the Works of Ahmed Deedat
Hendricks, Fuad Conceptualizing a collective vision, Leveraging organizational capacities and resources through networking and partnering.
Ahmed Patel Establishment of Islam in Ireland by Muslims from South Africa
Agherdien Domingo, Wesahl Muslim personal law in South Africa: An overview of the draft Muslim Marriages Act
Germain, Eric L. Dr South African Muslims’ expressions of solidarity with the umma - from the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877-78 till the Khilafat movement in the early 1920's
Rhoda, Ebrahim  The founding of the Muslim community of the Strand in the nineteenth century, 1822-1928.
Maina, Kahumbi Dr The Interface Between Religion and Culture:  Constraints to Muslim Girls’ Access to Secondary School Education in Kenya
Issa, Amina A Religious teaching in government schools in colonial Zanzibar
Badawy Jamalilayl,  ABA The role of East African ulama in enhancing the Islamic image in South Africa.
Bangstad, Sindre Mr The Weight of the World and the Words of Allah: Conversions to Islam Among Black Africans in Cape Town, South Africa
Hartley, Suraya "Islamic Banking and Islamic Finance"
Tamim Faraj A The Phenomenon of Exclusion by Integration as a Roll-back Strategy Against Islamic Influence in Southern Africa: The case of Tanzania
Ur Rehman, G S Western perception of southern Africa (a case study of missionaries and colonialists historiography)
Said, Mohamed  The Legacy of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat in Tanzania
Pawlikova-Vilhanova.Viera Prof Similarities and Differences in the Spread of Islam: East and South Africa Compared
Kasule, Umar Ahmad Dr Islam and African culture south of the Sahara: towards a steady convergence
Niehaus, Inga A O South Africa’s Muslims between participation and exclusion – the role of a religious minority during the transition to democracy
Mazrui, Alamin Prof Politics of empire and the Swahilization of Islam: Kenya in a comparative context
Abrahams, Salie Dr Pluralism and the Co-existence of Cultures  - Dictate or Dialogue
Alidou, Ousseina  Dr  Muslim women: Architects of a decolonized modernity in East Africa
Bonate, Liazzat J. K.  Islamic Education and State Politics of Education in Mozambique
Quick, Abdullah Hakim Dr The Call to Islam in 21st Century Southern Africa in the light of Pre-Colonial Trends of Islamization in the Western Sudan
Mapuranga, Tapiwa  Islam in Zimbabwe: a historical and sociological analysis
Cajee, Z & Hassan, A SA Muslim contribution to poverty alleviation: Past, present & future 
Mohamed, Yasien Prof Turkish educational institutions in South Africa - Philosophical perspectives
Bhikha, Rashid Dr Healthcare challenges in Southern Africa – can Islamic medicine deal with them? 
Nadvi, L &  Buccus, I  The Muslim Vote in Post-Apartheid South Africa : A comparative analysis of Voting Patterns Amongst Muslims in Durban at National and Local Government Level
Panjwani, Abbas Muslims in Malawi: past, present, and future 
Mall, Ayesha  A critical assessment of the role and governance of Muslim community radio in South Africa: The case of Radio Al-Ansaar
Abu-Manga, A, Prof & Gahalla, KM, Dr Factors of Spread and Recession of Islam in Zimbabwe and Uganda: A Comparative Study
Sekatawa, Muhammad Politics and the Development of Muslim communities in Sub Saharan Africa: Potential lessons from the Ugandan experience.  
Orakçi,  Serhat  The Ottoman Presence in South Africa (1861-1923)   
Paulsen, M A Sheikh  The Malay Communıty Of Gauteng:  Syncretısm, Belıefs And Customs.
Eshak, Yousuf The life times and contribution of Maulana Cachalia to the struggle for freedom in South Africa
Cajee, Yousuf Racism, Islamophobia and Xenophobic influences:  Effects on identity and prospects for Waqf and Islam in Southern Africa.
Jumeer, Musleem A critical analysis of the spread of Islam in Mauritius
Amjad-Ali, Charles Prof Muslim Minorities in Southern Africa: Sources for their Islamic Modus Vivendi.  
Rasool, Hussain An Analysıs of the Muslıms contrıbutıon to the Socıo-Economıc Development of Maurıtıus
Essop, Ahmed S Nana
Dadoo, Yusuf Reflections on SA Muslim Histiography
Sitoto, Tahir Contesting Muslim Identity in SA
Taringa, Nisbert Pluralism and Islam in Zimbabwe: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Theological and Political dimensions 
Munshi, Ismail The potential role of Awqaf in socio-economic development in Southern Africa
Efe, Mustafa  The Effects of Colonialism on Islam and Muslims in Southern Africa  
Jeenah, Na’eem Political Islam in South Africa and its contribution to the discourse of a Fiqh of Minorities 
Hendricks, Ihsaan Sheikh Influence of MJC in shaping Muslim Socio-Political thought and action in South Africa.
Jaffer, I E Dr Muslims in Pretoria during the late 19th Century  
Omar, Salmin I  Dr  Islam in Malawi 
Isaacs, Zurayda  The Growth of Sufi Orders in the Durban Region  
Mahomed, Haroon  Islamic Education in non-Muslim countries: South Africa as a case study of the challenges 
Muslım, Shenaaz  Whıte South Afrıca’s Perceptıon of Islam: Influenced by Global Medıa or other factors?
Mahomed, Farida (MP) Reflections on Muslim Philosophical discourse during the Liberation Struggle
Rasool, Ebrahim  
Moosa,  Izzel-Din O Prof The Southern African Coast as Portrayed by Early Muslim Geographers
Vawda, Ebrahim Islamic Banking in South Africa
Mathonsi, Risimati Ali   Medieval Trans-Limpopo Trade  
Ndzovu, Hassan Juma  Politicization of Islam in Kenya
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

For more Contact Information:

 Click here

                                                                 

 

                                                                  Email:                info@awqafsa.org.za 
                                                                  Telephone:         +27(0)11 - 8378669 / 4860635
                                                                  Fax 24/7:          +27(0)88011-8378669 Alt: 011-8341809
                                                                  Postal address:  P O Box 96415, Brixton.  2019
                                                                 
                                                                  Visitor Number:   
Send mail to   info@awqafsa.org.za  with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2005 national awqaf foundation of south africa
 
 Last modified: 01/03/07