The Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), a member of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, is to host a three-day ‘Education and Ethics’ seminar at Oxford University in the UK this week.
The seminar will take place at the university’s Middle East Centre from tomorrow until April 24. It will address two key questions – “what are the objectives of education in Islam?” and “how should natural and social sciences be integrated in Islamic/religious studies curricula?”
The sixth in a series organised by CILE, the event brings together Islamic scholars and specialists in one forum to tackle key issues in various fields and professions, namely migration, human rights, methodology, bioethics, environment, politics, food, psychology, media, arts, gender issues, education and economics.
The seminar delegates include four scholars in Islamic scriptural text and four experts in the field of education. They include Prof Ahmed al-Daghaishi, professor of Islamic pedagogy and philosophy in College of Education, Sana’a University; Sheikh Wim Van Ael, lecturer in the Islamic University of Rotterdam; Dr Ahmed Jaballah, dean of the European Institute of Human Science in Paris; Dr Khalid Samadi, director of the executive office of the Moroccan Centre for Studies and Educational Research; Dr Said Ismail Aly, member of the National Council for Education and Scientific Research and Technology in Egypt; Dr Omar Faruk Korkmaz, director of Sedav Institute for Continuous Learning and Solidarity in Turkey; Dr Khaled Hanafy, dean of the European Institute of Human Science in Frankfurt; and Dr Farid Panjwani, senior lecturer and director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education.
CILE executive director Professor Tariq Ramadan, along with deputy director Chawki Lazhar and research co-ordinator Fethi Ahmed, will also take part.
