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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

PROPOSED CONFERENCE FORMAT
(also available as Word document)

SATURDAY

Academic Program
Linsly-Chittenden (LC) Hall, Yale University

9:00 am - 9:30am Breakfast & Registration LC 317

9:45am - 10:00am Qur'anic Recitation LC 101
Syaif Idris

9:45am - 10:00am Opening Remarks
Sarah Izfar & Nada Unus, Conference Co-Chairs

First Panel
10:00am - 10:20am 'The Personal Life of the Prophet (pbuh)'
Speaker: Dr. Marcia Hermansen

10:20am - 10:40am 'The Prophet Muhammad as a Model for Muslim Husbands' Speaker: Dr. Kecia Ali

10:40am - 11:10am Discussion of Presentation
Moderator: Jonathan Brown

Second Panel
11:30am - 11:50pm 'Understanding the Message through Understanding the Surrounding Context'
Speaker: Dr. Sherman Jackson

11:50pm - 12:10pm 'The Historical Context of Hadith'
Speaker: Dr. Asma Afsaruddin

12:10pm - 12:40pm Discussion of Presentation
Moderator: Intisar Rabb

12:40pm - 1:45pm Prayer, LC 317 immediately followed by lunch** provided at the Asian American Cultural Center, 295 Crown St.

Third Panel
2:00pm - 2:20pm Spiritual Foundations for Social Justice: Drawing on the Sirah LC 101
Speaker: Imam Zaid Shakir

2:20pm - 2:40pm 'The Origin of Islam as a Social Movement'
Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Afzaal

2:40pm - 3:10pm Discussion of Presentation
Moderator : Homayra Ziad

Video/Visual Presentation*
3:30pm - 3:45pm Video Presentation
A short break designed with clips showing Muslims from all walks of life contemplating their love of the Prophet (pbuh)

Workshop
4:00pm - 5:00pm Roundtable Discussion
We will end the day gathering all of the speakers on the stage for a semi-roundtable discussion. Participants will be given the opportunity to address all or some of the speakers on that the day's discussions raised in their minds.

Moderator: Mahan Mirza

5:00pm - 5:30pm Asr Prayer LC 317 & Closing Remarks LC 101 (Immediately after prayer)
Sarah Izfar

[Maghrib and Dinner on your own break]

**CT MSA leaders should meet over lunch with Sumeyya Ashraf
to discuss the formation of a CT MSA Council.

Evening Program
SSS 114, Yale University

8:00 pm - 8:15pm Qur'anic Recitation
Abdul-Hamid Ishaam

Opening Remarks
Su'ad Abdul-Khabeer

Performance
8:15pm - 9:00pm Muslim Poets and Artists - Su'ad Abdul-Khabeer and Ameer

Lecture
9:00pm - 9:45pm Critically Reflecting in All Realms: Academia, Pop Culture and the Modern World
Introduction: Imam Zaid
Speaker: Sheikh Hamza Yusuf

9:45 pm -10:00pm Closing Remarks
Someone else

10:30pm Prayer
?Isha' & Qiyam at Masjid al-Islam, 624 George Street

SUNDAY

10:00 am-12:00 pm Rap Session with the Scholars LC 101
Informal discussion over light breakfast with the scholars who presented the previous day. These scholars will address and answer questions generally about suggested ways to approach and pursue more knowledge about Islamic tradition, history, politics, and more.

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch on your own

2:00pm -4:00pm Screening Place TBA