Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University

Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations

Department of Regional and Islamic Studies

The 1st Kazan International Forum
Islam in a Multicultural World

November 1—3, 2011

(Kazan, Republic of Tataistan)

Department of Regional and Islamic Studies in association with Department of Civil and Commercial Law of Kazan Federal University and Mardjani Foundation

The Program

Kazan, 2011

November 1. Plenary session

Assembly hall of the Institute of Philology and Arts, KFU, Kazan, Tatarstan Str., 2

09.30 - 10.30. Opening of the Forum

The Chairman: Renat Irikovich Bekkin, D.Sc. in Economics, the head of the department of Regional and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations, KFU

Gafurov, Ilshat Rafkatovich, D.Sc. in Economics, rector of KFU. Opening speech

Latypov, Linar Nailvevich, Ph.D. in Philology, Vice-Rector for External Relations of KFU, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations, KFU. Opening speech

Valeyev, Razil Ismagilovich, the chairman of the State Council on the Arts, Science, Education and National Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan., Opening speech

Akulov, Timur Yuryevich, assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. Opening speech

Gatin, Marat Ilshatovich, head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on Cooperation with Religious Organizations. Opening speech

Mukhametshin, Rafik Mukhametshovich, D.Sc. in Political sciences, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, rector of Russian Islamic University. Opening speech

10.30 - 13.30. Presentations

10.30. Prozorov, Stanislav Mikhailovich, Ph.D. in History, deputy director for Academic Affairs of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Islamic Studies in Contemporary Russia: Problems and Prospects

11.00. Seyed Javad Miri, Ph.D., professor of the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies (Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran). Some Reflections Upon lslamophobia as the Chief Other

11.30 - 11.50. Coffee break

11.50. Akhmetova, Elmira, Ph.D.. the International Islamic University (Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia). The Problem of Eurocenrrism as Main Challenge in Modern Islamic Studies

12.20. Shagaviev, Damir Adgamovich, Ph.D. in History, associate professor of the Department of Regional and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations, KFU (Kazan). History of Islamic Studies in Tatarslan

12.50. Khabutdinov, Aydar Yuryevich, D.Sc. in History, professor of Kazan Branch of the Russian Academy of Justice (Kazan). Muslim Theological Thought and Islamic Studies Concept in the Volga-Ural region in the late 18th to early 20th century. Cooperation and competition

Discussion

Presentation of participants' works (hall before the assembly hall)

November 2. Session 4. The theory and practice ol Sufism

Moderators: Stanislav Mikhailovich Prozorov, Evgeny Nafisovich Khamidov

10.00. Prozorov, Stanislav Mikhailovich, Ph.D. in History, Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Mystical Love towards Cod (al-Mahauba) as the Dominant Idea of the Sufi Path

10.15. Zulfiqar Ali Qureshi, Ph.D.. professor of National University of Modern Languages (Islamabad, Pakistan). The Theory and Practice of Sufism

10.30. Sibgatullina, Alfina Tagirovna, D.Sc. in Philology, leading research associate of the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS (Moscow). Sufi Tekke in Today's Kosovo

10.45. Shagaviev, Damir Adgamovich, Ph.D. in History, lecturer of the department of Regional and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations, KFU (Kazan). Sufism in Tatarstan: Past and Prospects

11.00 - 11.20. Coffee-break

11.20. Khasavnekh, Alsu Akhmadullovna, Ph.D., senior research associates of the Center for the written and musical heritage of Ihragnnov Institute of Language, Literature and Arts of Academy of Science of RT (Kazan). Koranic motives in Abdulmaniha Kai galy's Sufi poetry

11.35. Kuznetcova, Elvira Akhmatbagizetovna, Ph.D. in Psychology, associate professor of the department of General Psychology of the Institute of Economics, Management and Law (Kazan). Psychological Mechanisms of Sufism

11.50. Elsabruti, Rashida Rahimovna, Ph.D., associate professor of the department of Arabic Language of the Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations, KFU (Kazan). Sufi Heritage in Modern Egyptian Fiction

12.05. Khamidov, Evgeny Nafisovich, post-graduate student, assistant of the department of Regional and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations, Kazan Federal University (Kazan). Zaynuila Rasulev and His Spiritual Guides

Discussion