EULEMA Forum on European Islamic Thought
The EULEMA Forum on European Islamic Thought was held on Saturday, 23 November 2019, at the Palazzo delle Aquile — the historic Town Hall of Palermo, Piazza Pretoria — under the auspices of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe and with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Co-organised by KAICIID Dialogue Centre (Vienna), EULEMA, and COREIS Religiosa Islamica Italiana, the Forum brought together Muslim leaders and scholars from across Europe to explore the intellectual, spiritual, and social dimensions of Islamic life in the West.
Programme
Leoluca Orlando — Mayor of Palermo Opening remarks
Yahya Pallavicini — President of COREIS Italiana
Mohammad Abu-Nimer — KAICIID Dialogue Centre, Vienna Contemporary European Islamic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue
Mustafa Cherif — Minister Emeritus for Education, Algiers The Renewal of Islamic Religious Thought for the West
Abd al-Haqq Guiderdoni — CNRS scientist, Paris Western Philosophy and Islamic Sacred Science
Mohammed Hashas — Senior Researcher, FSCIRE-La Pira (Palermo) / LUISS University, Rome European Islamic Identity
Ahmad Muddassar — Concordia Forum, London Communication and Business for the Development of Muslims in the West
Mehmet Pacaci — Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, Istanbul Addressing Islamophobia through Education
EULEMA Participants
President Ćorić (Bosnia), Mufti Grabus (Slovenia), Mufti Murat (Romania), Imam Jakubauskas (Lithuania), Imam Pallavicini (Italy), Shaykh Ismail (UK), Imam Al-Qadri (Ireland), Imam Tarafa and Amina Baghadjati (Austria), Souad Onniselka (Finland), Prof. Bascello (Germany), Imam Munir (Portugal), Imam Pedersen (Denmark), Imam Marzouk (Holland), President Kbibechi (France), Prof. Brucaj (Albania), Deputy Abd el-Aal (Poland), Imam Kobilica (Norway), President Escudero (Spain), Anna Stamou (Greece), Liya Makhmutova (Estonia), Deputy Emin (Bulgaria), Dir. Levrak (Switzerland), Selim Cherkaoui (Belgium).
