#  Workshop on Pluralism, Coexistence and Conflict: Majority and Minority Communities in Muslim Societies 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 28 - October 29, 2011** 

 09:30AM - 03:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

CMES and the [Initiative on Contemporary Islamic Societies](/projects/icis) are pleased to present a workshop organized by **Cemal Kafadar**, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, and ICIS program managers, **Derya Honça** and **Emran** **Qureshi**.

[ Watch video of the workshop.](https://vimeo.com/82297026)

[Read abstracts and speakers bios.](/file_url/795)

[Read the narrative report.](/file_url/796)

Read policy papers produced from the workshop presentations:

- **Samina Ahmed**, Project Director, South Asia, International Crisis Group, Islamabad: [Pakistan: Ethnic and Religious Minorities and the Crisis of Governance](/file_url/973)
- **Michael Semple**, Research Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University: [The Rise of the Hazaras and the Challenge of Pluralism in Afghanistan 1978-2011](/file_url/974)
- **Azyumardi Azra**, Professor of History, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta: [Policy Implications and Challenges for Majority-Minority Ethnic and Religious Accommodation in Indonesia](/file_url/977)
- **Gerald Knaus**, Chairman, European Stability Initiative, Istanbul: [Secularism, Islam, and Turkey's Authoritarian Temptations](/file_url/975)
- **Abdullahi Gallab**, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, Arizona State University: [When the Center Cannot Hold: Colonization, Religion, Violence and the Fate of the Sudan](/file_url/976)
- **Mariz Tadros**, Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex: [When Justice Means Just Us: What Next for Egypt’s Escalating Sectarianism?](/file_url/978)

**Contact:** [Derya Honça, 617-495-1923](mailto:m_derya_honca@harvard.edu)  
**Sponsor(s):** The Henry Luce Foundation



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Conference/Workshop ](/eventseries/conferences)
- [ Initiative on Contemporary Islamic Societies ](/eventseries/initiative-contemporary-islamic-societies)
- [ 2011-12 ](/academic-year/2011-12)
 
 

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