The Primary Program of The Conference A list of the lectures1 admitted to participate in the first conference which will be organized by the International Academic Center of Sufi and Aesthetic Studies in Fez –Kingdom of Morocco-‐ from 14th to 17th May, 2015. First panel: Moroccan Sufism and the Reinforcement of Belonging to the Islamic Nation First session: Title of the lecture The lecturer City /Country Number Moroccan Sufism: Roots and Extensions Dr. Mohammed ‘Isawi (Professor of History at the CPR) Dr. Mohamed Amrani Alaoui ( Professor of History) Oujda/ Morocco 01 Errashidiya/ Morocco 02 Dr. Mohamed Shato (Professor of History) Me’asker/ Algeria 03 Pr. Monir Akrar (a PhD researcher in History) Oujda/ Morocco 04 Dr. Mohamed Al-‐Amrani ( Professor of Philosophy and Islamic thought, Kadi Iyyad university) Dr. Akhedar Kadioui (Professor of Philosophy and Sufism) Safi/ Morocco 05 Aghewat/ Algeria 06 Moroccan Sufism: the Dissemination of Islam and the Consolidation of Religious Unity The Extension of Moroccan Sufism to Algeria and its Impacts During the Ottoman Empire – Darqawi and Tijani Tariqas as a Case Study-‐ Moroccan Sufism and its Role in Empowering the Moroccan-‐Algerian Bilateral Relations The Importance of Faith Re-‐awakening in Reforming the Society: Moroccan Sufism as a Case Study The role of Sufism in Establishing Spiritual Ties Between the Maghrebian Societies – Habibi Tariqa of Meknes as a Case Study Second session: Title of the lecture The lecturer City and state Number The Role of Sufi Zawyas in the Internal and External Policies of Morocco Dr. Mohammed Al-‐hajji Idrissi (Professor of International Law at Cadi Ayyad University) Fez/ Morocco 01 1
This is not the final list of the seminar. The final schedule includes also the Retreat Program which will contain many lectures, parallel academic activities, dhikr sessions, spiritual tourism and some other activities that will be added to the final schedule later on. 1 Moroccan Sufism as a Factor of Unity and Cohesion Between Muslims in Mali Moroccan and Kurdistani Sufism : A Comparative Study: Shadeli as a Case Study The Role of Sufi Movement in the Reform of the Islamic Maghrebian Society Dr. Youssef Ibrahim Ja (Professor at the Islamic University in Niger) Dr. Qarman Nader Mohamed (Professor of History) Sikasou/ Mali 02 Kurdistan/ Iraq 03 Dr. Salem Ben Lebad (University Professor and Vice President of the Language and Literature Department) The Cultural Components of the Moroccan Dr. Abedallah Shentof Sufi Thought: Dimensions and Connotations (Professor of Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Letters, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra) Moroccan Sufi and the Adoption of the Dr. Qassim Al-‐hadek (Professor Policy of Resistance: Darkaoui Sufi Leaders of History) as a Case Study Bjaya/ Algeria 04 Kenitra/ Morocco 05 Fez/ Morocco 06 Second panel: Moroccan Sufism and its Contribution to the Dissemination of Islam Third session: Title of the lecture The lecturer The Role of Moroccan Sufism in the Dissemination of Islam in the West of Sudan During the Saadinian Dynasty 961-‐1069/ 1553-‐
1658 Dr. Ata Abo Rayyah (Professor of Islamic History and Cultural Adviser at Taif University) Moroccan Cultural Influence on the Sudanese in Southern Sahara: Moroccan Sufism as a Case Study. Moroccan Sufism in the Guinean Community: a Reading in the Methods of its Development and the Preservation of its Specificities Tijani Sufi Thought in Morocco: Academic, Sufi and Social Extensions in Africa The Significance of Maghrebi Sufism to the Development of Islam in Britain Dr. Mamado Kan ( Professor of Medieval History) Western Oyon/ Mauritania Dr. Mohammed Saleh known as ‘Dayf Allah Algini’ Boston/ USA 03 Saadia Ottba’zit ( Professor of History) Abo Ja’d/ Morocco 04 Ron Geaves ( Professor of Sufi and Orientalist Cardiff/ 05 City and state Taif/ KSA Number 01 02 2 Studies : Cardiff University) The Role of Sufi Zawyas in Disseminating Islamic Noureddin Lraji (PhD Teachings and Preserving the Moroccan Privacy student) in Amazigh Tribes: Ayyashi Zawya as a Case Study The Humanistic and Social Trend in Moroccan Dr. Ahmed Al-‐Khateb ( Sufism: its Effects and Global Extensions Professor of History at Al-‐Hasania school) England Rabat/ Morocco 06 Rabat/ Morocco 07 Third panel: Moroccan Sufism: its Origins and Extensions in the World: Tariqas and Sheikhs Fourth session: Title of the lecture Moroccan Sufism and its Extensions : Mawla Abdessalam Ben Meshish and Sidi Mhamed Ben Sliman Aljazouli as a Case Study Moroccan Sufi Experience in Egypt in the Islamic Era: Moroccan Sufis in Egypt: Sidi Abderrahim Alkina’I as a Case Study Moroccan Sufism: its Origins and Extensions in the World: Issawi Tarika as a Case Study Abo Alhassan Ali Ben Mimon Alghemari (917-‐ 865) One of the Key Figures of Moroccan Sufism in the East and Turkey: Production and Renewal The Impact of Moroccan Sufism on Egypt and Syria The Influence of Moroccan Sufism on Benzart People: The Zawya of Sidi Almaterawi as a Case Study The Impact of Moroccan Zawaya on the Algerian Sufism: the Balkadiya Habriya Zawiya as Example The lecturer Dr. Khalid Sekalli ( Professor of History) City and state Fez/ Morocco Number 01 Dr. Ahmed Fathi Ahmed Khalifa ( Professor of the History of Islamic Morocco ) Dr. Mostapha Omran Bin Rabe’a ( Professor of Islamic Studies) Montreal/ Canada 02 Zliten/ Libya 03 Dr. Mostapha Al-‐Hakim (researcher in Moroccan Sufism) Meknes/ Morocco 04 Dr. Mohammed Najib Aljo”ani Arrifa”i (Professor of Islamic Philosophy at Alanbar University) Dr. Attayeb Aniss ( Professor of History at Benezart University) Anbar/ Iraq 05 Dr. Farid Moli (Professor of Higher Education, member of the Sufi speech laboratory) Bejaya/ Algeria Benzart/ Tunisia 06 07 3 Fifth session: Title of the lecture Maghrebi Sufism and the Ottoman Empire: the Case of Shaykh al-‐Islam Mustafa ‘Ashir Efendi (d. 1804) The lecturer Dr. Erdal Toprakyaran (Professor and Director of the Islamic Studies Center at the German university of Topenghen Dr. Eric GEOFFROY (French University Proffessor) Different Forms of Spiritual and Social Presence of the Alawi Tariqa in the Maghreb and Europe Spiritual and Academic Links Between Dr. Abdessalam Mohammed Sufis of Morocco and Yemen from the Ahmed Abdellah Asebari 7th/ 13th to the 9th/ 15th Century (Professor of History and Civilization at Sane”a university) “The Essence of Human Identity Dr. Zakharay Wright ( Professor of Knowing the Self in the Maghribi Sufism and Islamic Studies at Ṭarīqa Muḥammadiyya” Northwestern University) The Impact of Sidi Mohammed Ibn Al Pr. MOHAMMED BOKRETA Habib on Western Intellectuals. General Manager & Freelance Title of the Presentation: An Eye Writer Witness Speaks of his First Encounter with the Habbibiyya Fukaras in London (1975) Moroccan Sufism in England and the Dr. Khalid Naserddin ( Professor USA: a Comparative Study Through of Arabic literature) ‘Islamic Sufism in the West: Moroccan Sufi Impact on Britain’ and ‘Islamic Sufism in the United States of America’ City and state Tobenghen/ Germany Number 01 Strasbourg/ France 02 Sane’a/ Yemen 03 Doha/ Qatar 04 Alger/ Algeria 05 Tinghir/ Morocco 06 Forth panel: Moroccan Sufism and its Impact on the International Thought Sixth session: Title of the lecture Implications for Renewal in Moroccan Sufi Thought: Transition and Continuity Reference Transmission of Sufism from Local to Global The lecturer Dr. Abdellah Hajji (University Professor) City and state Agadir/ Morocco Dr. Khalid Mohamed Cairo/ Egypt Abdoh Metwalli ( Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Sufism) Number 01 02 4 The Existential Act in Abbad Ennafzi Errundi Essufi in the Presence of the Ata’iya Rules of Sakandari:An Interpretive Comparative Study Between Ennafri and the German Philosopher Hiedegger Sufism Universal and Particular: The Darqawiyya, the Alawiyya, and the Murabitun (The Western Habibiya). Shaykh Sidi Abdal’Azeez Ad-‐Dabagh and His Influence in The West : Muhammadeeyah Dabbaghiyyah Sufi Order As an Example Fez as a Place of Prophetic Benediction in Hagiographical Discourse: Historical Backgrounds and Contemporary Stakes” The Balanced Sufi Thought at Sheikh Ibn ‘Ajiba and its Influence on the Islamic World Dr. Mohamed Lze”ar – Alger/ Algeria Professor of the Philosophy of language 03 Dr. Mark Sedgwick Arhous/ Denmark 04 Pr. Mohammed Boreshashen (Professor of English literature at Fez Sais University) Dr. Ruggero Vimercati Sanseverino (Professor of Islamic Theology at the university of Tobenghen) Fez/ Morocco 05 Tobenghen/ Germany 06 Dr. Mahmoud Ay (Assistant Istanbul/ Turkey Professor, department of Interpretation at the faculty of Theology , Istanbul university) 07 Seventh session: Title of the lecture The Sufi and Political Methodology of Titwani Through his Sufi Interpretation “Spiritual Security,” Global Tolerance, and the Boudshishiyya: Living with the Other Within Maghribi Sufism and the Return to “Tradition” among Sufi Thinkers in the West Sufism and Salafism in the Maghreb: Political Implications Political Theology of the Shādhilī-‐Darqāwī Sufi ṭarīqa: an Interpretative Essay The lecturer Dr. Ziyad Abderrahman Rewasheda (Professor at the faculty of Theology) Dr. Imilo Sbadola ( Professor of Historical and Anthropological Studies) Dr. Marsia Henmansen ( Director of Islamic World Studies Program, Liyola university) Dr.Ricardo René Larémont (Professor of Political Science and Sociology) Dr. Farouk Danishi (researcher in Political science) City and state Istanbul/ Turkey Number 01 Colget university/ USA 02 Chicago/ USA 03 Bingambton/U
SA 04 Duke/ USA 05 5 Maghrebi Sufism and European Philosophy Dr. Daniel Krizik (Professor of Oriental Studies at West Bohimia university) Reformed Sufism and Neo-‐classical Dr. Philip Valentini (Assistant Maghribi Sufism Professor, Fribourg university) Belzen/ Chek 06 Fribourg/ Switzerland 07 Fifth panel: Moroccan Sufism and its Influence on the International Literature Eighth session: Title of the lecture The Aesthetic side of Moroccan Sufi Literature: a Preliminary Study in the Signs and Characteristics The Impact of Sufism on Moroccan Literature at the Level of Topic and Terminology The narrated Sufism in the Lectures of Alyoussi –a Study in the Structure and Meaning-‐ Features of Moroccan Sufism in the Arab-‐
African Poetry Tijani Tariqa and its Role in Spreading Arab Literature in Cameron The Enlightening Wine: Reflections on the Early Darqawiyya in the West from the Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Al-‐Habib. “Invoking Blessings upon The Prophet (peace be upon him), the Moroccan Salat Al-‐
Mashishiya expanded in its Extended (mamzuja) Version, al-‐Wazifa al-‐Shadhiliya.” The lecturer Mohamed Tohami Harrak (university Professor) City and state Rabat/ Morocco Number 01 Hassan Belhbib (PhD student) Taounat/ Morocco 02 Dr. L”emorri Zawi (Professor of Literature at Algiers university) Algiers/ Algeria 03 Youso Mankila ( Dean of faculty of Letters) Niamy/ Niger 04 Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Biba (Professor of Civilization and Languages at Marou University) Pr. Patricia Olcina Ponsell Marou/ Cameron 05 Granada/ Spain 06 Dr. Alan Godlas (Higher Education Professor, university of Georgia) Georgia/ USA 07 Sixth panel: Moroccan Sufism and its Influence on Aesthetics: Calligraphy, Music, Architecture, Theatre and Other Arts Ninth session: Title of the lecture The Impact of Sufism on Calligraphy: Samples from the Spirituality of the Moroccan Calligraphy The lecturer Dr. Majdoline Ennebehi ( Professor at the faculty of Education Science) City and state Rabat/ Morocco Number 01 6 The Spiritualties of the Moroccan Calligraphy in the System of Sidi Ahmed Rifa”I Qastali Ribati Moroccan Sufism: Revealing the Depth of Aesthetic Symbol Pr. Mohammed Sabri (PhD student) The Role of Darkawi and Rissoni Tariqas in the Development of Artistic Talent in Tetouan The Role of Sufi Tariqas in the Organization of Crafts and Craftsmen in Fez During Middle Ages “The Presence of Moroccan Sufism in Theatrical and Musical Arts in the United States of America: Manifestations and Influence” Fez/ Morocco 02 Dr. Mohamed Ghani ( Fes/Morocco researcher in the Aesthetics of Sufism) Dr. Saida Alashehab (Professor Aljadida/ of History) Morocco 03 Dr. Abdellatif Alkhallabi ( CPR of Safi) Safi/ Morocco 05 Dr. Aziz El kobaiti Idrissi (President of the International Academic Center of Sufi and Aesthetic Studies) Fez/ Morocco 06 04 Tenth session: Title of the lecture Manifestations of Sufi Music in Forming the Aesthetic Side of the Sufi Sama” in the Maghreb : an Anthropological Perspective Listening to Sama”: Sacred Affect, Aural Pedagogies and the Spread of Sufi Islam Sama’ and Chanted Poetry in Moroccan Sufism The Impact of Sufi Lights on Malhon Poetry Sufis’ Impact on Some Architectural Characteristics of the Moroccan City : Fes City as a Case Study Impact of Magribi Sufism on Spiritual, Educational & Socio-‐ Cultural Development of Islamic West Africa The lecturer Dr. Nourddin Kossah (Professor of Anthropology at Stiff university) City and state Stiff/ Algeria Number 01 Dr.Deborah Kapchan New York/USA 02 Dr. Rashid Asim (Professor of English Literature) Beni mellal/ Morocco 03 Dr. Monir Alboskeri (Vice-‐Dean of Safi university) Safi/ Morocco 04 Dr. Tareq Yashi (Laboratory of Analytical Bibliography and Documentation of Maghreb Heritage) Sheikh Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (Islamic preacher and Sufi sheikh) Fez/ Morocco 05 Cape of Good Hope/ South Africa 06 7 Seventh panel: Moroccan Women’s Contribution to the Global Spread of Sufism Eleventh session: Title of the lecture Sufi Manifestations in Contemporary Moroccan Poetry: the Experience of Amina MErini as a Case Study The Righteous Women of Suss: Virtues Without Myth Moroccan Woman and Sufism in the Middle Ages Moroccan Women Contribution to the Global Spread of Sufism The Concept of Divine Love between Rabi”a ‘Adawiya and Sheikh Zarrok A Video on “ Sufism in Morocco: Woman and Youth” The lecturer Pr. Mohammed Nafad ( Researcher in IACSAS) City and state Fez/ Morocco Number 01 Dr. Abo Lloz Abdelhakim (Sociology researcher at Jack Beark Institute) Dr. Karima Mohammed abderraof Rahim ddomi (Professor of Islamic History and Qualitative Studies) Dr. Khalid Tozani (Researcher in IACSAS) Agadir/ Morocco 02 Ain shams/ Egypt 03 Fez/ Morocco 04 Dr. Mostpha Boukhbza ( Reasercher in IACSAS) Fez/ Morocco 05 Pr. Sarah Hboush (Professor of Casablanca/ English literature) Morocco 06 8