Individual freedom from an Islamic perspective (in Arabic) – Taha Hamedani
By Taha Hamedani A discussion about individual freedom from an Islamic perspective (in Arabic).
Economic Freedom: The way Towards Women’s Emancipation in the MENA Region – Souad Adnane
By Souad Adnane Women’s issues have been conceptualized in the international development context in many forms and trends that have affected in a way or another local policies with this regard. Countries of the Arab world, as all the countries who signed and ratified the UN treaties related to gender and women’s issues, have been affected by this…
Religious people and the support of free markets in the Arab and Muslim world – Mustapha Radji
By Mustapha Radji This presentation is based on journal articles based on World Values Survey Database which is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social ,economic and political life. This study looks into the impact of muslim religiosity on attitudes conducting to free markets. Mustapha Radji is an Associate Professor…
Secular Politics and Freedom – Peter Welby
By Peter Welby This paper will argue that in order for secularism to be compatible with freedom, it must be a secularism that draws on the religious traditions and history of its political context. It will examine the competing political narratives of the Arab Spring and compare them with debates on the role of religion in society in Europe,…
The Muslim Open Society – Paul L. Heck
By Paul L. Heck The Muslim Open Society is a concept with traction. It’s a society under the banner of Islam where ideas freely circulate without reprisal or recrimination and where citizens have the right to dissent ( حق الاختلاف ). And it’s not an ideal to hope for but an emergent reality on the ground in many…
Civil Society inthe Muslim world: the Moroccan experience (in Arabic) – Mossaab Tijani
By Mossaab Tijani إن المجتمع المدني سواء من حیث المفھوم أو التجارب عرف تطورا عمیقا حیث أصبح معھ یعتبر من سمات الدولة الحدیثة، والمغرب كغیره من البلدان كان یعرف عددا من التجارب سابقة في ممارستھا لظھور مفھوم المجتمع المدني، ھذه التجارب التي كانت غالبا ما تتخذ طابعا تضامنیا أو اجتماعیا؛ فقد عرف المغرب ما قبل…
Property right index as indicator of economic freedom: data from Muslim countries – Lorenzo Montanari
By Lorenzo Montanari An overview of the property right index in Muslim countries.
Islam and entrepreneurship : Why institutions matter? – Hicham El Moussaoui
By Hicham El Moussaoui In this paper, we will use the institutional approach to explain the level of entrepreneurship in Muslim countries. Indeed, the decision to undertake depends on the rules of the game (formal and informal institutions) that frame the entrepreneurial act. We will show that if in the first periods of Islam have flourished entrepreneurship in…
WHAT IS ‘CIVIL RELIGION’ TO STAND FOR IN ISLAM? – Can Ceylan
By Can Ceylan In this paper the main point is to redefine ‘civil religion’ as it is understood from Islamic point of view. This is because civil religion in the structure of Islam makes different sense than it does in Christianity. Within the framework of this paper, civil religion is enforced not by the State but by its believers…
Economic freedoms in Islamic countries – Admir Čavalić
By Admir Čavalić Economic freedoms are an important segment of total freedom of the individual. Understood as the possibility of obtaining material wealth, economic freedoms are significantly associated with the overall prosperity of society and the development of political and other freedoms essential for development of democratic systems. The paper analyzes economic freedoms in the context of Islamic countries, with…
4th Annual INFoL Conference Gallery (Marrakech, Morocco, 2015)
[gigabox id=”6″] The Istanbul Network for Liberty held its fourth annual conference at the Idrissides Hotel in Marrakech, Morocco between may 18th and 20th , in partnership with the Arab Centre for scientific research and humane studies. A special thanks to Google for its sponsorship of the conference. The conference was entitled “Civil society and…
4th Annual Conference Schedule
18 – 20 May 2015 – Atlas Idrissides Premium Urban Club – Marrakech Civil Society and free market in Muslim majority Countries Program 18th May 2015 18.30 – 20.30 Opening Dinner 19th May 2015 09.00 – 09.15 Opening remarks 09.15 – 10.45 I. Session Chair: Wan Saiful Wan Jan (Malaysia) Speakers: – Paul Heck (USA): “Muslim Open Society” –…