The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society
http://www.msstate.edu/org/sss/07Meet/Publish/
April 11-14, 2007, Atlanta, GA
"Islam, the Sociology of Islam, and Islamist Movements"
Organizers:
Tugrul Keskin keskintx@jmu.edu Virginia Tech. University
or
Dr. Dale Wimberley dale.wimberley@vt.edu Virginia Tech. University
FIRST PANEL: ISLAM, IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM
CHAIR -Dr.
Discussant -Dr. Kemal Silay -
(1) Islam and Terrorism: Reason and Assessment
Dr. Mohamed El-Attar -Department of Sociology -
(2) The Traditional Islam versus Western Based Islam in the Framework of Transnational Movement: As a case of Fethullah Gulen “Islamist” Movement in
Tugrul Keskin -Sociology - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
(3) Uncivilized Christianity, Decolonized Islam: Evading Conflict through Dialogue
Darrell Ezell -Graduate Institute for Theology & Religion -
(4) The Local Contexts of Islam
Dr. Ejder Okumus -
SECOND PANEL: ISLAM. MODERNITY AND CIVIL SOCIETY
CHAIR - Tugrul Keskin -Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Discussant - Dr.
(1) The Liberation Theology of Ali Shariati
David L. Reznik -Department of Sociology - University of
2) Possibilities of a more Plural Society
Salim Cevik - Political Science - Bilkent University -
(3) Islamic Civil Society
Jeremy Walton -Department of Anthropology - University of
(4) Islam and the Problem of Participation in the Contemporary Situation
Dr. Ejder Okumus -
THIRD PANEL: ISLAM THE MIDDLE EAST AND EURASIA
CHAIR - Dr. Dale Wimberley -Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Discussant - Dr. Birol Yesilada -
(1) Islamic Dissent De/Remobilization:
(2) Bedouin issues in both Israel/Palestine and in
Dr. Jesse Benjamin -Department of Sociology - Kennesaw State University -
(3) Reviving of Social Justice Concept in the Post-Modern World: An Islamic Alternative
Fuad Aliyev -Center of Economic Reforms -
(4) Towards a Sociological Understanding of Islamophobia
Robert Heck -Sociology -
FOURTH PANEL: ISLAM AND ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS
Discussant - Dr.
(1) Islam and Modernity: Islamist Movements and the Politics of Position
Dr. Said Mentak -Department of English,
(2) The Nation of Islam and Womanhood
Dr. Toni Y. Sims -Assistant Professor -Sociology & Anthropology Department - University of
(3) Islamic Sociology in
Dr. Taghi Azadarmaki -Department of Sociology - The
(4) Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad and the need for an Islamic “Protestantism”
Dr. Fadil Maloku -Globalization and Civilizations -
FIFTH PANEL : ISLAM AND POLITICS
CHAIR - Dr. Judith Blau -
Discussant - Dr. Dale Wimberley -Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
(1) Student Engagement with Contemporary Islamic Social Movements through Existentialist Thought
Dylan Wittkower -Department of Philosophy - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
(2) Islamic Authority and Knowledge in
Dr. Ahmet Yukleyen -Sociology and Anthropology Dept -
(3) The Use of Strategic Violence among Social Movements in
Examples from
Dr.
(4) Headscarf: As a Political Symbol or As a Demand of Freedom?
Meryem Atlas and Merve Kutuk -Political Science -
