UPDATE: The conference was eventually only scheduled for one day. Apologies for any inconvenience.

The Centre for Muslim States and Societies hosted an international conference on assessing the role of Islamic groups at the University of Western Australia on 25 February 2006.

A number of Muslim groups have attracted attention since 11 September. This raises questions about how Muslims organise themselves. This conference will look at different ways in which Islamic groups operate at national, regional and international levels. The main aim of the conference is to develop a typology of Islamic Groups operating at the regional and global level with a view to assessing their implications for security in the short and long term.

• Professor James Piscatori, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford University
• Dr Frederic Grare, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC.
• Dr Greg Fealy, The Australian National University
• Professor William Maley, The Australian National University
• Professor Amin Saikal, The Australian National University
• Dr Tahmina Rashid, University of Melbourne
• Dr Alan Godlas, University of Georgia, USA.
• Ms Kate Riddell, University of Western Australia
• Mr Adis Duderija, University of Western Australia
• A/Prof Samina Yasmeen, University of Western Australia

Conference abstracts available here

Download Recordings from the Conference:

• Professor Maley and Dr Fealy - Session 1 (mp3 format, 7.3mb)
• Professor James Piscatori - Session 1 (mp3 format, 4.8mb)
• Ms Riddell and Mr Duderija - Session 2 (mp3 format, 8.4mb)
• Professor Saikal and Dr Godlas - Session 3 (mp3 format, 8.3mb)
• Dr Frederic Grare - Session 4 (mp3 format, 3.4 mb)
• Dr Rashid and A/Prof Yasmeen - Session 4 (mp3 format, 6.7mb)
  

For more details, see the Conference Flyer and Registration Form

The Centre for Muslim States and Societies, The University of Western Australia, acknowledges the support provided by the Australian Research Council (‘ARC’) and the ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network (‘APFRN’) at ANU, Canberra. For more information on the APFRN, click on this.