PROGRAMME

6 October 2006

3.30pm

Registration

4pm

OPENING

Welcome to the symposium on

Islam, Muslims and Australia

Professor Michael Humphrey

University of New South Wales,

From Refugees to Dangerous Others:

Lebanese Muslims in Australia

Professor Amin Saikal

Australia National University

Engaging the Muslim Community:

Ms Joumanah El-Matrah

Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria

Muslim Women in Australian Civil Society

Ms Anne Aly

Edith Cowan University

Australian Muslims, Public Spaces and Secularism: Finding a common currency of debate

6.15-7pm

Iftar – Breaking of the Fast

7pm-8pm

Imam Abduljalil Sajid

Brighton Islamic Mission (UK)

British Muslim Experience: Lessons for Australia