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Quote: Dear All, MECO (Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford) holds its annual conference on Friday and Saturday, 17-18th October 2008 at Wolfson College, Oxford University. This year’s ground-breaking theme is ISLAM AND FEMINISM: TEXT, TRADITION AND THEOLOGY. Leading Muslim women scholars and activists from the UK and abroad, including Professor Amina Wadud, Dr Laleh Bakhtiar, Professor Margot Badran, Ruqayah Waris Maqsood, Dr Qudsia Mirza, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Abdennur Prado, Dr Haifa Jawad. Rawand Othman, Dr Raja Rhouni, Erica Timoney. Mufti Soheib Bencheikh and other well-known thinkers will analyse the associated issues of religion, patriarchy, misogyny and sexism within traditional and contemporary Muslim society. This programme for this landmark conference includes five inter-related panels and sessions: 1. The Qur’an and Women 2. Women in the Ahadith 3. The Shari’ah and Women 4. Modern Muslim women and Islamic Jurisprudence 5. Roundtable discussion This topical conference will be preceded by an historic event when Professor Amina Wadud will deliver the Friday sermon (khutbah) and lead the weekly Jumu’ah congregational prayers in Oxford (This event will start at 1pm sharp at the Oxford Centre, 333 Banbury Road, Oxford 0X2 7PL). For the first time in the UK, a prominent Muslim female scholar will be accorded this important role of leading Islamic congregational prayers. MECO welcomes open-minded Muslims as well as non-Muslim observers to this pioneering occasion as well as to the conference. However, with limited space available, it is required to pre-book places by confirming your name and contact details as soon as possible at [email protected]. Without pre-registration, there is no guarantee of admission. This academic conference begins on Friday afternoon and ends on Saturday evening. The registration fees of £120 includes two full three course dinners (Friday and Saturday), breakfast and a three course lunch on Saturday, as well as mid-morning snacks and afternoon refreshments. Overnight accommodation is not included. Further programme details and registration contact: [email protected] or fax: 01865-761106.