خلاصه ماشینی:
The conference theme "Religion and Public life in the Global Epoch" echoed in the presentations given by eighty five panelists in twenty panels and seven roundtable discussions, including one workshop; two plenary sessions; and a keynote address at the annual banquet.
The social issues outlined and defined by Muslims and non-Muslims in these sessions did not only encourage a stimulating and lively debate after the panel and roundtable presentations, but they also advanced the development of the academic forum fostered by the AMSS, since its inception, to analyze the application of an Islamic worldview on social issues in the larger world community ..
In fact, the character of the conference was further established on the first day at the Conference Reception hosted by the University of Michigan at ' the Henry Ford Estate -Dearborn campus, when Dr. Ronald Stockton, , I Interim Director, Center for Arab-American Studies (CAAS), stated that I 201 I the AMSS conference theme "Religion and Public Life in the Global Epoch" highlighted "an outward looking program, focusing not only on issues of interest to Muslims, but issues of interest to all Americans.
In addition to the foregoing sub-themes, as a cosponsor of the conference, the University of Michigan presented a panel on the "Arab-American Community," that focused primarily on issues of identity, political activism 202 I 8.
With the theme of his address being "Morality in Public Life: The Challenge Before Religion," Dr. Muzaffar, who is committed to social justice, human dignity and interfaith dialogue, examined the process of globalization and its relation to Islam and morality.