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Session Times at the 48th Annual ISNA Convention

Friday July 1, 2011

4:45 – 6:15 PM Session 1C Room 33

Muslim Chaplains and Lay Leadership:

The Challenges and Opportunities of Filling the
Void of Religious Leadership

Part one of this session will explore some of the issues and challenges that confront the Muslim community’s ability to provide competent, professional, religious institutions, in the absence of Chaplains or Imams primarily where Muslims co-exist as leadership to patients, inmates, military personnel, and student status.

In part two of this session, Dr. Muhammad Mansur Ali, a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, will present a power point presentation on a brief historic account of Muslim Chaplaincy in the UK and discuss his research on Muslim Chaplaincy using qualitative methods, i.e. focus groups and surveys.

Speakers: Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad, Mansur Ali, Omer Bajwa
Moderator: Refat Abukhdeir

Saturday July 2, 2011

10:00 – 11:15 AM Session 4E Room 33
Muslim Women and Chaplaincy: Searching for Reform
This session will examine the various issues and concerns facing Muslim women currently serving or those wanting to serve in the role as pastoral care service providers or Chaplains in institutions such as prisons, armed services, colleges, and healthcare settings.
Speakers: Shareda Hosein, Mumina Kowalski
Moderator: Khadijah Muhammad

Sunday July 3, 2011

10:00 – 11:30 AM Session 12H Room 33
Establishing Best Practices for Muslims in a
Changing Environment
This session will examine the importance of providing broad-based institutional support, through such methods as participating in inter/intra-faith dialogu. Therefore providing consultation and the correct theological guidance to those individuals who may be attracted to distorted views of religion, pastoral counseling services to multiple population and assisting Muslims and non-Muslims who are often curious and simply interested in distinguishing right from wrong as related to fundamental religious practices.
Speakers: Mohamed Magid, Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad
Moderator: Ronald Beyah