An Intensive Workshop






Workshop Overview






Workshop Learning Objectives






- Conduct a conceptual review of the actors and producers of Islamic bioethics discourse
- Introduce the theological and ethico-legal frameworks of the Islamic moral tradition and how they are brought to bear in constructing the field of Islamic bioethics
- Describe approaches to carrying out Islamic bioethics-related research and the limitations of particular methods and relevant source-materials
Speakers
Ahsan Arozullah, MD, MPH – Medical Director, Astellas Pharma Global Development and Board of Directors, Darul Qasim Islamic Institute
Issam Eido, PhD – Visiting Instructor of Islamic Studies and Arabic, University of Chicago Divinity School
Ahmed Khitamy MD – Secretary, National Committee for Bioethics, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Shaykh Amin Kholwadia – Director, Darul Qasim Islamic Institute
Katherine Klima DNP – Former Ethics Fellow, Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics; Former Doctoral Research Trainee, Initiative on Islam and Medicine
Elham Mireshghi, PhD(c) – Assistant Course Director – Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc – Course Director – Director, the Initiative on Islam & Medicine; Faculty, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics; Assistant Professor of Medicine, The University of Chicago
Faisal Qazi DO – Assistant Professor of Neurology, Western University of the Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Islamic Bioethics, Bayan College, Claremont Lincoln University
Jawad Qureshi PhD(c) – Instructor of Arabic, American Islamic College; PhD Candidate the University of Chicago Divinity School
Daniel Sulmasy MD PhD – Director, Program on Medicine and Religion, Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Professor of Medicine and the Divinity School, The University of Chicago
Schedule






Friday 8/1
Break (10:45-11:00)
- 12:30-1:45pm – Networking/Jummah Lunch Provided
Break (3:15-3:30)
Saturday 8/2
- 9:00-10:30am – Islamic Ethics- From Fiqh to Tasawwuf- Eido
Break (10:30-10:45)
- 11:00-12:30pm – The Tools of the Islamic Ethico-Legal Tradition (Usul) – Qureshi
- 12:30-1:30pm – Networking/Break Lunch Provided
Break (3:15-3:30)
Sunday 8/3
Break (10:30-10:45)
- 11:45-12:30pm – Course Feedback – Padela
Sponsors & Funding









