Event: “Where Religion, Policy, and Bioethics Meet: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Islamic Bioethics and End-of-Life Care”

January 25, 2011

April 10-11, 2011
University of Michigan

This landmark conference represents the 1st time in the United States that Islamic scholars and religious leaders, social scientists, health professionals, and Muslim community stakeholders are coming together to discuss Islamic law, bioethics, medicine and health policy.
The conference is sponsored by the Center for Ethics in Public Life and the Medical School of the University of Michigan, Dar-ul-Qasim Islamic Institute and the Institute for Social Policy & Understanding. Additional funders include the Greenwall Foundation and the Rackham Graduate School.

Day 1 of the conference consists of sessions aimed at providing a foundational basis to the different disciplines engaged in the Islamic bioethical discourse, while Day 2 offers a series of cases followed by closed-door round-table discussions.
Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Tariq Ramadan, Dr. Howard Brody, Dr Aasim I. Padela, Prof. Ray De Vries, Prof. Sherine Hamdy, Dr. Robert Vischer, Dr. Joel Howell and Dr. Andrew Barnosky, Dr. Hasan Shanawani, Prof. Sherman Jackson, Prof. Abdulaziz Sachedina, Prof. James Jones, Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia, Shaykh Musa Furber, Dr. Ahsan Arozullah, Sr. NajahBazzy, Imam Hassan al-Qazwini, Imam Ali Suleiman Ali, and more.

We solicit your participation and attendance during the conference and CME credits are offered. Registration is limited.

Please register at:
http://cme.med.umich.edu/events/course.asp?no=U030681