Doha: The Brookings Institution’s Project on US Relations with the Islamic World in conjunction with the Government of Qatar will host the 2014 US-Islamic World Forum from June 9 to June 11 in Doha.
Keynote speakers at this year’s event include the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, President Bujar Nishani of Albania, and US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson.
Other speakers and panellists include Phil Gordon, White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region, U S National Security Council, Prem Kumar, Senior Director of the Middle East and North Africa, US National Security Council; Alia Mansour, Member, Syrian National Coalition; Rashad Hussain, US Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and Mehrezia Labidi-Maiza, Vice-President, Tunisian Constituent Assembly.
The forum will include sessions focusing on: The future of the United States in the Middle East, defining the future of the Palestinian people, and accommodating religious diversity in Muslim-majority states. Forum working groups will examine a variety of critical issues, including: empowering Pakistan’s civil society to counter violent extremism; justice in post-conflict settings; the state of Muslim communities in Europe and North America; and preserving the cultural heritage of Timbuktu.
“Now in its eleventh year, the Forum had developed from a venue singularly focused on dialogue to a laboratory for creative problem solving and action,” said William McCants, fellow and director of the Project on US Relations with the Muslim World. “We are excited about this shift and look forward to this new chapter in the Forum’s mission.”
The forum brings together US and Muslim world government officials, religious leaders, business executives, artists, academics, journalists, and thought leaders for three days of intensive discussions on the critical issues confronting their communities today. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Islam and Inclusion,” looking at issues of the incorporation.
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