DOHA: The Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), member of Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, in an international conference has discussed about “Ethics, Governance and Peace: contributions from Islamic Thought” in Dakar (Senegal)
The conference in Senegal is one of a number of international conferences which CILE participates in. There is particular interest in Francophone countries in Africa as this area remains critical now and in the future.
Over 200 million Muslim women and men live in countries where French is the main language or at least one of the official languages. And despite there being differences in daily routines, they are facing similar religious, social, political, economic and cultural challenges.
There are a limited number of opportunities for them to exchange with other Muslims, and when they do, they are geographically limited.
Many Muslims living in Francophone countries from around the world attended the international conference to discuss three main topics: Applied ethics and morality, governance and power, and peace and security.
Several high profile personalities took part during the four days of the conference and despite intensive exchanges, the open sessions fostered rich and productive debates.
During the first day, the discussion focused on the issues about ethics between the text and “context”, the relation between faith and behaviour, applied ethics and morality in Islam, and ethical involvement.
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