The USPPIP team gathered in sunny Bergen for the third USPPIP workshop and were joined by an international collection of researchers to examine notions of public benefit (maṣlaḥa) and good governance.
The programme of the workshop is available here and included key note lectures from Professors Mohammad Fadel and Felicitas Opwis.
On Saturday 21st April, the USPPIP team gathered to develop its research agenda further with presentations on the project’s impact work and the progress of the teams in the four participating centres.
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Professor Knut Vikor opens the workshop by introducing Professor Mohammed Fadel -
Professor Mohammad Fadel gives the opening public lecture: ‘The Meaning of Maṣlaḥa, and Its Place in Sunni Political Thought’ -
Natana J. DeLong-Bas, ‘Maṣlaḥa in Contemporary Islamic Thought: A Framework for Civic Engagement and Ethics?’ -
Ari D. Schriber (Harvard), ‘Constructing Mālikī Nationalism: The Embrace of maṣlaḥa mursala in Contemporary Morocco’ -
Kamalauddin Ahmed, ‘Maṣlaḥa through Istiḥsān: Islamic Law as an Instrument for State-led Social Justice in the “Hard Case” of Land Reform in Pakistan’ -
Iqbal Nasim (National Zakat Foundation), "Maṣlaḥa in practice: Experience from the National Zakāt Foundation" -
Professor Felicitas Opwis giving her lecture, “How did Maṣlaḥa become so Ubiquitous?" -
Mariam Sheibani, "Re-centering Maṣlaḥa: Negotiating the Contemporary Legacy of ʿIzz al-Dīn Ibn b. ‘Abd al-Salām (d. 660/1262)' -
Hassan Beloushi, ‘The Maṣlaḥa: a Shī’ī Perspective’ -
Wonderful views of Bergen as the workshop participants take a walk in the surrounding hills.