| The organisers of the event from UOW, [back row far left] Professor L... The organisers of the event from UOW, [back row far left] Professor Luke McNamara, [front row left to right] Dr Rick Mohr, Dr Nadir Hosen, Dr Cassandra Sharp and [front row right] Associate Professor Gregory Rose are joined by presenters [back row left to right] Dr Darren Jansen (University of Queensland), Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence, Father Frank Brennan, Dr Daniel Stepniak (University of Western Australia), Dr Mohamad Abdalla, [front row centre to right] Professor Margaret Davies (Flinders University), Dr Kath Gelber (UNSW) and Dr Paul Babie (University of Adelaide).
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Law and religion intersect at UOW workshop
5 Jun 2008 | Kate McIlwain
The Faculty of Law became a meeting point for some of Australia’s significant religious leaders and academics yesterday (Wednesday, June 4) at a ‘Law and Religion’ workshop that explored the role of religion in modern Australia.
Organised by UOW’s Legal Intersections Research Centre (LIRC) the workshop was designed to explore how the law intersects with religion and society.
Among the guests were Father Frank Brennan from the Australian Catholic University, Rabbi Lawrence of the Sydney Great Synagogue and Dr. Mohamad Abdalla, Director of the Griffith Islamic Research Unit at Griffith University.
Dr. Abdalla discussed whether Australia needs a Mufti and the relationship between Islamic law and Australia, and Rabbi Lawrence explored the role of a Jewish court in Australia.
Other topics covered included the link between religion and terrorism, freedom of speech and domestic violence. The aim of the day overall was to question how the state and religion can coexist in harmony to promote democracy and human rights.
The event was closed to the public, which organiser Dr Nadir Hosen said ensured all participants could properly express their views in a frank and open way.
The papers from the workshop will be published in an edited book and Dr Hosen hopes that these will provide important reference works.
Father Brennan, Rabbi Lawrence and Dr Abdalla were joined by UOW academics and experts from universities around Australia to discuss the important issues surrounding religion and law.
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