Law and Religion intersect at UOW workshop
4 Jun 2008 | Kate McIlwain
UOW’s Faculty of Law will host some of Australia’s significant religious leaders at a workshop on law and religion today (Wednesday, June 4). The workshop will explore important questions about the role of religion in Australian society.
Father Frank Brennan, Rabbi Lawrence of the Sydney Great Synagogue and Dr. Mohamad Abdalla, Director of the Griffith Islamic Research Unit will be among the guests attending the workshop.
Dr. Abdalla will discuss whether Australia needs a Mufti and the relationship between Islamic law and Australia, and Rabbi Lawrence will explore the role of a Jewish court.
Other topics will cover religion and terrorism, freedom of speech and domestic violence. The aim of the day overall is to question whether the state and religion can coexist in harmony to promote democracy and human rights.
The workshop will host academics from Law Faculties around Australia. The Universities of Queensland, Western Australia, Flinders and New South Wales will join UOW academics in discussing the important questions posed.
Organisers from the Legal Intersections Research Centre at UOW’s Faculty of Law hope the workshop will create important reference works about law and religion, and will also provide opportunities for academics and religious leaders to work together.
The workshop runs all day and is for invited guests. It will take place in the Moot Court, McKinnon Building (Building 67) at UOW.
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There will be photo/filming opportunities during the scheduled morning tea break at 10.45 or during lunch at 1pm.
For further details about the Law and Religion Workshop please contact Associate Professor Greg Rose on 4221 4120. A full program is outlined at http://www.uow.edu.au/law/UOW043906.html.
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