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The Crisis of Islamic Civilization by Ali Alawi

The Open Discussion in collaboration with the Gulf Cultural Club, organised a lecture by Dr Ali Allawi to coincide with the launching of his new book “The Crisis of Islamic Civilisation”. It was held on Tuesday 14th April by the man who had served as Defence and Trade Minister in Post-Saddam Iraq. He delivered a personal account of his early life and how it had been influenced by Muslim and Western thinkers and activists in UK and USA. He described his upbringing in Iraq in the fifties and sixties, his experiences as a student in Washington as a student first at MIT and then Harvard, before obtaining his PhD in Cambridge.

Iraq...Five Years On: A Way Out?.... Michael Binyon

The joint American-British occupation of Iraq is five years old this month and with no sign of ending. Five years on – Iraq is a broken country with no security, severe power supply shortages and medical facilities and basic utilities worse than pre-war saddam era. Violence and insecurity for the Iraqis is the norm with an estimated million (other Iraqi sources estimates are even higher) Iraqis killed to date. Mr. Binyon discussed the reasons behind the failed occupation and the options available for a way out of this quagmire for the occupation.

Prospects of Peace in the Occupied Land

Rosemary Bechler Three months post Annapolis conference with a commitment that an agreement would be reached by end of 2008, prospects of peace are as distant as ever. With the crisis at Gaza worsening daily, and a continuation of violence across the border with Israel as well as the continued terrorisation and violence in West Bank all highlight the current realities in Middle East. At this Open Discussion Dr Bechler discussed the prospects of a peace agreement with the change of the US administration and the current realities of the troubled region.

Rosemary Bechler is a writer and consultant with a Cambridge doctorate in literature, living in North London. In 2000, she helped found Peaceworkers UK which has since become the training wing of International Alert, of which she is a Board Member.

Community Cohesion in Great Britain, the Tories view with Dominic Grieve MP

Dominic Grieve,MP discussed on 25th June 2007 at Open Discussions, the conservative's policy on community cohesion and integration of faith and ethnic minorities in British society. He addresed at length the points of contention between labour and conservative model of community and social cohesion. He felt that as a Conservative and British citizen, the core and defining value was freedom, which was being threatened by the present government under the guise of fighting 'terrorism'.

Islam and Modernity: Middle Eastern Examples

Islam and Modernity was the theme of a round-table discussion at Abrar House on Monday 26th February. Dr Charles Tripp of SOAS led the discussion by introducing the Modern Islamic Political Thought, highlighting his early encounters with the pioneers of the modern Islamic movement in Egypt. He highlighted the various discourses in many Muslim countries including Iran which was the first to establish an Islamic government in modern times.

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