# Islam and Toleration ## Islam and Toleration ![Poster](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/aisp/files/poster.jpg?itok=R1tbr9qf) ## expand\_more ### Annual Conference #### We aim to explore the concepts and realities of toleration in the Islamic tradition with a focus on contemporary work, from Asia and Africa to Europe and the United States. Sort**Dates:** **March 1st & March 2nd** **Location:** **1730 Cambridge Street - CGIS South** ## Keynote Address ### "Reflections on Tolerance and Its Difficulty" **Thursday, March 1 5:30 PM** **Tsai Auditorium** [### Thomas M. Scanlon ](https://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/people/thomas-m-scanlon)Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, *Emeritus,* Harvard University ![tm_scanlon](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/center-for-ethics/files/tm_scanlon_1.png?itok=rfQ_5JnQ) ## Panels **Friday, March 2** **Belfer Case Study Room** ### 9:30 AM - Coffee expand\_more ![coffee.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/aisp/files/coffee.png?itok=jaynKM_d) 9:30 AM - Coffee ### 10:00 AM -Panel One: Muslim Minorities in Non-Muslim Societies expand\_more [### William A. Graham ](https://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/william-graham) Former Director of the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Murray A. Albertson Research Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Professor William A. Graham is the Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and University Distinguished Service Professor. Currently the Director of the AISP since 2016, he is also a member of the... ![graham_william](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/graham_william-150x150.jpg?itok=6SxJLSRN) [### Khalil Abdur-Rashid ](/people/khalil-abdur-rashid)Muslim Chaplain at Harvard University Instructor of Muslim Studies at Harvard Divinity School Public Policy Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Email: [khalil\_abdur-rashid@harvard.edu](mailto:khalil_abdur-rashid@harvard.edu) Telephone: office (617) 495-3885 Address: 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Ste. 730, Cambridge, MA 02138 Website: Watch the interview with Khalil Abdur-Rashid, produced by... ![061217_abdur-rashid_khalil_232_605_1_0_0](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/061217_abdur-rashid_khalil_232_605_1_0_0.jpg?itok=6Sc403GA) [### Sugata Bose ](/people/sugata-bose) Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs Office Hours Sign-Up: Bose's field of specialization is modern South Asian and Indian Ocean history. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. His books include His Majesty's Opponent: Subhas... ![bose](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/bose.jpg?itok=wwgsH-vQ) ### 12:00 PM - Lunch expand\_more ![food.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/aisp/files/food.png?itok=S9BGXn8o) Break for Lunch ### 1:00 PM -Panel Two: Minorities in Muslim-majority societies expand\_more [### Kristin E. Fabbe ](/people/kristin-e-fabbe) Associate Professor of Business Administration Hellman Faculty Fellow Harvard Business School ![kristin_fabbe](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/kristin_fabbe.png?itok=emlJb55d) [### Ousmane Oumar Kane ](https://hwpi.harvard.edu/aisp/ousmane-kane) Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Religion & Society ![ousmane-oumar-kane](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/ousmane-oumar-kane.jpg?itok=gOmsZHPg) [### Shady H. Nasser ](/people/shady-nasser) Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![s.nasser2](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/s.nasser2.jpg?itok=SZn1cT_o) ### 3:00 PM - Panel Three: Intra-Islamic Toleration expand\_more [### Tarek Masoud ](/people/tarek-masoud) [tarek\_masoud@hks.harvard.edu](mailto:tarek_masoud@hks.harvard.edu)Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance Harvard Kennedy School Tarek Masoud is the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-Editor of the Journal of Democracy of the National Endowment for Democracy, and serves as the Faculty... ![tarek_masoud](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/tarek_masoud_01.jpg?itok=UjC3irrv) [### Roy Mottahedeh ](/people/roy-mottahedeh) Gurney Research Professor of History ![Roy Mottahedeh](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/mottahedeh_profile_photo.jpg?itok=eM4IxLtT) ### 4:45 PM - Closing Remarks expand\_more ![Graham](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/aisp/files/graham.jpg?itok=1tOAFsxO) ### [William A. Graham](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/william-graham) #### Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies - Faculty of Arts and Sciences Member of the Faculty of Divinity Participants Event Conference Flyer Conference Videos ## Participants [### William A. Graham ](https://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/william-graham) Former Director of the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Murray A. Albertson Research Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Professor William A. Graham is the Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and University Distinguished Service Professor. Currently the Director of the AISP since 2016, he is also a member of the... ![graham_william](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/graham_william-150x150.jpg?itok=6SxJLSRN) [### Tarek Masoud ](/people/tarek-masoud) [tarek\_masoud@hks.harvard.edu](mailto:tarek_masoud@hks.harvard.edu)Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance Harvard Kennedy School Tarek Masoud is the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-Editor of the Journal of Democracy of the National Endowment for Democracy, and serves as the Faculty... ![tarek_masoud](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/tarek_masoud_01.jpg?itok=UjC3irrv) [### Khalil Abdur-Rashid ](/people/khalil-abdur-rashid)Muslim Chaplain at Harvard University Instructor of Muslim Studies at Harvard Divinity School Public Policy Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Email: [khalil\_abdur-rashid@harvard.edu](mailto:khalil_abdur-rashid@harvard.edu) Telephone: office (617) 495-3885 Address: 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Ste. 730, Cambridge, MA 02138 Website: Watch the interview with Khalil Abdur-Rashid, produced by... ![061217_abdur-rashid_khalil_232_605_1_0_0](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/061217_abdur-rashid_khalil_232_605_1_0_0.jpg?itok=6Sc403GA) [### Sugata Bose ](/people/sugata-bose) Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs Office Hours Sign-Up: Bose's field of specialization is modern South Asian and Indian Ocean history. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. His books include His Majesty's Opponent: Subhas... ![bose](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/bose.jpg?itok=wwgsH-vQ) [### Kristin E. Fabbe ](/people/kristin-e-fabbe) Associate Professor of Business Administration Hellman Faculty Fellow Harvard Business School ![kristin_fabbe](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/kristin_fabbe.png?itok=emlJb55d) [### Ousmane Oumar Kane ](https://hwpi.harvard.edu/aisp/ousmane-kane) Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Religion & Society ![ousmane-oumar-kane](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/ousmane-oumar-kane.jpg?itok=gOmsZHPg) [### Roy Mottahedeh ](/people/roy-mottahedeh) Gurney Research Professor of History ![Roy Mottahedeh](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/mottahedeh_profile_photo.jpg?itok=eM4IxLtT) [### Shady H. Nasser ](/people/shady-nasser) Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![s.nasser2](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/s.nasser2.jpg?itok=SZn1cT_o) ## Event ## Conference Flyer ![islam_and_toleration_poster](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/2025-03/Isliam%20and%20toleration.png?itok=SnAC-CcD) ## Conference Videos ### 3/1/18 Islam and Toleration Keynote by Harvard Philosophy Professor Thomas M. Scanlon 3/1/18 Islam and Toleration Keynote by Harvard Philosophy Professor Thomas M. Scanlon [Read more](https://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/file/1001999) ### 3/2/18 Islam and Toleration Panel 1 3/2/18 Islam and Toleration Panel 1 [Read more](https://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/file/1002000) ### 3/2/18 Islam and Toleration Panel 2 ### 3/2/18 Islam and Toleration Panel 3 See also:- [ Annual Conference ](/admin-sortingpurposes/annual-conference) - [ AISP Events ](/events/aisp-events) - [ Special Event ](/events/special-event) - [ Annual Conference ](/news/annual-conference)