2015 Annual Conference Program
Association of Muslim Scientists, Engineers and Technology Professionals (AMSET)
Annual Conference at ISNA Annual Convention 2015, Chicago, IL
Sessions on “Muslims and Biological Evolution”
Saturday -Sunday, Sept 5- 6, 2015
From Left, Br. M. Affan Badar, Sr. Huda Alkaff
and Sr. Nana Firman.
Program Organizer: Dr. Razi Nalim, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Session I “Sustainability and Islamic Perspective”
Welcome and introduction to AMSET – Saiyid Masroor Shah, Interim President AMSET
- Session Chair, M. Affan Badar – Introduction Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in Islamic Perspective
- Nana Firman: specializes in sustainable urban development; Muslim Coordinator for OurVoices, a global faith and spiritual climate action network, GreenFaith Fellow Connecting Faith and Sustainability: Water Stewardship and Climate Justice. Slides are available here.
- Huda Alkaff: Founder and Director of Wisconsin Islamic Environmental Group; Founding member of the Interfaith Network
Panel discussion and audience participation
Speakers: Saiyid Masroor Shah, Nana Firman, Huda Alkaff
Moderator: M. Affan Badar
Time & Location: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 12:15 – 1:15 PM, Room -7
Session 2 “Muslim viewpoints on biology and evolution, past and present”
AMSET needs you – M. Affan Badar
- Session Chair, Razi Nalim – Introductions. Evolution as discussed by pre-Darwin Muslim scientists and philosophers
- Dr. T.O. Shanavas, Pediatrician, Adrian, Michigan. Writer on evolution and Islam. Currently held view of creation among Muslims and their reasoning against evolution
- Prof. Salman Hameed. Director, Center for Study of Science in Muslim Societies, Hampshire College
Panel and audience discussion –> Video Archival of Session-2, AMSET Conference 2015
Speakers: M. Affan Badar, T.O. Shanavas, Salman Hameed
Moderator: Razi Nalim
Time & Location: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 12:15 – 1:15 PM, Room -7
Session 3. “Connecting the science of evolutionary biology and the teachings of Islam”
AMSET needs you – Iqbal Unus, Interim Secretary/Treasurer
- Session Chair Dr. Iqbal Unus – Introductions. Modern theory of the origin of species and a review of factual evidence for evolution
- Prof. Ehab Abouheif. Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, McGill University. Founder, McGill Center on Islam and Science. President, Pan-American Society of Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Macro-evolution and micro-evolution, the evolution of humans out of Africa
- Prof. Fatima Jackson, Director, W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory, Howard University.
- Full panel and audience discussion [40 min] Video Archival of of Session-3, AMSET Conference 2015
– Reconciliation of Islam teaching and scientific discovery of the origin of species
– Interpretation of the Quran on Adam and Eve in the light of human evolutionary history
Time & Location: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 2:30 – 3:30 PM, Room -7
