Wednesday 2 February

9.15 Opening of the Conference: Martin Stringer and Ardeshir Amir Arjomand

9.30 Chair: David Thomas

Speakers: S.M. Mohagegh Damad, The Purpose of Family Life in Islam

Arif �Abdulhussain, Fixed term Marriage and its Moral and Legal Implications

10.30 Break

11.0 Chair: Reza Eslami Somea

Speakers: Rosalind Birtwistle, �Unequally Yoked?� a Survey of Christian Attitudes to Interreligious Marriage
and Heather al-Yousuf, Negotiating Faith and Identity in Muslim-Christian Marriage

1.00 Lunch

2.30 Chair: Clare Amos

Speaker: Zakariyya Abdel-Hady, Rights and Responsibilities of Husband and Wife: Islamic Teachings versus Cultural Practices

3.30 Break

4.00 Chair: S.M. Mohagegh Damad

Speaker: Clare Amos, Marriage - and its alternatives: an Anglican perspective, yesterday and today

5.00 Chair: Rosalind Birtwistle

Speaker: Reza Eslami Somea, Shari�a Teachings and Equal Partnership in Marriage

6.00 Dinner

7.00 Visit to the Mingana Collection