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Saturday 27 October 2018

The Conference topics were relevant to contemporary Islamic Studies and were a priority in the Insitute's research program.

Timelessness of truth in a changing world: interpretation and instrumentalization of sacred texts and its use in social practices;
Key trends in evolution of Islamic legal thought: reapprochement and rejection of Madhhabs; Fiqh for minorities; correlation of Fiqh, and secular law systems;
Sufism today: religious and philosophic legacy; rebirth of Sufi ritual practices; historical and modern role of the Sufi Tariqas; spiritual practices of self improvement, development of the Sufi theosophy;
Islam and politics: political theology of Islam; pseudo-religious radicalism and political instrumentalization of the religious doctrine;
Interdenominational and intradenominational dialogues: dialectics of Sunni-Shia relationships; role of political processes in its development; theological pluralism and Neo-Jadidism phenomenon;
Islam in interreligious dialogue: denominational accord, unity and diversity of the Abrahamic tradition; comparative theology and source studies of the history of Abrahamic religions;
National traditions of religious practice and the universalism of the Islamic doctrine; Islamic humanism; rebirth of the Russian school of Islamic theology.

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