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Fellows in law
and religion have included Dr. Wolfgang Huber (Lutheran Bishop of
Berlin-Brandenburg), Dr. Auwalu Yadudu (Dean of the Bayero University
Law School, Nigeria), Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Feldman (Editor, Tradition),
and a number of younger scholars from the United States, Malaysia,
Australia, the Ukraine and Western Europe. While at Emory, Fellows
pursue their own research, conduct colloquia sponsored by the Program,
and deliver public lectures related to their work.
Islam
and Human Rights Fellows
The
Religion and Human Rights Project of the Law and Religion Program
welcomes six new Fellows this fall semester. All six Fellows will
participate in the Islam and Human Rights Fellowship Program established
by the Ford Foundation and directed by Professor An-Na'im and Ms.
Shelly Brownsberger. The Fellows' offices will be located in the
Religion and Human Rights Project Suite of the CISR Center, in room
321 (on the upstairs mezzanine of the CISR Center)
Mr. Hameed O. Agberemi
is the Acting Coordinator and Director of Research for
Al-Fataah, an Ibadan-based NGO that works for Women's Rights and Reproductive
Health within the context of Islam. He is also a leading member of the Society
for the Social Study of Islam in Nigeria, a research and advocacy network
working to evolve locally-legitimate rights and peace constituencies. His
research will explore the implications for peace-building and the rights of
women and non-Muslims, of the demand for the enactment of Shari'ah in
South-western Nigeria. Hameed is a Masters degree candidate in Peace and
Conflict Studies at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan,
Nigeria.
Dr. Ali Ahmad, LL.M. (Harvard), S.J.D. (Georgetown), Lecturer
at Bayero University in Nigeria. Dr. Ahmad·s research will
examine the recent application of Shari·a (Islamic law) in
Nigeria and its effects on human rights and democracy there.
Ms. Salbiah
Ahmed is a Malaysian human rights lawyer and a founding member
of Sisters in Islam, a women's rights organization based in Kuala
Lumpur. Her research focus is on the Islamicization of laws in Malaysia
and the development of a framework to begin chartering Malaysia’s
new course of Constitutionalism.
Ms. Siti
Ruhaini Dzuhayatin is a lecturer in Sociology and the Director
of the Center for Women Studies at the State Institute of Islamic
Studies in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Her research focuses on the prevalence
and political influence of Islamic fundamentalism and its detrimental
affects on women in Indonesia.
Dr. Jamail
A. Kamlian is a professor of History and the Vice Chancellor
for the Office of Research and Extension at Mindanao State University-LLigan
Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), LLigan City, Philippines. His
project seeks to determine the implications of the traditional Islamic
practices and the institutionalism of the Shariah law on women’s
rights and gender justice amongst Muslim Filiponos in southern Philippines.
Jamail holds a Ph.D. in Philippine Studies and a Masters degree
in Asian Studies from the University of the Philippines.
Ms. Lily
Zakiyah Munir is the Director of the Center for Pesantren and
Democracy Studies, Jombang, Indonesia. Her research will examine
the factors that may have triggered the demand for the enactment
of Syariat Islam and how it has impacted on gender equality and
equity.
For more information
on this program, please click here.
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