A one-day conference on Muslim Women and the Law was held in the University of Glasgow on Thursday 19 April by the University's Centre for the Study of Islam. The conference is one of a programme of events being held by the Faculty of Divinity to mark the University's 550th anniversary.

The Director of the Centre, Dr Mona Siddiqui, will open the conference with a lecture on: "Victims or victors: Issues for women in classical Islamic law".

Other speakers include:

ﾕ Ms Samia Bano, Warwick University:"Islamic family law and community regulation: Asian Muslim women in the UK"

ﾕ Circuit Judge David Pearl, Judicial Studies Board: "Islamic law, customs and traditions: the treatment of diversity by the English courts"

ﾕ Dr Fadia Faqir, Durham University: "Interfamily femicide in defence of honour"

ﾕ Dr Abdel Slam Sidahmed, Durham University: Problems in contemporary applications of Islamic criminal sanctions: the penalty for adultery in relation to women."

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First published: 17 April 2001