{"id":2159,"date":"2013-06-06T23:19:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T21:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.wordpress.com\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2013-06-06T23:19:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T21:19:36","slug":"challenges-of-implementing-shariah-law-in-modern-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/06\/challenges-of-implementing-shariah-law-in-modern-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges of implementing Shariah law in modern times"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"FENZA\"<\/a>FENZA CONFERENCE \u2026. FENZA CONFERENCE<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/address>\n
Saturday, 22nd<\/sup> June 2013<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/address>\n
Venue<\/span>:<\/i><\/b> Faith and Encounter Centre (FENZA),<\/i><\/address>\n
Leopards Hill Road, Bauleni (near Mathia Mulumba Catholic Church or Yatsani Radio)<\/i><\/address>\n
Time:<\/i><\/b> 14:00 to 17:00 hours<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Theme<\/i><\/b>: Challenges of implementing Shariah Law in Modern Times<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
We have invited experts in Secular Law and Islamic Law (Dr Pamela Towela Nsambo, UNZA; Dr Sheick Twaha O. Chiwala, Imam; Fr. Felix Phiri<\/a>, Scholar of Islamic Studies) to trigger off the discussion.<\/i><\/address>\n
Governing the whole of Muslim life, in all places and at all times, is the God given law, the Shariah. In today\u2019s globalized world, Muslims have to co-exist with the awareness that there are other inhabitants of the earth who are governed by laws different from theirs. Its all-encompassing nature and some manifestations of some of its laws \u2013 generally perceived by non-Muslims as extreme and incompatible with modernity \u2013 have widely generated prejudiced fear and suspicion not only among non-Muslims but also among some liberal Muslims. <\/i><\/i><\/address>\n
In view of helping to understand the key issues preoccupying both sides of the divide, and in line with its goals – empowering Christians in Zambia to face the challenges of contemporary and traditional cultures with openness and to encounter people of different Christian denominations, contemporary religious movements and religions – FENZA will be organizing a Conference \/ Discussion on the 22nd<\/sup> of June, from 14.00hrs to 17.00hrs. <\/i><\/i><\/address>\n
The theme of the conference will be: Challenges of Implementing Shariah Law in Modern Times<\/b>.<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/address>\n
It will be a threefold presentation: the first presentation by Dr Pamela Towela Nsambo, a full-time lecturer in the school of law at UNZA, will provide the general framework within which laws are generally understood in modern secular societies. <\/i><\/i><\/address>\n
To provide a summary of the Muslim self-understanding of Shariah law will be Dr Sheikh Twaha O. Chiwala, an Islamic scholar of Shariah law, a Mufti and currently Imam of Taqwa and other mosques in Lusaka. <\/i><\/i><\/address>\n

Finally, Fr. Felix J. Phiri, member of the FENZA team and scholar of Islamic studies, will highlight a number of ways in which the implementation of Shariah law is effectively a challenge to modern Society. The three presentations will be followed by the opening of the discussion to the audience, through questions, answers and personal contributions to the debate.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FENZA CONFERENCE \u2026. FENZA CONFERENCE Saturday, 22nd June 2013 Venue: Faith and Encounter Centre (FENZA), Leopards Hill Road, Bauleni (near Mathia Mulumba Catholic Church or Yatsani Radio) Time: 14:00 to 17:00 hours Theme: Challenges of implementing Shariah Law in Modern Times We have invited experts in Secular Law and Islamic Law (Dr Pamela Towela Nsambo, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,22,38],"tags":[542,700,1295],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-justice-and-peace","category-news","category-zambia-sector","tag-fenza","tag-islam","tag-shariah"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}