International Council For Middle East Studies

Programs: On march 2, 2011, attorney issam m. Saliba and author mark perry spoke on a panel at the international law institute, on which they analyzed the legality and political coordinates of the u. N. Special tribunal for lebanon mandated to prosecute persons responsible for the bombing that killed former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri and in turn prompted the collapse of the lebanese government. Icmes sessions at the world congress for middle east studies (wocmes) - barcelona, spain, july 19-24, 2010. Icmes board members ibrahim abu-rabi', issam saliba, tareq ismael, raymond baker, and norton mezvinksy organized and participated in three panel sessions at this important annual conference, the goal of which is to address, explore, and exchange information on middle eastern studies in its broadest sense. In addition, ismael, baker, and mezvinsky also participated in a roundtable discussion at the conference on the ways in which law can function to silence critical voices. Book project underway: religion and state in and on the periphery of the contemporary middle east: a close examination of five separate countries this ground-breaking book, edited by ibrahim abu-rabi' and sponsored by icmes, will contain sophisticated essays that compare the relationship between religion and state in five muslim majority countries: iran, turkey, sudan, palestine and mauritania. An introductory chapter will discuss the theoretical formulation of islam and the state. Numerous perspectives and arguments, rarely heard in the west, will be presented. Most of the contributors to this scholarly collection are indigenous scholars and writers from the designated countries. This book promises to be not only a contribution itself but also a model for further study