sponsored jointly by the Association for Baha'i Studies
(English-Speaking Europe) Religious Studies Special Interest Group
and the Haj Mehdi
Arjmand Memorial Fund
in cooperation with the Institute for Baha'i Studies, Wilmette
Newcastle University
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England
December 8-10, 1995
Irfan Colloquium
Eighth Session
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Friday Evening
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moojan Momen
Program and Logistical Information . . . . Stephen Lambden
Opening Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iraj Ayman
Representing the Continental Board
of Counsellors in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . Shariyar Razavi
Haj Mehdi Arjmand's Achievements and the
Tablets Revealed in His Honor . . . . . . . .Iraj Ayman
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The Limits of Discourse in the Baha'i Community and their
Consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Stockman
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Saturday Morning
Experiences with Anti-Baha'i Polemic in German-speaking
Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Udo Schaefer
Mirza Abul-Fadl's Contribution to the Baha'i Polemic and
Replies to Anti-Baha'i Polemic . . . . . . . Khazeh Fananapazir
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Saturday Afternoon
Religious Definitions and Religious Polemics -- Baha'i in Popular
Handbooks of Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margit Warburg
Taqiyyih and Kitman: Reflections on the Practice of Dissimulation
in the Babi and Baha'i Religions . . . . . . . Kamran Ekbal
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Saturday Evening
Azali Opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicola Towfigh
The Legal Basis of Islamic Opposition to the Baha'i Faith
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moojan Momen
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Sunday Morning
The Position of Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i-Azal: Some Aspects of Azali
Anti-Baha'i
Polemic and Baha'i Apologetics . . . . . .Stephen Lambden
Possible Criticisms of the Baha'i Faith From A Feminist
Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lil Abdo
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Sunday Afternoon
Paradoxes and Facts of the Anti-Baha'i Polemic on the Territory of
the European
Part of the Former U.S.S.R. . . . . . . .Marina Pavlova
During the lunch break, conditions permitting, a visit will be arranged to the grave of
Edward G. Browne.
The Irfan Colloquia for the promotion of study and research in religious sacred texts have
been sponsored by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund annually in North America and
Europe since 1992.
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