MEET
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Rullestoltilpasset lokaleMEET was established in the fall of 2021 and held its first conference on May 6, 2022, at the University of Agder. On May 2, 2025, the MEET project will host is third conference in Kristiansand, once again at the University of Agder.
The Muslim European Empowerment Programme (MEET) is an important initiative to promote intra-faith and interfaith dialogue, raising capacity and capabilities of key stakeholders to address the challenges facing Muslims in Europe and to celebrate the achievements and contributions being made to European life.
Participation in the MEET conference is FREE. If you want to participate it would be very helpful that you register so that we can plan for snacks and lunch.
Registration, coffee and snacks
Welcome to MEET!
Sunniva Whittaker, Rector of the University of Agder (TBC)
Video Greeting
The Minister of Culture and Equality, Lubna Jaffery (Labour Party)
Video Greeting
Marion Lalisse The European Commission Coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred (TBC)
The Norwegian Action Plan to combat Anti-Muslim racism 2025–2030 – overview and thoughts
Zeynab Bouhedjeur, Advisor Minotenk and student
Pause
The situation for French Muslim Women
Nadiya Lazzouni, French journalist
Lunch
Session I “The use of hijab in public spaces - what is it like to be a Muslim woman in Europe today”
Panel chaired by Alia Azzouzi (Netherlands) (TBC)
- Sanne Tji, Holland
- Heidi Esma Dahl Bønnhoff, Associate Professor, Universtity of Agder
- Irene Trysnes, Professor, Universtity of Agder
- Edina Husovic, the head office of the Islamic Religious Authority of Austria
Pause
Session II - European Muslim Narrative - where do we stand and the strategy for the coming decade
Panel chaired by Shaukat Warraich, CEO Faith Associates
- Amjad Saleem, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies based in Geneva
- Esma Ucan, President of the Muslim Council of Belgium
- Senaid Kobilica, Chair of the Board of Muslim Dialogue Network Norway (TBC)
- Ibrahim Yazici, Communications Director for Centrum Mosque in Hamburg (TBC)
Q & A
Alia Azzouzi is a senior policy advisor for the city of Rotterdam where she focuses on social threats and polarization. Next to that she chairs cultural and social events. In addition to her professional work, she volunteers as a director at various artistic, cultural, religious and media organizations.
Zeynab Bouhedjeur is a master’s student in history at the University of Oslo, and has a background in English, gender studies and sociology, in addition to history. Zeynab works as an advisor in the Norwegian think tank Minotenk, and as an educator at the democracy workshop at Utøya. Through studying the program Dialogpilotene, and through working as a pathfinder with the Muslim Pathfinders (Muslimske Veivisere), Zeynab also has experience with both intra- and interfaith dialogue.
Academic interests
Digitalisation, migration, parenting, mental health
Irene Trysnes is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Agder. She has been involved in national and international research projects and has been an active researcher since 2004. Her research has focused on gender and inequality, youth and religion, and social science didactics. She has authored two books and published in national and international journals.
Nadiya Lazzouni is a French Muslim journalist with academic backgrounds in business law and political science, specializing in international relations. She has been driven by the commitment to amplify the voices often overlooked by mainstream media when she launched the Speak Up Channel on YouTube in 2017. She also gained major public recognition through televised debates on secularism and civil liberties. In 2021, she joined Le Média, a well-known leftist web TV platform, becoming the first journalist to present the news on French media while wearing a headscarf.
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Publisert: 27. mars 2025 12:59
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