The Kristiansand Interfaith Dialogue
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TeleslyngeThe Kristiansand Interfaith Dialogue is gearing up for its third conference scheduled for May 3, 2025. As previous years the conference will be hosted by the University of Agder. This years theme will be highlighting the difficult discussions where different views meet each other and how one can have a good dialogue using the “Muhabbet” method.
Participation in the The Kristiansand Interfaith Dialogue 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 The Kristiansand Interfaith Dialogue!
Sunniva Whittaker, Rector of the University of Agder (TBC)
"It is not all about sex, but about free choice"
Nancy Herz, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Humanist Association
Sex, sin and shame? And the right to choose differently
Kristine Banggren Gripsgård, journalist for Vårt Land
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Introduction to Muhabbet and Conducting a Conversation Using the Muhabbet Method
Introduction and panel chaired by Kristian Leonard Melby, Associate Professor, University of Agder
- Nancy Herz, Senior Advisor
- Kristine Banggren Gripsgård, Journalist VL
- Shaykh Dr Umar al-Qadri, a leading Irish Muslim religious and social thinker and commentator
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Ida McFadzean, Gynaecologist and obstetrician
Lunch
The Importance of Religion as a Political Cleavage in Western Europe, with Particular Emphasis on Scandinavia
Hans Morten Haugen, professor, VID Specialized University (TBC)
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What is the responsibility of religious leader in todays polarized society – What can we ask from them? (Muhabbet Methode)
Panel chaired by Kristian Leonard Melby, Associate Professor, University of Agder
- Nancy Herz, Senior Advisor, Youth projects
- Lily Reid
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Mohammed Isak Abdullahi, Political scientist and project manager at the Islamic Council of Norway.
- Young person from another background
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Closing remarks and Q & A – about the Muhabbet methode?Was the day different?
Nancy Lystad Herz (1996) is a Norwegian-Lebanese sociologist, author and senior-advisor in the Norwegian Humanist Association. She has written the books "Shameless" and "Aren`t you getting married soon". She has also written several articles about freedom of choice, growing up between two cultures and negative social control, as well as freedom of expression. From october 2021 to March 2023 she was appointed State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.
Kristine Gripsgård is the debate editor at the Norwegian newspaper Vårt Land. She holds a master degree in law from The University of Bergen. During spring 2025 she hosted the podcast Epleskrotten (Vårt Land) - that seeks to explore ideas about purity culture and christian sexuality. She has former worked as an executive policy adviser to Rebekka Ljosland and Dag Inge Ulstein (KrF).
Ida McFadzean is a gynaecologist and obstetrician who also works with sexual assaults. She has been working in humanitarian settings for the Red Cross. She is a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints and has had several leadership positions there.
Mohammed Isak Abdullahi is a project manager at the Islamic Council of Norway, where he leads complex projects focused on religious freedom, anti-Muslim racism, and interfaith dialogue. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Mohammed has broad experience from the public sector, humanitarian work, and civil society organizations. He is the co-founder and current chair of Tabantaabo Development Organization, which supports climate resilience and development initiatives in Somalia. He actively participates in public debate in Norway on issues related to integration, international politics, the role of religion in polarized societies, and development policy.
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Publisert: 27. mars 2025 13:46
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