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‘Irfán Colloquium #8 (English)
Responding to Attacks on and Criticisms of the Faith

Newcastle, England

December 8-10, 1995.

PROGRAM


Friday

19:00-20:00
Biography of Haj Mehdi Arjmand and a General Review of his Works
Iraj Ayman

20:30-21:30
Limits of Discourse in the Baha'i community and their Consequences, The
Robert Stockman


Saturday

9:00-10:00
Experiences with Anti-Baha'i Polemic in German-speaking Countries
Udo Schaefer

11:00-12:00
Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl's Contribution to Baha'i Polemic and Replies to Anti-Baha'i Polemic
Khazeh Fananapazir

14:00-15:00
Religious Definitions and Religious Polemics:
Baha'i in Popular Handbooks of Religion

Margit Warburg

16:30-17:30
Taqiyyih and Kitman:
Reflections on the Practice of Dissimulation in the Babi and Baha'i Religions

Kamran Ekbal

19:00-20:00
E.G. Browne's Misconceptions
Nicola Towfigh

20:30-21:30
Legal Basis of Islamic Opposition to the Baha'i Faith, The
Moojan Momen


Sunday

9:00-10:00
Position of Mírzá Yahyá Núrí Subh-i-Azal, The:
Some aspects of Azalí Anti-Baha'i Polemic and Baha'i Apologetics

Stephen Lambden

11:00-12:00
Possible Criticisms of the Baha'i Faith from a Feminist Perspective
Lil Abdo

14:00-15:00
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



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