2007 Annual Symposium
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| Opening Session | ||
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| Kevin J. Worthen Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | ||
| Robert T. Smith Managing Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, BYU | ||
| Luis Alberto Lacalle Former President of Uruguay |
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| Ibader Thiam First Vice-President, National Assembly of Senegal |
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| First Plenary Session | ||
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| Mario Ringler President, Civil Charity Association |
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| Kevin J. Worthen Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | ||
| Ibrahim Khalil Dabbour Faith and Dialogue Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches |
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| David M. Kirkham Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy | ||
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| Latin America: The Administrative Perspective | ||
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| Juan Cruz Esquivel Secretariat of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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| Carlos Javier Aguilar Munoz Attorney at Law, Ministry of Justice | ||
| Guillermo Francisco Reyes Gonzalez Vice Minister of Justice, Ministry of the Interior | ||
| Luis Jorge Crego President/ Civil Charity Association | ||
| Scott Isaacson | ||
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| Indonesia | ||
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| Asep Saepudin Jahar Director of Research, Center for the Study of Islam and Society, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayattulah Jakarta | ||
| Ralph Brown | ||
| Chad Emmett | ||
| Muhammad Amin Suma Dean of Faculty of Syaria and Law, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah |
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| Renata Arianingtyas Program Officer for Pluralism, Tifa Foundation | ||
| Muhammad Rifa'i Abduh Director, Center for Religious and Socio-Cultural Diversity, State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga | ||
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| Russia | ||
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| John F. Young University of Northern British Columbia | ||
| Robert C. Blitt Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law | ||
| Christopher Marsh Interim Director, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University | ||
| Ljudmila Zhukova Vice-Director, Center for Religious Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities | ||
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| United States | ||
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| Ali Khan Professor | ||
| Shabbir Mansuri Founding Director, Institute on Religion and Civic Values | ||
| David Rodearmel Office of International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State | ||
| Rodney Smith | ||
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| Second Plenary Session | ||
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| Tore Lindholm Professor | ||
| Noryamin Aini State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayattulah |
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| Peter Petkoff Balliol College, Oxford | ||
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| Europe I | ||
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| Diane Ala'i Representative to the United Nations, Baha'i International Community | ||
| John Zackrison | ||
| Francisco Javier Garcia Oliva | ||
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| Brazil | ||
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| Mozart neves Ramos Federal University of Pernambuco |
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| R. Marshall Tanner | ||
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| Africa | ||
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| Alphonse Obouande Director, Immigration Department | ||
| Ibader Thiam First Vice-President, National Assembly of Senegal | ||
| David Westerby | ||
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| Thailand and Mongolia | ||
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| J.Clifford Wallace Chief Judge Emeritus | ||
| Jargalsaikhan Ohirkuu Officer to the Social Policy, Office of the President of Mongolia | ||
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| Third Plenary Session | ||
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| J.Clifford Wallace Chief Judge Emeritus | ||
| Claudio Lembo |
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| Artur Igorevich Artemyev Professor, Kazakhstan University of International Relations and World Languages | ||
| Pieter Coertzen Professor, University of Stellenbosch |
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| Zhang Nu Vice Chief, 4th Department, State Administration for Religious Affairs | ||
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| Mexico | ||
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| Constantino Mednez Ponce Coordinator of Religious Affairs, State of San Louis Potosi | ||
| Maria Concepcion Medina-Gonzalez Advisor to the Undersecretary of Religious Affairs | ||
| Salvador Beltron del Rio Director General for Relgious Affairs | ||
| Patrick Thurston | ||
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| Vietnam | ||
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| Dang Tai Tinh General Director, Department of International Cooperation, Government Committee for Religious Affairs | ||
| Nguyen Co Thach Staff, Department of International Cooperation, Government Committee for Religious Affairs | ||
| Dang Linh Chi Attorney at Law | ||
| Michael Jensen | ||
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| Ukraine | ||
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| Elizabeth A. Sewell Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University | ||
| Mykola Pashynsky Chairman, Kyivo-Svyatoshyn Rayon State Administration | ||
| Volodymyr Maliborsky Chairman, Republic Committee of Autonomical Republic of Crimea for Religious Affairs | ||
| Anatoliy Kolodnyy Professor | ||
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| Pacific | ||
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| Paul M. Morris Professor | ||
| Taha M. Basman Commissioner, UNESCO | ||
| Keith Thompson | ||
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| Latin America: Legislative Perspective | ||
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| Omeheria Lopez Reyna Presidenta de la Comision de Derechos Humanos de la Camara de Diputados | ||
| Guillermo Garcia-Montufar | ||
| Emilio Camacho | ||
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| Czech Republic and Slovakia | ||
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| Jakub Kriz Vice Director, Department of Churches, Ministry of Culture | ||
| Jonothan Tichy | ||
| Radovan Cikes Ministry of Cultural Affairs | ||
| Pavla Bendova | ||
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| Cambodia | ||
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| Un Dary General Director of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Cults and Religions | ||
| John P. Colton | ||
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| Japan | ||
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| Brett G. Scharffs J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | ||
| Shibenobu Tamura | ||
| Keiko Yamagishi Nakanishi Professor, Chukyo University School of Law | ||
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| India | ||
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| Ravi Kanth Medithi Chairman and Managing Director, National handicapped finance and Development Corporation, Government of India | ||
| Philip Mannukuzhumpil Raju Advocate, Supreme Court of India | ||
| James E. Pollock | ||
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| Latin America: The Academic Perspective | ||
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| Maria Elena Pimstein Professor, Universidad Catolica de Chile |
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| Guillermo Waldemar Mendez Lopez Universidad Francisco Marroquin | ||
| Gonzalo Flores Santana | ||
| Gregory Clark | ||
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| Armenia | ||
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| Vardan Astsatryan Adviser, Department for National Minorities and Religious Affairs | ||
| Richard H. Page | ||
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| Fourth Plenary Session | ||
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| W. Cole Durham, Jr. Professor | ||
| Michael K. Young President, University of Utah |
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