Karen Armstrong & Dr. Vali Nasr will be speaking on Contemporary Issues in Modern Islam.

Karen Armstrong & Dr. Vincent Cornell will be speaking on Islam and Mysticism.

Karen Armstrong & Dr. Azizah Y. al-Hibri will be speaking on Islam on Justice and Mercy.

Colette Avital has served as a Knesset Member for the Labor Party since 1999 where she has been an important voice on Israeli-Palestinian peace and wome?s issues. She has been actively involved in the Geneva Accord from the negotiations through the promotions. As a career diplomat, Avital rose through Israe?s foreign ministry to become its highest ranked woman. She served as the Israeli Consul General to New York and the Acting Consul General in