Keynote lecture (from min. 4:00) on the global moral, environmental, health, political and economic crises caused by the violent monopoly of the Top 1% over the world’s resources, the need for a deep change in the global system, and the role of Muslim nations, at the International Conference on Islamic Studies: “Reviving Islamic Values In Response To Human Crisis” at the Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, of Muhammadiyah, in YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia.
About The Author

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Professor Auda is the Chairman of the Maqasid Institute, a global think tank based in London, UK, with educational and research projects in a dozen other countries. He is a Professor and Al-Shatibi Chair of Maqasid Studies at the International Peace College South Africa, and a Visiting Professor for the Study of Islam at Carleton University in Canada. He is a Founding and Board Member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Member of the Executive Board of the Fiqh Council of North America, Member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, and Fellow of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India. He has a PhD in the philosophy of Islamic law from University of Wales in the UK, and a PhD in systems analysis from University of Waterloo in Canada. Early in his life, he memorized the Quran and studied Fiqh, Usul and Hadith in the halaqas of Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo.