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10:00 Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
10:10 Greeting
Rebecca Schmidt, CEO, Excellenzcluster „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
10:20 Introduction
Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter, Director, Research Center Global Islam Excellenzcluster „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
Europe as Nucleus of Islamist Terrorism?
10:30
Nice, Paris, Brussels: Home of IS?
Saad Amrani, Chief Constables Ixelles, Brussels
The threat is among us: Jihadism, radicalisation and terrorism in Great Britain
Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann (via Skype), Director, King’s College, London
Islamistic parallel societies as precursor for jihadism in Germany
Dr. Marwan Abou-Taam, State Office of Criminal Investigation Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz
Moderation: Dr. Kristina Eichhorst, Coordinator Counterterrorism and Conflict Management, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
12:30 Lunch Break
Boko Haram and ISIS: Franchise or Competition in Africa?
13:30
Mali as a Safe Haven for ISIS
Christina Wagner, Director Mali Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bamako
Safe Havens of the so-called Islamic State in Northern Africa
Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director Regional Program Political Dialogue Southern Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunis
Boko Haram’s Refuges in Nigeria
Dr. Bakary Sambe, Director, Timbuktu Institute - African Center for Peace Studies, Dakar
Moderation: Bianca Steinhilber, Research Center Global Islam Excellenzcluster „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
15:30Coffee Break
ISIS: Pivot to Asia?
16:00
North Caucasus as a Renewed Breeding Ground for Islamist Terrorism?
Dr. Uwe Halbach, Senior Researcher, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Syria and Iraq: Failing Caliphate?
Dr. Christoph Günther, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Transnational Jihadism in Southeast Asia
Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter, Director, Research Center on Global Islam, Cluster of Excellence „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
Moderation: Evin Merve Jakob, State Office of Criminal Investigation Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz
18:00 End of Conference
This conference will be translated into German and English.
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