{"id":3464,"date":"2026-07-18T09:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:17:04","slug":"publication-of-two-books-based-on-academic-symposia-at-the-omani-cultural-club-edited-by-badr-al-abri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/?p=3464","title":{"rendered":"Publication of Two Books Based on Academic Symposia at the Omani Cultural Club, Edited by Badr Al-Abri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">I was pleased to serve as the editor of two academic symposia at the Omani Cultural Club, both of which resulted in books published as part of the Club&#8217;s 2026 publication series. These volumes are part of the Club&#8217;s ongoing initiative to document selected academic symposia in book form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The first symposium, <strong>&#8220;The State of Philosophical Studies in Oman and Their Future,&#8221;<\/strong> featured three contributions: Dr. Saud Al-Zadjali presented <strong>&#8220;The State of Philosophy in the Sultanate of Oman: Historical and Critical Perspectives&#8221;;<\/strong> Dr. Zakariya Al-Mahrami discussed <strong>&#8220;Omani Kal\u0101m and the Presence of Philosophy&#8221;;<\/strong> and Mr. Ali Al-Rawahi examined <strong>&#8220;The Marginalization of Philosophy and the Historical Gap in Oman.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ALTAFKEER-ALDENI-1_page-0001-1-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ALTAFKEER-ALDENI-1_page-0001-1-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ALTAFKEER-ALDENI-1_page-0001-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ALTAFKEER-ALDENI-1_page-0001-1-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ALTAFKEER-ALDENI-1_page-0001-1-1536x1129.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/baderalabri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ALTAFKEER-ALDENI-1_page-0001-1.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The second symposium, <strong>&#8220;Religious Thought and the Concepts of Ethics, Historicity, and Public Affairs between the Absolute and the Relative,&#8221;<\/strong> brought together three distinguished scholars. Dr. Haidar Hobbollah of Lebanon presented <strong>&#8220;Ethical Ijtih\u0101d in the Derivation of Islamic Law: An Analysis of the Relationship between Revealed Text and Moral Reason&#8221;;<\/strong> Dr. Masoud Ben Ahmed Saidi of Tunisia delivered <strong>&#8220;Religious Texts through the Lens of Historicity and Historicism: Rethinking the Criterion for Distinguishing the Absolute from the Relative&#8221;;<\/strong> and Mr. Mohammed Yahya Azzan of Yemen discussed <strong>&#8220;Religious Texts between Permanence and Change in the State and Governance: Secularism and the Religious State as Case Studies.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">I also contributed the introductory essays to both volumes. The first is entitled <strong>&#8220;A Horizontal and Inquisitive Reading of the Presence of Philosophical Studies in Oman over the Past Two Decades,&#8221;<\/strong> while the second is <strong>&#8220;Religious Texts and the Humanization of Interpretation.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">Both books will soon be available through the Omani Cultural Club and in selected local bookstores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was pleased to serve as the editor of two academic symposia at the Omani Cultural Club, both of which resulted in books published as part of the Club&#8217;s 2026 publication series. These volumes are part of the Club&#8217;s ongoing initiative to document selected academic symposia in book form. 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