Religions & Constitutional Transitions, Muslim Mediterranean: “The Pluralistic Moment”

The conference Religions and Constitutional Transitions in the Muslim Mediterranean: “The Pluralistic Moment” was held 3-5 June 2014 at Insubria University in Como, Italy. Co-sponsored by Insubria’s International Center for Religion, Law and Economy in the Mediterranean Area and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, the conference aimed at investigating the role and place of religion in the present constitutional transitions in the Islamic Mediterranean area, paying special attention to experience with rule by Islamic-oriented political parties in recent transitional contexts. The effort was to analyze pressing concerns flowing from increasing pluralism for states, religions, and societies and the consequences for their normative systems….