Islam in Africa Brown Bag Lecture: Shariah on Trial: The Reenactment of Islamic Penal Law in Nigeria

Date: 

Thursday, November 9, 2017, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Andover Hall, Room 117, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Islam in Africa 1  Islam in Africa 2

The Harvard Divinity School, Department of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University present the Islam in Africa Brown Bag Lecture Series: "Critical Perspectives on the Development and Dynamics of Islam in Africa." This week's lecture features Sarah Eltantawi, Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion at Evergreen State College, presenting Shariah on Trial: The Reenactment of Islamic Penal Law in Nigeria.

ORGANIZER(S): The Harvard Divinity School, Department of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University
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