Jihad, Honor Killing and Slavery in Islamic Law
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 6:30 PM - 9 PM
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A truly outstanding panel of scholars will explain the history and principles of Islamic law dealing with the concept of Jihad, in both its militant and non-militant meaning; the rights and duties of women under Islamic Law, and whether such horrific practices as honor killing are in fact Islamic; and slavery and its abolition.
Moderator:
ROBERT E. MICHAEL, Chair, Subcommittee on Islamic Law, Committee on Foreign and Comparative Law (of which he is Chair Emeritus)
Speakers:
MARK D. WELTON (LT. COL., RET.), Professor of International and Comparative Law, The United States Military Academy, West Point; ROY P. MOTTAHEDEH, Gurney Professor of History, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; INGRID MATTSON, Professor, Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian/Muslim Relations, Hartford Seminary; President, Islamic Society of North America; MARION HOLMES KATZ, Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University; BERNARD FREAMON, Professor, Seton Hall Law School; Director of the Law School's Summer Program for the Study of Law in the Middle East in Cairo; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University