Event Detail Information
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Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law |
| Start Date: | 5/5/2008 |
| End Date: | |
| Event Time: | 8:00 PM - |
| Title: | Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law |
| Location: | |
| Other Location: | Price Center Ballroom |
| Event Category: | Lectures/Seminars -Art & Humanities |
| Sponsor: | Burke Lectureship |
| Open to Public: | YES |
| Admission Cost: | Free |
| Contact Name: | Alisha Conley |
| Contact Phone: | (858) 534-0999 Ext. |
| Contact Email: | humctr@ucsd.edu |
| Description: | Professor Abou El Fadl is a major contemporary Islamic thinker, a strong supporter of human rights, and this country’s leading authority on Islamic law. A recent article in The New York Times Magazine singled him out as one of the two Islamic thinkers worldwide with the greatest potential to bring about constructive transformations in Muslim political theology. Among his many books is The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From The Extremists. |


