Islamic Law & Culture JOURNAL OF Anti-Sharia legislation passed or pending in a number of states provokes broader questions concerning the place of religious law within American society and contrasting interpretations of constitutionality. This symposium will provide a forum to consider underlying legal and social issues driving such legislation and what these statutes mean for Americans, Muslims and non-Muslims. Discussants: Abed Awad, Attorney and Sharia Expert with Awad & Khoury, LLP John Eidsmoe, Attorney with the Foundation for Moral Law Bernard Freamon, Professor at Seton Hall School of Law Mark Potok, Senior Fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center Stephen M. Sheppard, William H. Enfield Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas Moderator: Joel Gordon, Director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas For more information call 479-575-4436 or 479-575-2175 Can Tolerate Islamic Law? Anti-Sharia Legislation and the U.S. Constitution Friday April 12, 2013 at 1:00 PM Leflar Law Center Courtroom, Room 240 The King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies university of arkansas international law society school of law
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Islamic Law&CultureJOURNAL OF
Anti-Sharia legislation passed or pending in a number of states provokes broader questions concerning the place of religious law within American society and contrasting interpretations of constitutionality. This symposium will provide a forum to consider underlying legal and social issues driving such legislation and what these statutes
mean for Americans, Muslims and non-Muslims.
Discussants: Abed Awad, Attorney and Sharia Expert with Awad & Khoury, LLP
John Eidsmoe, Attorney with the Foundation for Moral LawBernard Freamon, Professor at Seton Hall School of Law
Mark Potok, Senior Fellow with the Southern Poverty Law CenterStephen M. Sheppard, William H. Enfield Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas
Moderator:Joel Gordon, Director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas
For more information call 479-575-4436 or 479-575-2175
Can Tolerate Islamic Law?Anti-Sharia Legislation and the U.S. Constitution
Friday April 12, 2013 at 1:00 PMLeflar Law Center Courtroom, Room 240
The King FahdCenter for Middle East Studies university of arkansas
internationallaw
society school of law
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