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Media Advisory: Islamic law expert to hold press conference at KU today

 •WHAT: One of the most prominent scholars on Islamic human rights will hold a press conference today on the University of Kansas campus.

 •WHO: Abdullahi An-Na'im, professor of law at Emory University in Atlanta

 •WHEN: 3:30 p.m. , Thursday, Sept. 20.

 •WHERE: Pine Room on the sixth floor of the Kansas Union.

 •DETAILS:
An-Na'im, who has appeared on National Public Radio and other national news programs, is scheduled to deliver the lecture, "Islam, human rights, and the U.S. foreign policy in Africa and the Middle East" at 7 p.m. in Room 2092 of the Dole Center. He will answer questions from the audience immediately following the lecture.

Known as the "Martin Luther of modern Islam," An-Na'im is trained in an Islamic religious and legal perspective. He has explored the basis of universal human rights within Islam specifically, and in general the possibility of broad human rights within particular cultural, religious and national contexts. His work is considered relevant to those concerned with violence against individuals and groups for reasons of state, religion or