(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Reza Aslan, an important scholar on the contemporary development of Islam, will speak in Pittsburgh the weekend of April 16-17.
Dr. Aslan, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is best known as the author of the international bestseller "No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam." It has been translated in to 13 languages. He is active in many interfaith, social justice and international security projects. A scholar of religion, he is also a fiction writer and filmmaker.
He will speak April 16 at a 1-5 p.m. forum on contemporary Islamic art, in the Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. It costs $35 or $25 for members and students. The cost includes a 5 p.m. reception.
On April 17 he will speak at 1:30 p.m. in Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. The free, two-hour session will be an opportunity for discussion on Islam in an interfaith context.His appearances here are sponsoerd by a coalition of local groups interested in the arts and the Middle East. For more information about the Temple Sinai event call 412-421-9715.
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