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4/5/04

ISLAMIC POLITICS SCHOLAR TO SPEAK AT ST. LAWRENCE

CANTON – "Islam, Democracy and America's Post-War Iraq" is the topic 
of a talk to be given by Ahmad Moussalli, a scholar of Islamic politics, 
on Wednesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in Room 123 of the Griffiths Arts 
Center. The lecture is open to the public, free of charge.
	Moussalli has taught at the University of Maryland and the 
University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and he is currently a professor 
of political science at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 
His publications include The Islamic Quest for Democracy, Pluralism, 
and Human Rights: From Classical and Medieval Roots to Modern 
Discourses (2001); Moderate and Radical Islamic Fundamentalism: the 
Quest for Modernity, Legitimacy and the Islamic State (1999); and 
The West, the United States, and Political Islam (2003).  
	For more information, contact Visiting Assistant Professor 
of Government Stephen W. Day, at 315-229-5209.

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