Muhammed al-Atawneh will share scholarship on how Wahhabism is reformulating its doctrines and broadening its tolerance.- Avi Rubin of Ben-Gurion University has titled his talk "Rule of Law in the Middle East: The Ottoman Antecedent." Admission is free and open tot he public.
Ben-Gurion University scholar Iris Agmon will present a talk titled "Justice of the Kadi: New Perspectives on Ottoman Law" on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Skidmore. Free and open to the public, the event begins at 8 p.m. in Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall.- New approaches to the study of Ottoman law and legal history have changed our understanding of this legal system. Greenberg Middle East Scholar-in-Residence Iris Agmon will discuss this changing perspective when she lectures Sept. 19 on campus.