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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

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