Jocelyn Cesari: Islam in the West

Conversations With History: Jocelyn Cesari

Jocelyn Cesari; Associate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Abstract: 

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard's Jocelyn Cesari for a discussion of the subtle and complex changes transforming Islam practice and thinking as Muslims live and work in the West. Topics covered include: Muslim women, the changes in religious practices, sharia and Western courts, the emergence of moderate voices, and political factors affecting Western perceptions of Islam.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people8/Cesari/cesari-con0.html

Key Words: Islam
Author: 
Jocelyn Cesari
Publication date: 
December 3, 2008
Publication type: 
Conversations with History