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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Leading scholar Anouar Majid to present two lectures in Berlin

Trailblazing ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ (ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ) scholar, professor and administrator Anouar Majid, Ph.D., will give a lecture titled β€œRe-scripting Islam” at the Dahlem Humanities Center of the Free University of Berlin on October 13, 2015 at 6 p.m. local time. The lecture is co-sponsored by International Research Center β€œInterweaving Performance Cultures.” Majid plans on challenging his audience to move past longstanding ideological constructions and imagine a future for Islam and the West without crippling cultural commitments.

Majid is also scheduled to give a lecture at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy on October 12, titled β€œDiplomacy in the Age of Terror.”  

Majid, who has been described by Cornel West as one of today’s β€œtowering Islamic intellectuals,” has published critically acclaimed books and articles on the topic and has appeared on Bill Moyers Journal, NPR, Al-Jazeera, and other U.S. and international media channels. 

β€œI am looking forward to sharing my views with German students and scholars about the contentious topic of Islam in its historical and global context,” Majid said. β€œThe Germans have always been on the forefront of new research on these matters."

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