Robert Gleave Lecture

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Location: Medieval Institute Reading Room (715 Hesburgh Library)

“Justifications for Violence in Early Islamic Thought”

Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies and Director of the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, England, and President of the British Institute for Persian Studies and Secretary/Treasurer of the International Society for Islamic Legal Studies, is one of the world‘s experts on Shi’ism.