This course will offer a critical study of the concept of slavery in world history, a comprehensive tour of riqq (slavery) in Islamic law, its diverse practice in Islamic civilization, and its eventual abolition.

• Defining Slavery Globally and the Moral Problem of Slavery, August 25-27, 2019
• Slavery in the Shari’a, September 21-22, 2019
• Slavery in Islamic Civilization, October 26-27, 2019
• Abolishing Slavery Globally and in Islam, November 9-10, 2019

Delivered in English.

Speaker:
Dr. Jonathan Brown, Associate Professor and Chair of Islamic Civilization, Georgetown University.

HBKU Students: 
Registrations open August 18 on Banner.

Non-HBKU Students: 
Contact admissions.cis@hbku.edu.qa.

For further information, please contact Dr. Remah Gharib, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, CIS, at rgharib@hbku.edu.qa.
 

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