Does Shari'a Really Have No Place in the West?

The UConn School of Law and Hartford International University are co-presenting this special event with Dr. Mona Siddiqui, Distinguished Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at Hartford International University and Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

This event will take place online starting at 12:30 p.m. EST. 

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About the Speaker

Mona Siddiqui is Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, Assistant Principal for Religion and Society, and Dean international for the Middle-East at the University of Edinburgh. Her research areas are primarily in the field of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and ethics and Christian-Muslim relations.  Her most recent publications include Hospitality in Islam: Welcoming in God’s Name (Yale UP, 2015), Human Struggle: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, (Cambridge UP, 2021) She has held numerous international research grants and her most recent award is from the Issachar Fund on the theme of Gratitude in Christian and Islamic thought; in 2021 she launched a new project on Loyalty and Fidelity.

Dr. Siddiqui is also well known internationally as a public intellectual and a speaker on issues around religion, ethics and public life. She is a regular commentator in the media, known especially for her appearances on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland’s Thought for the Day and The Moral Maze. To learn more about Dr. Siddiqui, visit her faculty profile.