Sharia Law: What Is It and How Could Its Use Impact Our Courts?

The Mississippi Lawyers Chapter

Speakers:

• Professor David F. Forte, Professor of Law, Cleveland State University, and Author, Islamic Law Studies: Classical and Contemporary Applications
• The Honorable Gregg Harper (introductory remarks), Member, United States COngress, Third District of Mississippi

Speakers:

• Professor David F. Forte, Professor of Law, Cleveland State University, and Author, Islamic Law Studies: Classical and Contemporary Applications; Consulator to the Pontifical COuncil for the Family, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI; Reagan Administration’s Chief Counsel, US delegation to the United Nations, and Alternate Delegate to the Security Council; Distinguished Fulbright Chair and Visiting Professor, the University of Trento, 2003-4; Senior Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Religion and the Constitution, Witherspoon Institute, Princeton, 2008-9 Department of State counselor on genocide, world-wide religious persecution, and Islamic extremism.
• The Honorable Gregg Harper (introductory remarks), Member, United States Congress, Third District of Mississippi

Cost: $5 per person. To RSVP, contact Gina Barnes at 601-965-8137.

Please park in the "visitor" designated areas in the lot surrounding the building or in the deck just below and then take the lobby elevators to the second floor.