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Upcoming lecture to focus on Muslim Perspectives on Religion and Politics

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John Kelsay, Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University, will present “The Debate over the Islamic State Group:  Muslim Perspectives on Religion and Politics” at Gonzaga University on Jan. 21.

Kelsay’s work situates contemporary Islamic arguments about war and violence within the historical Islamic legal and political tradition. This lecture will focus on the debate between Muslims regarding the Islamic State group and its claims regarding political legitimacy and warfare.

The lecture will be from 5-6:30 p.m. at Gonzaga’s Wolff Auditorium. The event is free and open to the pubic.

 

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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