Asma Barlas -- Recent International Activities

Contributed by Thomas Shevory

Professor Asma Barlas had an active summer, participating in a variety of scholarly activities.

She was a visiting fellow at the International Center for Islam and Pluralism (ICIP) in Jakarta, Indonesia, in June.
The Indonesian translation of her book, Believing Women in Islam, was released during her trip.
In July, she made a presentation on academic freedom and Islamic feminism at an interfaith conference to which she had been invited, hosted by the Snowstar Institute in Canada.
In August, she participated in the Oxford Roundtable where she made a presentation on U.S. policies towards Muslims.
She also gave an informal talk at the invitation of the Muslim Parliament in London on the same subject.