U.S. Islamic scholar to give lecture here

U.S. Islamic scholar to give lecture here

JAKARTA (JP): Alwi Shihab, a visiting scholar at Hartford
Seminary, the U.S., who is now visiting Indonesia, is scheduled
to speak at a meeting here on Sunday.

The topic to be discussed at the meeting, to be held by New
Muslims at the Ministry of Health's Training Center on Jl. Hang
Jebat, Kebayoran Baru at 2:15 p.m., will be: Does Islam tolerate
differences of opinion?

New Muslims is a group providing access to information on
Islam to new or prospective English-speaking Moslems and their
families and to non-Moslem inquirers.

Those interested in the meeting should contact the secretariat
at telephone number (021) 7694526, 75817952 or 08161890041.