Dr. Jonathan AC Brown - The Message of Peace Spread by the Sword | UMaine IAW 2016

Published on Apr 11, 2016 by the Muslim Students Association of University of Maine. The talk was given on April 1, 2016 for the 2016 Islamic Awareness Week 2016. Dr. Jonathan AC Brown is the Director of ACMCU and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He received his BA in History from Georgetown University and his PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago. Dr. Brown has studied and conducted research in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Indonesia, India and Iran. His book publications include The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Brill, 2007), Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld, 2009), Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011) and Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy (Oneworld, 2014). He has published numerous articles. He is the editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islamic Law. Source:    • Dr. Jonathan Brown - The Message of Peace:...