Two Twin Cities legal scholars are slated to discuss why anti-Sharia legislation is a threat to religious liberty at a forum tonight at the University of St. Thomas.
Entitled "The Dangers of Anti-Sharia Laws: Muslim and Catholic Perspectives," the forum features Abdulwahid Qalinle, a native of Somalia and adjunct associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School, and Robert Vischer, professor and associate dean for academic affairs at St. Thomas' School of Law.
The forum -- scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the auditorium of O'Shaughnessy Educational Center -- is co-sponsored by St. Thomas Muslim-Christian Dialogue Center and Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy.
The title for the forum comes from Vischer's article, "The Dangers of Anti-Sharia Laws," published in First Things, the journal of The Institute on Religion and Public Life, according to a released statement from St. Thomas:
