Cleveland State University Turkish Student Association to host Mustafa Akyol
Cleveland OH– Mustafa Akyol, newspaper columnist, political commentator, and author will present at Cleveland State University on Monday, March 18 2013 at CSU FENN TOWER BALLROOM # 303.The presentation is free and open to the public.
Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty
Date & Time: Monday, March 18 2013 & 12:00pm-1:30pm
Venue: CSU-Fenn Tower Ballroom- 303
This lecture is followed by a Booksigning
Akyol is a columnist for two Turkish newspapers, Hürriyet Daily News and Star. His articles have also appeared in Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and many other publications. He studied political science and history at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, where he still lives. His book, Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty, an argument for “Muslim liberalism,” was published by W.W. Norton in July 2011. The book was defined by Financial Times as “A forthright and elegant Muslim defense of freedom.”