Continuing Education

I continue to read Turkey's Hürriyet Daily News online, and today's edition included a column by Mustafa Akyol, "My Muslim Case for Liberty."  Akyol is a journalist and historian who has written a book that will be released on Monday entitled, Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case For Liberty. I've just placed an order for the book; I'll let you know what I think of it after I read it.

Akyol delivered the Lou Church Memorial Lecture in Religion and Economics on March 12 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama: "The Commercial Heritage and Contribution of Islam."  Ostensibly concerning the economic aspects of Islam throughout history, the lecture also included a lot of good general historical interpretation of Islam.  I'm reposting the video here because I think it's well worth the 58 minutes of your time: