Islamic Expert to Discuss Quran at Saginaw Valley State University

TEHRAN (IQNA) – American scholar Ingrid Mattson will discuss the Quran, the Muslim holy book, at 6 p.m. April 14 in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan.

Mattson is speaking as part of the Dr. Anna Akbar Memorial Lecture Series on Culture and Islam. Her topic is "Quran: Text, Context and Tradition."

Mattson earned her doctorate in 1999 from the University of Chicago. She is a senior fellow of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan.

She is a past member of the Council on Global Leaders of the C-100 of the World Economic Forum and the Leadership Group of the US-Muslim Engagement Project.

Source: www.mlive.com