Friar Felix Emeka Udolisa, parish pastor in Gusau, Zamfara State, will present a lecture on the topic: "Christians and Muslims under Sharia law in Northern Nigeria".

Twenty years ago, in 1999, Sharia was instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in Muslim-majority states in Northern Nigeria. What is the impact on daily life in this region of Nigeria and on relations between Christians and Muslims in particular? Friar Felix Emeka Udolisa, a Nigerian Dominican brother and pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Gusau, Zamfara State will share his insights. He was recently involved in a discussion with Alhaji Mohammadu Bawa, Emir of Tsafe, aiming at tackling the issue of drug abuse in the region.

Seminar in English
Please kindly note that the door closes at 5:30 pm
Attendance is free of charge
IDEO adress:
1, al-Tarabichi street, Midan el-Gheish underground station (third line), Abbasiyyah

Brother Adrien Candiard, PhD candidate and IDEO member, will present a lecture on the topic: “Ibn Taymiyya and the God of the philosophers”.

Refuting precisely, in his Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql, a text of the Aristotelian philosopher Ṯābit Ibn Qurra (d. in 288/901), Ibn Taymiyya faces a critical question: can we understand God through the Greek philosophical heritage?

Seminar in English
Please kindly note that the door closes at 5:30 pm
Attendance is free of charge
IDEO adress:
1, al-Tarabichi street, Midan el-Gheish underground station (third line), Abbasiyyah