Don’t miss this informative talk by 6th grade teacher Hilary Dotters.
Hilary will share her knowledge of and real-life experience with the intersection of Islam and Christianity in the Middle East.

Tuesday, April 5th,
at 7:00 pm
in the library

“People of the Book: How Arab Christians and Jews Lived under Islamic Expansion”

In JeruHilary will address the history of early Islamic expansion as it spread throughout the Middle East and incorporated Christian and Jewish communities alike into its new social and legal framework. She will stress the various views Muslims hold of themselves and Christians, while exploring the historical legal protection provided to Christians as a ‘people of the book.’ She will also speak to the several definitions of Islam.

Finally, Hilary will share from her own experiences and reflections after living in a Christian town in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The evening will end with a time for Q&A.