The Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contributions to Civilization is hosting a public symposium that attempts to shed light on the intellectual heritage of one of the great scholars of Japan and the world in the field of Qur’anic studies, with particular emphasis on philosophy and linguistics. The symposium aims to present some of his views on various aspects of his Islamic scholarship to the wider academic community in Qatar.

Speakers:

Professor Dheen Mohamed, Hamad Bin Khalifa University 
Professor Joseph E. B. Lumbard, American University of Sharjah
Professor Shigeru Kamada, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

Simultaneous interpretation between Arabic and English will be available