The Formation of Classical Islam from Muhammad to the Abbasids

Tue 11/28/2023 • 2PM - 3:15PM PST

Haines 39

Returning to UCLA by popular demand, this lecture by Walid Saleh (University of Toronto) provides an overview of the major features of Classical Islam that solidified during the early Abbasid period. Such features include the rise of major religious sciences and the textual tradition that became part of the scholarly and religious tradition.