EXPERT TO SPEAK AT AU ON MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS

AUBURN - John Esposito, a leader of a movement to build better relations between Muslims and Christians, will present a public lecture on "Islam and the West" at Auburn University on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Esposito will speak at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the new Sciences Laboratory Center as part of the Littleton-Franklin Lecture Series.

The visiting speaker is founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and a professor of religion and international affairs and of Islamic studies at Georgetown University in Washington. His books include "Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality" and "Islam and Democracy."

Auburn University is a preeminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution with more than 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama's largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.

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