Free Lecture..."Turkish Politics and Islam" by Alex Pappas

Alex Pappas is an author and retired teacher of World Religions at the College of Alameda. He's a long-time avid student of the ancient traditions and theosophy. He's author of a new book (an 8 year project, 770 pages) titled Heaven and Nirvana: Duality and Nonduality in the World Religions. He lives in Turkey half the year and the U.S. the other half.

Alex will speak about "Turkish Politics and Islam: Ataturk, Sharia, Sects (Sunni, Alevi and Sufi), Shia Iran and Alawite Syria". This is part one...the following week (May 15), he'll speak about "Sufism: historical development, great teachers, modern sects".

Please join us in the Fireside Room at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, located at 1 Lawson Road (above the Arlington at Moeser Lane). 10:00 am, Sunday, May 8th.

Everyone is welcome...and feel free to bring a friend!