Islamic expert to speak tonight

MANCHESTER -The New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College and the Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life will present a lecture by Akbar Ahmed, chair of Islamic studies and professor of international relations at American University in Washington.

The lecture will occur at 7 tonight in the NHIOP auditorium. Part of the center’s “Religion and Politics in Pakistan” series, the lecture is free and open to the public.