Biography| Courses
Books
The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield (2005). Expanded and updated. First edition: 2001.
The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists. HarperCollins (2005).
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy. Boston: Princeton University Press (2004).
The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses: A Contemporary Case Study. 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Al-Saadawi Publishers (2002).
Shattered Illusions: Analyzing the War on Terrorism (edited by Khaled Abou El Fadl, John Esposito, Aftab Ahmad Malik). London: Amal Press (2002).
The Place of Tolerance in Islam. Boston: Beacon Press (2002).
Rebellion and Violence In Islamic Law. New York: Cambridge University Press (2001).
And God Knows the Soldiers: The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses. Lanham, MD: Univ. Press of America (2001). Revised edition of The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses.
Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women. Oxford, England: Oneworld Press (2001).
The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses. 3rd ed. Austin: Dar Taiba (1997). Prior editions: 1997; MVI, 1996.
Al-Istibdad wa al-Marja'iyya fi al-Khitab al-Islami: Dirasat Hala Mu’asira, Muhammad Adil Eid (trans.), Dar Tuhama. (This is a translation of the book The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses. The translation was done by a Professor at Ein Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.)
Articles and Chapters
The Unique and International and the Imperative of Discourse, 8 Chicago Journal of International Law 43-57 (2007).
The Death Penalty, Mercy and Islam: A Call for Retrospection, in A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty (edited by Erik C. Owens, John D. Carlson & Eric P. Elshtain, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004).
9/11 and the Muslim Transformation, in September 11: A Transformative Moment? Culture, Religion and Politics in an Age of Uncertainty (edited by Mary Dudziak, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003).
The Human Rights Commitment in Modern Islam, in Human Rights and Responsibilities in the World Religions 301-364 (edited by Joseph Runzo, Nancy M. Martin and Arvind Sharma, Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2003).
Between Functionalism and Morality: The Juristic Debates on the Conduct of War, in Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia 103-128 (edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp, Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2003).
Conflict Resolution as a Normative Value in Islamic Law: Handling Disputes with Non-Muslims, in Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik 178-209 (edited by Douglas Johnston, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003).
The Unbounded Law of God and Territorial Boundaries, in States, Nations and Borders: The Ethics of Making Boundaries 214-227 (edited by Allen Buchanan and Margaret Moore, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
The Modern Ugly and the Ugly Modern: Reclaiming the Beautiful in Islam, in Progressive Muslims 33-77 (edited by Omid Safi, Oxford: Oneworld Press, 2003).
The Culture of Ugliness in Modern Islam and Reengaging Morality, 2 UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law 33-97 (2002).
The Orphans of Modernity and the Clash of Civilizations, 4 Global Dialogue 1-16 (2002).
Introduction, in Shattered Illusions: Analyzing the War on Terrorism 19-44 (edited by Khaled Abou El Fadl, John Esposito, Aftab Ahmad Malik, London: Amal Press, 2002).
Peaceful Jihad, in Taking Back Islam 33-39 (edited by Michael Wolfe, Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 2002).
Book Review, Islamic Law and Ambivalent Scholarship, 100 Michigan Law Review 1421-43 (2002). Reviewing The Justice of Islam: Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society, by Lawrence Rosen.
Book Review, Soul Searching and the Spirit of Shari’ah, 1 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 553-72 (2002). Reviewing The Sprit of Islamic Law, by Bernard Weiss.
Constitutionalism and the Islamic Sunni Legacy, 1 UCLA Journal of Islamic & Near Eastern Law 67-101 (2002).
Negotiating Human Rights Through Language, 5 Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs 229-36 (2001).
Book Review, The Use and Abuse of “Holy War,” 14 Ethics and International Affairs 133-40 (2000). Reviewing The Holy War Idea in the Western & Islamic Traditions, by James Johnson.
Fox Hunting, Pheasant Shooting, and Comparative Law (with Alan Watson), 48 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-37 (2000).
The Rules of Killing at War: An Inquiry into Classical Sources, LXXXIX The Muslim World 144-57 (1999).
Striking the Balance: Islamic Legal Discourses on Muslim Minorities, in Muslims on the Americanization Path? (edited by Yvonne Haddad & John Esposito, Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1998). Reprinted Oxford: Oxford University Press (1999).
Political Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Western Legal History, 4 UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy 1-28 (1998).
Muslims and Accessible Jurisprudence in Liberal Democracies: A Response to Edward B. Foley’s Jurisprudence and Theology, 66 Fordham Law Review 1227-31 (1998).
Dia, 7 Encyclopedia Iranica 360-62 (1996).
Muslim Minorities and Self-Restraint in Liberal Democracies, 29 Loyola Law Review 1525-42 (1996).
Hostages (with Asma Sayeed), in Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995).
Diplomatic Immunity, in Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995).
Democracy and Islamic Law, in Under Siege: Islam and Democracy (edited by Richard Bulliet, Columbia: Middle East Institute of Columbia University, 1994).
Islamic Law and Muslim Minorities: The Juristic Discourse on Muslim Minorities From the 2nd /8th to the 11th/17th Centuries, 1 Journal of Islamic Law & Society 141-87 (1994).
Legal Debates on Muslim Minorities: Between Rejection and Accommodation, 22 Journal of Religious Ethics 127-62 (1994).
Tax Farming in Islamic Law: A Search for a Concept, 31 Islamic Studies 5-32 (1992).
The Common and Islamic Law of Duress, 6 Arab Law Quarterly 121 (1991). Reprinted as “The Law of Duress in Islamic Law and Common Law: A Comparative Study,” 30 Islamic Studies 305 (1991).
Ahkam al-Bughat: Irregular Warfare and the Law of Rebellion in Islam, in Cross, Crescent and Sword: The Justification and Limitation of War in Western and Islamic Tradition (edited by James Turner Johnson and John Kelsay, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1990)
Other
Al-Qaeda and Saudi Arabia, Wall Street Journal (November, 2003).
On Rebuilding Iraq, Wall Street Journal (April, 2003).
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy, 28 Boston Review (April/May 2003).
Rebuilding the Law, Wall Street Journal (April 21, 2003).
Book Review, 32 International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2002). Reviewing The Origins of Islamic Law: The Qur’an, the Muwatta’ and Madianan ‘Amal, by Yasin Dutton.
Past Year Has Been Difficult for American Muslims, Dallas Morning News (Sept. 2002)
U.S. Muslims, Unify and Stand Up, Los Angeles Times (July 14, 2002).
Moderate Muslims Under Siege, New York Times July 1, 2002).
Islam and Tolerance: Abou El Fadl Replies, 27 Boston Review (February/March 2002).
The Place of Tolerance in Islam, 26 Boston Review (December 2001/January 2002).
Islam and the Theology of Power, 221 Middle East Report 28-33 (Winter 2001).
What Became of Tolerance in Islam?, Los Angeles Times (Sept. 14, 2001).
Terrorism is at Odds With Islamic Tradition, Los Angeles Times (Aug. 22, 2001).
Islamic Sex Laws, Los Angeles Daily Journal (Aug. 5, 1999).
Human Rights Must Include Tolerance, Los Angeles Times (Aug. 12, 1997). Republished in: Austin-American Statesman (Aug. 15, 1997); the Orlando Sentinel (Aug. 18, 1997); The Philadelphia Inquirer Aug. 22, 1997; The Trenton Times (Aug. 25, 1997); Houston Chronicle (Aug. 25, 1997). Also appeared in Canadian newspapers and the Herald Tribune in London, England.
Book Review, 9 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 268-72 (1992). Reviewing Law and Islam in the Middle East, edited by Daisy H. Dwyer.
Critique: Reviewing U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Egypt. Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights for the years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996.
Weathering Away (Poem), in The Weathervane (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1985).
Lebanon: Microcosm of the Middle East Conflict, The Yale International Forum, May, 1984.
Just Some Whispering Thoughts (Book of Poetry) Kuwait: Dar al-Buhuth al-‘Ilmiyya (1980).
Published several Arabic articles, short stories and poems in Egyptian and Kuwaiti newspapers.
