Khaled Abou El Fadl - Publications - Selected Academic Articles

Selected Academic Articles

• "Conceptualizing Shari‘a in the Modern State", 56 Villanova Law Review 4 (2012).
• "The Language of the Age: Shari'a and Natural Justice in the Egyptian Revolution" in: Law in the Aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution of 25 January (Harvard International Law Journal online, April 25, 2011) .
• "The Centrality of Shari'ah to Government and Constitutionalism in Islam" in: Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (eds. Rainer Grote / Tilmann Röder, Oxford University Press, 2011).
• "Fascism Triumphant?" Political Theology 10, no. 4 (2009), pp. 577–581 .
• "Islamic Authority" in: New Directions in Islamic Thought: Exploring Reform and Muslim Tradition (eds. Kari Vogt, Lena Miller and Christian Moe, London: I.B. Tauris, 2009).
• "Islamic Law, Human Rights and Neo-Colonialism" in: Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2006: The 'War on Terror' (eds. Chris Miller, Manchester University Press, 2009).
• "The Unique and International and the Imperative of Discourse", 8 Chicago Journal of International Law, pp. 43-57 (2007).
• "Forward" in: In Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam by Amina Wadud. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2006, pp. vii–xiv.
• "Islam and Violence: Our Forgotten Legacy" in: Islam in Transition (eds. John Donohue and John Esposito. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 460–464).
• "The Crusader", Boston Review 28, no. 2 (March/April 2006) .
• "The Place of Ethical Obligations in Islamic Law", UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, no. 4 (2005): pp.1–40.
• "Introduction" in: With God on our Side: Politics and Theology of the War on Terrorism, London: Amal Press, 2005, pp. xli–xlv.
• "A distinctly Islamic View of Human Rights: Does it exist and is it compatible with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?", Vol. 27, No. 2, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 27, 2005.
• "Islam and the Challenge of Democratic Commitment", in: Does Human Rights Need God? (eds. Elizabeth M. Bucar and Barbra Barnett. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Cambridge, U.K., 2005, pp. 58–103).
• Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, s.v. "Dogs in the Islamic Tradition and Nature." New York: Continuum International, 2005.
• "Speaking, Killing and Loving in God’s Name", The Hedgehog Review 6, no. 1 (Spring 2004) .
• "The Death Penalty, Mercy and Islam: A Call for Retrospection" in: A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty (eds. Erik C. Owens, John D. Carlson & Eric P. Elshtain. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004, pp. 73–105) .
• "Islam and the Challenge of Democratic Commitment", Fordham International Law Journal 27, no. 1 (December 2003): pp. 4–71.
• "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. Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 70–111).
• "The Human Rights Commitment in Modern Islam", in: Human Rights and Responsibilities in the World Religions (eds. Joseph Runzo, Nancy M. Martin and Arvind Sharma. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2003, pp. 301–364).
• "The Modern Ugly and the Ugly Modern: Reclaiming the Beautiful in Islam" in: Progressive Muslims (edited by Omid Safi. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2003, pp. 33–77) .
• "Islam and the State: A Short History" in: Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan (eds. Cheryl Benard and Nina Hachigian. Conference Proceedings, Rand Corporation and Center for Asia Pacific Policy, March, 2003).
• "The Culture of Ugliness in Modern Islam and Reengaging Morality", UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law 2, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2002–03): 33–97.
• "The Orphans of Modernity and the Clash of Civilisations", Global Dialogue, vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 2002), pp. 1–16 .
• "Introduction" in: Shattered Illusions: Analyzing the War on Terrorism, London: Amal Press, 2002, pp. 19–44.
• "Peaceful Jihad" in: Taking Back Islam (edited by Michael Wolfe. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 2002, pp. 33–39) .
• "Islamic Law and Ambivalent Scholarship: A Review of Lawrence Rosen, The Justice of Islam: Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society" (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). Michigan Law Review, vol. 100, no. 6, May 2002, pp. 1421–1443.
• "Soul Searching and the Spirit of Shari’ah: A Review of Bernard Weiss’ The Spirit of Islamic Law." Washington University Global Studies Law Review, vol. 1, nos. 1 and 2, Winter/Summer 2002, pp. 553–72.
• "Between Functionalism and Morality: The Juristic Debates on the Conduct of War" in: Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia (edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC: 2003, pp. 103–128).
• "Islam and the Challenge of Democracy", Boston Review 28, no. 2 (April/May 2003) .
• "Conflict Resolution as a Normative Value in Islamic Law: Handling Disputes with Non-Muslims" in: Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik (edited by Douglas Johnston. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 178–209).
• "The Unbounded Law of God and Territorial Boundaries" in: States, Nations and Borders: The Ethics of Making Boundaries (eds. Allen Buchanan and Margaret Moore. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 214–227).
• "Constitutionalism and the Islamic Sunni Legacy", UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law 1, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2001–02): pp. 67–101.
• "Islam and Tolerance: Abou El Fadl Replies", Boston Review 27, no. 1 (February/March 2002): pp. 51 .
• "The Place of Tolerance in Islam", Boston Review 26, no. 6 (December 2001/January 2002): pp. 34–36 . Translated into Arabic for publication in Al-Rashad.
• "Islam and the Theology of Power", Middle East Report 221 (Winter 2001): pp. 28–33 .
• "What Became of Tolerance in Islam" in: Beauty for Ashes (Edited by John Farina. New York, NY: Crossroad Publishing Company, 2001, pp. 71–75).
• "Negotiating Human Rights Through Language", UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 5, no. 2 (2001): 229–236.
• "Fox Hunting, Pheasant Shooting and Comparative Law', Co-authored with Alan Watson. American Journal of Comparative Law 48 (2000): 1–37.
• "The Use and Abuse of Holy War. A Review of James Johnson’s, The Holy War Idea in the Western & Islamic Traditions." Ethics and International Affairs 14 (2000): pp. 133–140.
• "The Rules of Killing at War: An Inquiry into Classical Sources", The Muslim World 89, no. 2 (1999): pp. 144–157.
• "Striking the Balance: Islamic Legal Discourse on Muslim Minorities" in: Muslims on the Americanization Path? (eds. Yvonne Haddad and John Esposito. Atlanta, GA.: Scholars Press, 1998; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).
• "Political Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Western Legal History", UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy 4 (1998): pp. 1 – 28.
• "Muslims and Accessible Jurisprudence in Liberal Democracies: A Response to Edward B. Foley's Jurisprudence and Theology", Fordham Law Review 66 (1998): pp. 1227–1231.
• "Muslim Minorities and Self-Restraint in Liberal Democracies", Loyola Law Review 29, no. 4 1996, pp. 1525–1542.
• "Democracy in Islamic Law" in: Under Siege: Islam and Democracy (edited by Richard Bulliet. New York: Middle East Institute of Columbia University, 1994).
• "Islamic Law and Muslim Minorities: The Juristic Discourse on Muslim Minorities from the Second/Eighth to the Eleventh/Seventeenth Centuries", Islamic Law and Society 1, no. 2 (1994): pp. 141–187.
• "Legal Debates on Muslim Minorities: Between Rejection and Accommodation", Journal of Religious Ethics 22, no. 1, (1994): pp. 127–162.
• "Tax Farming in Islamic Law: A Search for a Concept", Islamic Studies 31, no. 1 (1992): pp. 5 – 32.
• "The Common and Islamic Law of Duress", Arab Law Quarterly 6, no. 2 (1991): 121–159; and Islamic Studies 30, no. 3 (1991): pp. 305–350.
• "Ahkam al-Bughat: Irregular Warfare and the Law of Rebellion in Islam" in: Cross, Crescent & Sword: The Justification and Limitation of War in Western and Islamic Tradition (eds. James Turner Johnson and John Kelsay. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 1990).