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Dr. '''Khaled Abou El Fadl''' ([[Arabic]]: خالد أبو الفضل) (born 1963 in [[Kuwait]]) is a professor of law at the [[UCLA School of Law]] where he teaches [[Islamic law]], immigration, human rights, international and national security law.<ref>Campo, Juan Eduardo (editor) (2009) "Abou El Fadl, Khaled" ''Encyclopedia of Islam'' Facts On File, New York, [http://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&pg=PA8 page 8], ISBN 978-0-8160-5454-1</ref> He holds degrees from [[Yale University]] (B.A.), [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]] (J.D.) and [[Princeton University]] (M.A./Ph.D.). He also received formal training in [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]] in [[Egypt]] and [[Kuwait]]. He previously has taught at the [[University of Texas]] at Austin, [[Yale Law School]], and [[Princeton University]]. |
Dr. '''Khaled Abou El Fadl''' ([[Arabic]]: خالد أبو الفضل) (born 1963 in [[Kuwait]]) is a professor of law at the [[UCLA School of Law]] where he teaches [[Islamic law]], immigration, human rights, international and national security law.<ref>Campo, Juan Eduardo (editor) (2009) "Abou El Fadl, Khaled" ''Encyclopedia of Islam'' Facts On File, New York, [http://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&pg=PA8 page 8], ISBN 978-0-8160-5454-1</ref> He holds degrees from [[Yale University]] (B.A.), [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]] (J.D.) and [[Princeton University]] (M.A./Ph.D.). He also received formal training in [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]] in [[Egypt]] and [[Kuwait]]. He previously has taught at the [[University of Texas]] at Austin, [[Yale Law School]], and [[Princeton University]]. |
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Professor El-Fadl was appointed by former U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] as a commissioner on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. He advocates a strong support for human rights and sat on the Board of Directors for [[Human Rights Watch]]. Dr. El-Fadl currently serves on the Advisory Board of Middle East Watch. |
Professor El-Fadl was appointed by former U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] as a commissioner on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. He advocates a strong support for human rights and sat on the Board of Directors for [[Human Rights Watch]], even though these things contradict Islam. Dr. El-Fadl currently serves on the Advisory Board of Middle East Watch. |
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He is a prolific author and prominent public intellectual on Islamic law and Islam. |
He is a prolific author and prominent public intellectual on Islamic law and Islam. |
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| Occupation(s) | Islamic scholar, Professor of Law |
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Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl (Arabic: خالد أبو الفضل) (born 1963 in Kuwait) is a professor of law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches Islamic law, immigration, human rights, international and national security law.[1] He holds degrees from Yale University (B.A.), University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.) and Princeton University (M.A./Ph.D.). He also received formal training in Islamic jurisprudence in Egypt and Kuwait. He previously has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Yale Law School, and Princeton University.
Professor El-Fadl was appointed by former U.S. President George W. Bush as a commissioner on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. He advocates a strong support for human rights and sat on the Board of Directors for Human Rights Watch, even though these things contradict Islam. Dr. El-Fadl currently serves on the Advisory Board of Middle East Watch.
He is a prolific author and prominent public intellectual on Islamic law and Islam.
Selected works
- 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)
- The Search for Beauty in Islam: Conference of the Books (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2006)
- The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists (Harper San Francisco, 2005)
- Islam and the Challenge of Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2004)
- Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan (Independent Publication, 2003)
- The Place of Tolerance in Islam (Beacon Press, 2002)
- And God Knows the Soldiers: The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses (UPA/Rowman and Littlefield, 2001)
- Speaking in God's Name: Islamic law, Authority and Women (Oneworld Press, Oxford, 2001)
- Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam (University Press of America/Rowman and Littlefield, 2001)
- Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
External links/resources
- UCLA Faculty Home Page
- Scholar of the House
- Links and Lectures
- Fresh Air Interview, 2003 (NPR)
- Audio Interview on Ideas and Issues (USF)
- Dialogue with the Islamic World
- Boston Review (A Political and Literary Forum, 2003)
- Islam as a Religion of Tolerance and Moderation