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- 10/03/2023 - Muhammad, the Child, Chapter 60, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/29/2020 - FATWA: I am going vegan but people are criticizing me. Please help.
- 01/23/2019 - FATWA: Is mut'ah marriage (temporary marriage) permissible? Can he do it without me knowing?
- 01/23/2019 - FATWA: Is euthanasia something to consider for my very senior cat?
- 11/12/2018 - OPINION: "Saudi Arabia is Misusing Mecca," The New York Times
- 10/15/2018 - OPINION: The tragedy of Jamal Khashoggi: Why does the Saudi regime continue to get away with murder?
- 07/31/2018 - LETTERS: "...On your article about Tariq Ramadan...I regret defending those women. Sorry..."
- 07/19/2018 - OPINION and Postscript: "On the Tariq Ramadan Affair"
- 07/17/2018 - FATWA: Is it okay to take a mortgage to purchase a home?
- 07/17/2018 - Chapter: “Law and Ethics in the Islamic Normative Tradition,” in The Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics, Oxford: Oxford University Online, 2018.
- 02/25/2018 - PUBLIC LECTURE: "The Sunni-Shi'i Divide: History and Theology." Delivered at the Islamic Center of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA on February 25, 2018.
- 02/10/2018 - PUBLIC TALK: "On the Soul in Islamic Theology," with Imam Mustafa Qazwini, Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Conference, University of Southern Califo
- 01/28/2018 - KEYNOTE LECTURE via SKYPE: "Islamic Ethics, Human Rights and Migration."
- 12/31/2017 - PUBLIC LECTURE: "On Jesus, Prophet of Islam - What They Don't Talk About." Delivered at the Islamic Center of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA on December 3
- 08/14/2017 - Qur'anic Ethics and Islamic Law, in Journal of Islamic Ethics 1 (Brill, 2017) 7-28
- 07/01/2017 - FATWA: I am a breastfeeding mum and my baby is still small. I just discovered that I am pregnant and my body is not ready. Is abortion permissible at this stage
- 06/21/2017 - In Recognition of Women by Khaled Abou El Fadl
- 06/19/2017 - HALAQA'S For Spiritual Elevation and Building a Partnership with God
- 06/19/2017 - HALAQA: Muslim Women Jurists in Islamic History
- 06/19/2017 - HALAQA: Humanistic Approaches to the Life of the Prophet
- 06/08/2017 - FATWA: On addressing hijab causing depression or serious emotional disturbance
- 06/05/2017 - FATWA: On Hadith regarding Angels not entering homes with dogs and other misconceptions
- 06/05/2017 - FATWA: On Children Fasting Ramadan
- 06/01/2017 - FATWA: My wife is 6 months into pregnancy and we found our baby has a serious condition that will lead to severe physically and mentally disability. Having pass
- 05/22/2017 - FATWA: On the hijab in our day and age and addressing past scholarly opinions on the hijab
- 05/15/2017 - FATWA: Question on the evidence of hijab from a brother
- 05/15/2017 - FATWA: I am 23 weeks pregnant, discovered my baby has a heart defect that requires surgery. There may be other defects that need further testing; this may lead
- 04/14/2017 - KEYNOTE: "Shari'ah Law: Reasoning with God and the Challenge of the Unreasonable"
- 03/15/2017 - FATWA: On Islamic Finance and Trading
- 03/15/2017 - FATWA: Why would Allah give men inheritance rights that are superior to women?
- 03/15/2017 - FATWA: My first child died at 5 months; I would like another baby but my husband does not want a baby for 2 years. Do I have any right to ask for baby?
- 03/15/2017 - FATWA: Can I use my Zakat money to help my niece's educational expenses and not tell my sister it is Zakat money so she does not feel humiliated?
- 03/13/2017 - FATWA: On Muslims voting for non-Muslims in a Muslim-majority country
- 02/01/2017 - FATWA: I am from a Hindu family and converted from Christianity to Islam, and want to marry a Muslim woman but her parents refuse and forbid her. Is this allowe
- 01/30/2017 - FATWA: How can I be sure that taking the scarf off is not wrong?
- 01/29/2017 - PUBLIC LECTURE: "The New Laws and Persecution of American Muslim Organizations including CAIR and MPAC," Islamic Center of Southern California, January 29, 2017
- 01/18/2017 - OPINION: "Who's Afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood? How Hatred of Islam is Corrupting the American Soul," by Khaled Abou El Fadl
- 01/16/2017 - "The epistemology of the truth in modern Islam," Philosophy and Social Criticism 41, no. 4-5 (2015): 473-86.
- 01/15/2017 - FATWA: I have triplets and a supportive husband. I am pregnant again (unplanned) and I am depressed and considering abortion. Need perspective.
- 01/15/2017 - FATWA: I divorced my wife twice. Can we still be married?
- 01/15/2017 - "Egypt’s Secularized Intelligentsia and the Guardians of Truth," in Egypt and theContradictions of Liberalism: Illiberal Intelligentsia and the F
- 12/18/2016 - PUBLIC LECTURE: "The Future of Muslims in a Trumpian World," Islamic Center of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, December 18, 2016.
- 12/01/2016 - FATWA: Upon marriage, my husband promised to make monthly payments to me but he has not. Can this be part of my will as a debt upon inheritance?
- 12/01/2016 - FATWA: My grown children gave me a wonderful puppy for companionship. I am concerned if my prayers will be accepted if I keep the puppy in my house
- 11/21/2016 - OPINION: "Make America White Again: Donald Trump and the Cancer of Racism," by Khaled Abou El Fadl
- 11/15/2016 - FATWA: My Muslim daughter wants to marry a man from a Christian background but not a Christian. He believes in One God and has no objection to future children p
- 11/10/2016 - "Shari'ah and Human Rights," in Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa, ed. A. Tirado Chase (Routledge, 2016).
- 10/01/2016 - FATWA: My wife is 3 weeks pregnant but does not want to keep this baby because our youngest was premature and still not well grown. My wife is worried this one
- 10/01/2016 - FATWA: I am a Christian by birth from India, I started learning about Islam and started accepting it as word of God but I don't follow hadith because it is not
- 09/15/2016 - FATWA: Is it permissible for a Muslim girl to earn a degree in a mixed university if the degree is something which can be given back to the community like scien
- 08/01/2016 - OPINION: “Religious Liberty, Equal Citizenship and the Threat of Anti-Shari’a Loyalty Oaths,” Religion and Ethics Website, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 07/26/2016 - OPINION: “Is This the Dawn of a New Age of Unreason?” Religion and Ethics Website, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 07/01/2016 - FATWA: I am in love with an Ahmadi Muslim. I want to go forward but many in the Muslim world do not consider them Muslim and I am worried about community backla
- 06/30/2016 - My good friend confronted me on the issue of the Prophet's wife, Aisha and asked, "Did Muhammad rape a child?" I was disturbed and confounded and did not answer
- 06/27/2016 - OPINION: “Murdering the Sabri Brothers,” Al-Jazeera English
- 06/15/2016 - FATWA: On the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha
- 05/01/2016 - FATWA: On Christian Men Marrying Muslim Women (Updated)
- 04/29/2016 - Khutbah by Dr. khaled abou el fadl: Wisdom and loving god as revolution, 4.29.2016
- 04/08/2016 - Khutbah by Dr. khaled abou el fadl: Why Islam Matters, 4.8.2016
- 04/01/2016 - Khutbah by Dr. khaled abou el fadl: faith and justice, 4.1.2016
- 01/02/2016 - FATWA: On Hijab (The Hair-covering of Women) UPDATED
- 08/06/2015 - OPINION: “Dominating Muslims, Domesticating Islam: How the Middle East was Lost,” Religion and Ethics Website, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 04/23/2015 - OPINION: "The End of the Arab Spring, the Rise of ISIS and the Future of Political Islam," Religion and Ethics Website, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 01/15/2015 - MEDIA: 'Not an Islam I can recognize'; a Muslim scholar discusses the Paris attacks
- 01/04/2015 - FATWA: On the Permissibility of Abortion
- 12/18/2014 - "Failure of a Revolution: The Military, Secular Intelligentsia and Religion in Egypt's Pseudo-Secular State," by Khaled Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2014 - OPINION: "What is an 'Islamic State'? Submission to God, Moral Diversity and the Welfare of the People," ABC Religion and Ethics, Australian Broadcasting Corpor
- 11/01/2014 - Submitting to Infinite Divinity (Excerpt from Chapter 9 of Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age)
- 11/01/2014 - Classical Music and the Qur'an, Excerpt From Chapter 9, Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age
- 10/17/2014 - OPINION: “All for a Good Cause? Islamic State and the Delusions of ‘Salvational Cause Amorality’,” ABC Religion and Ethics, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 08/09/2014 - OPINION: “The Tragedy of Great Power: The Massacre of Gaza and the Inevitable Failure of the Arab Spring,” ABC Religion and Ethics, Australian Broadcasting Corp
- 07/02/2014 - OPINION: “Why the West Stays Silent: The Disquieting Case of Khaled al-Qazzaz,” ABC Religion and Ethics, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 02/19/2014 - "When Happiness Fails: An Islamic Perspective," in Journal of Law and Religion 29 (Cambridge University Press, 2014): 109-123.
- 01/09/2014 - OPINION: “A State of Grace: Defending Human Rights against Terrorism and Secular Nationalism,” ABC Religion and Ethics, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 11/08/2013 - THE SHARI'AH, Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics, by Khaled Abou El Fadl
- 10/09/2013 - Series Editor's Preface to Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat: History, Development, and Progress by Said Fares Hassan (part of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law and
- 07/23/2013 - "Violence, Personal Commitment, and Democracy," in Islam and English Law: Rights, Responsibilities and the Place of Shari‘a, ed. Robin Griffith-Jones (Cambridge
- 04/09/2013 - “The Praetorian State in the Arab Spring,” University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, vol. 34, 2013.
- 01/08/2013 - Series Editor's Preface: to Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought, Festschrift in honor of Professor Hossein Modarressi, edited by Asma Sayeed and Inti
- 01/08/2013 - Chapter: “Cultivating Human Rights: Islamic Law and the Humanist Imperative,” in Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought, Festschrift in honor of Profess
- 08/16/2012 - "The Islamic Legal Tradition: A Comparative Law Perspective." In Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law, eds. Mauro Bussani and Ugo Mattei, Cambridge Universit
- 03/15/2012 - Preface: to The Fatigue of the Shari‘a by Ahmed A. Ahmed, part of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law and History, ed. Khaled Abou El Fadl (New York: P
- 01/24/2012 - "The Centrality of Sharī‘ah to Government and Constitutionalism in Islam" in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity, eds. Rai
- 01/01/2012 - "Reading the Signs: The Moral Compass of Transcendent Engagement." In Herausforderungen an die islamische Theologie in Europa - Challenges for Islamic Theologie
- 01/01/2012 - Article: “Conceptualizing Shari‘a in the Modern State,” 56 Villanova Law Review 4 (2012).
- 09/15/2011 - Preface: to Constructing a Religiously Ideal 'Believer' and 'Woman' in Islam by Adis Duderija, part of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law and History,
- 06/04/2011 - "Religious Authority in the 21st Century," in the conference publication for “Speaking in God's Name: Re-examining Gender in Islam,” hosted by Inspire,
- 05/16/2011 - OPINION: Which clash? What civilizations? by Khaled Abou El Fadl
- 04/25/2011 - "The Language of the Age: Shari'a and Natural Justice in the Egyptian Revolution," An Article in the Series: Law in the Aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution of
- 03/15/2011 - Preface: to Shi’i Jurisprudence and Constitution: Revolution in Iran by Amirhassan Boozari, part of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law and History, ed
- 11/15/2010 - Preface: to Custom in Islamic Law and Legal Theory: the Development of the Concepts of ‘Urf and ‘Adah in the Islamic Legal Tradition by Ayman Shabana
- 04/05/2010 - Fatwa: On Women Leading Prayer
- 09/01/2009 - "Islamic Law, Human Rights and Neo-Colonialism" in Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2006: The `War on Terror', ed. Chris Miller, Manchester University Press, 2009.
- 07/22/2009 - OPINION: “Fascism Triumphant?” Political Theology 10, no. 4 (2009), pp. 577-581.
- 06/29/2009 - "The Paradoxes of Islamophobia and the Future of the World," Introduction to The Essential Message of Islam by Muhammad Yunus and Ashfaque Ullah Syed, (Beltsvil
- 12/09/2008 - "Islamic Authority" in New Directions in Islamic Thought: Exploring Reform and Muslim Tradition, ed. Kari Vogt, Lena Miller and Christian Moe, London: I.B. Taur
- 02/21/2007 - "The Unique and International and the Imperative of Discourse." 8 Chicago Journal of International Law 43-57 (2007).
- 01/01/2007 - In Praise of the Marginal, Chapter 43, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 07/01/2006 - Introduction, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/06/2006 - "Foreword." In Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam by Amina Wadud. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2006, pp. vii-xiv.
- 06/01/2006 - Preface for the New Edition, The Search for Beauty: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Divine Threads, Chapter 76, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Remembrance, Chapter 58, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Search for Beauty, Chapter 28, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Thieves of the Dark, Chapter 81, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Burdens of a Generation, Chapter 25, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Conference of Books, The First Admission, Chapter 1, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Embraced by the Beloved, Chapter 77, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Colonizing Women, Chapter 37, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Scholar's Road, Chapter 59, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - A Night with the Qalam, Chapter 34, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - A One More Knowing, Chapter 11, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - A State Between Two States (A Partnership With God), Chapter 53, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Killing Flies, Chapter 23, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Dialectics of an Apology, Chapter 26, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Page, Chapter 38, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Shaykha's Endless Jihad, Chapter 78, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - To Kill Parenthood, Chapter 22, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - On the Beating of Wives, Chapter 41, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - On Knowledge, Chapter 18, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Searching for the House of God, Chapter 67, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The First Admission, Chapter 85, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Attending Jum'a, Chapter 24, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Waves and Rocks, Chapter 79, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - Derangements, Chapter 70, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - NYC Bombing, Chapter 19, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Beating of Wives Revisited, Chapter 42, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Book Massacres, Chapter 21, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Book of Suspended Judgment, Chapter 49, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Lord of the Essence: A Fatwa on Dogs, Chapter 80, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - The Truth of Silence, Chapter 40, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 06/01/2006 - "The Lord of the Essence: A Fatwa on Dogs"
- 06/01/2006 - “Islam and Violence: Our Forgotten Legacy,” In Islam in Transition. Edited by John Donohue and John Esposito. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp.46
- 06/01/2006 - “Introduction.” In With God on our Side: Politics and Theology of the War on Terrorism. London: Amal Press, 2005, pp. xli-xlv
- 06/01/2006 - Longing for Brotherhood, Chapter 30, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 05/01/2006 - "Dogs in the Islamic Tradition and Nature," in Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (New York: Continuum International, 2005).
- 03/01/2006 - The Crusader: Why we must take Osama bin Laden's writings seriously
- 01/01/2006 - Corrupting God's Book, Chapter 57 from The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 01/01/2006 - Women as an 'Awra, Chapter 12: The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 01/01/2006 - Dreaming of the Prophet, Chapter 50, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 01/01/2006 - In the Footsteps of the Beloved, Chapter 52, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 01/01/2006 - The Sunnah of the Beloved, Chapter 36, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 01/01/2006 - Dial-A-Fatwa, Chapter 17, The Search For Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
- 07/15/2005 - What is Shari'ah? (Excerpted from The Great Theft)
- 07/01/2005 - “Islam and the Theology of Power,” In With God on our Side: Politics and Theology of the War on Terrorism. London: Amal Press, 2005, pp. 299-311.
- 07/01/2005 - "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, CSIS
- 06/01/2005 - “The Place of Ethical Obligations in Islamic Law”, UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, no. 4 (2005): pp. 1-40.
- 03/01/2004 - "Speaking, Killing and Loving in God’s Name." The Hedgehog Review 6, no. 1 (Spring 2004).
- 12/01/2003 - “Islam and the Challenge of Democratic Commitment.” Fordham International Law Journal 27, no. 1 (December 2003): pp. 4 – 71.
- 10/28/2003 - "9/11 and the Muslim Transformation." In September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment?, Duke University Press, 2003, p. 70 - 111.
- 11/18/2002 - Featured: "Moral Hazard: The Life of a Liberal Muslim," The New Republic Magazine
- 11/16/2002 - “Peaceful Jihad.” In Taking Back Islam. Edited by Michael Wolfe. Emmaus, Pa: Rodale Press, 2002, pp. 33 – 39.
- 03/01/2002 - “The Orphans of Modernity and the Clash of Civilisations.” Global Dialogue, vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 2002), pp. 1 – 16.
- 01/02/2002 - IN THE MEDIA: "Battling Islamic Puritans," Los Angeles Times
- 01/02/2002 - Featured: "Battling Islamic 'Puritans,'" Los Angeles Times
- 12/01/2001 - “Islam and the Theology of Power.” Middle East Report 221 (Winter 2001): 28 – 33.
- 09/14/2001 - "What Became of Tolerance in Islam?" Los Angeles Times
- 08/22/2001 - Terrorism Is at Odds With Islamic Tradition, Los Angeles Times
- 05/01/1999 - “The Rules of Killing at War: An Inquiry into Classical Sources.” The Muslim World 89, no. 2 (1999): 144 – 157.
- 02/14/1997 - "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
- 06/01/1996 - Muslim Minorities and Self-Restraint in Liberal Democracies." Loyola Law Review 29, no. 4 1996, 1525 - 1542.