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Ali R. Abootalebi, Assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Eau ClaireIslam, Islamists, and Democracy, MERIA Journal, Volume 3, No. 1 – March 1999 |
Omaima Abou-Bakr, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueA Muslim woman’s reflections on gender |
Africa Action: Africa Policy E-JournalAfrica: Islam, Democracy and Public Opinion |
Hameed AgberemiNigeria and Global Islamism: Human Rights, Governance and Peace-building |
Hashem AghajariFrom Monkey to Man: a call for Islamic Protestantism |
Salbiah AhmadThe freedom of religion impasse and powers of the High Court, First published in INSAF, the journal of the Malaysian Bar at (2003) XXXII No. 3, 60.
Gender Equality Under Article 8: Human Rights, Islam and “Feminisms”, 13 Malaysian Law Conference, 16-18 Nov, 2005. |
Syed Mohiuddin Ahmed, MDPluralism: A Model for Society, Not an Excuse for Ambiguity |
Javeed AkhterPluralism: Essential for Civil Society |
Syed Hashim Ali, Formerly Vice-Chancellor of Osmania and Aligarh Muslim UniversitiesIslam and Pluralism |
Dr. Nayyer AliIslam, the State, and Human Rights |
Mansoor al-Jamri, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueHuman Rights: An Islamist Perspective |
Abdullahi An-Na’im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law, School of Law, Emory UniversityDownloadable articles and essays |
Asma Afsaruddin, Associate professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Classics, University of Notre DameTolerance and Diversity in Islam |
Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America (AMJA)Communique concerning the issue of the Islamic dress code (Hijab) in France, Islamonline website |
Dr Shahid Athar, Clinical Associate Professor, Indiana University School of MedicineCapital Punishment – a Faith Issue in an Islamic Perspective |
Muhammad Zakir Khan AzmiArticle from Qalandar (www.islaminterfaith.org ). Reproduced with kind permission of, and thanks to Yoginder Sikand, editor, Qalandar. |
Margot Badran, Visiting Research Professor, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown UniversityExploring Islamic Feminism
“Islamic Feminism Means Justice to Women” (interview) |
Hossam BahgatExplaining Egypt’s Targeting of Gays , Middle East Report Online, July 23, 2001 |
Ali Mohammad BhatHuman Rights in Islam |
Helen Bielefeldt and Mohammad Saeed BahamanpourThe politics of social justice: religion versus human rights?
Religion, Secularism and Human Rights, Responses to Heiner Bielefeldt and Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour |
Center for the Study of Islam and DemocracyWhy Democracy and Why Now?” May 16-17, 2003, Annual Conference
“Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East Today” — Address by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egyptian Human Rights Activist; Founder, Ibn Khaldun Center, Egypt “Democratic Change and American Policy in the Middle East” — Address by William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, U.S. State Department “Building Democracy in the Muslim World” — Address by Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor U.S. State Department “Islamisation and Its Impact on Democratic Governance and Women’s Rights in Islam: A Feminist Perspective” — Address by Zainah Anwar Executive Director Sisters in Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia “Islamocracy: In Search of a Muslim Path to Democracy” — Address by Ali A. Mazrui, CSID Chair Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University “Why Democracy and Why Now?” — Abdulaziz Sachedina, University of Virginia, CSID Board Member |
Council on American Islamic RelationsThe Status of Muslims Civil Rights in the United States 2001 |
Douglas DavidsonChoosing Life, Four activists from different religious traditions share thoughts on the challenges of organizing against the death penalty. |
Suleyman Demirel, President of the Republic of TurkeyThe compatibility of Islam, Democracy and Secularism |
Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueThe “Democratic Deficit” in the Muslim World |
Khaled Abou El Fadl , Law professor at the University of California, Los AngelesIslam and the Theology of Power, Middle East Report 221, Winter 2001
The Place of Tolerance in Islam: On reading the Qur’an and misreading it |
Asghar Ali Engineer, Institute for Islamic Studies, Mumbai, IndiaMuslims, Modernity, and Change |
Heba Raouf Ezzat, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueWomen and the interpretation of Islamic sources |
Dr. Lois Lamya’ al FaruqiIslamic Traditions and the Feminist Movement: Confrontation or Cooperation? |
Graham E. Fuller, Former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIAIslam: A Force for Change |
Francis Fukuyama, Professor of international political economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesCan Any Good Come Of Radical Islam? |
Olya Gayazova, Political Science Department Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyInternational Law and the Just and Justifiable in Secessionist Conflicts: The Cases of Tatarstan and Chechnya (1990-94) |
Yvonne HaddadReport of Dr Haddad’s Speech at Al-Hewar Center On Muslim-Christian Relations, , |
Nicole HallettParliament and the Prophet: Islamic Conceptions of Democracy and Human Rights |
Shah Abdul HannanHuman Rights and Muslim Identity |
Inam-ul-HaqRace Relations: An Islamic Perspective |
Riffat Hassan, Department of Religious Studies, University of Louisville, Louisville, KentuckyAre Human Rights Compatible with Islam? The Issue of the Rights of Women in Muslim Communities
Members, One of Another: Gender Equality and Justice in Islam |
Jeff Haynes, Professor of Politics and co-developer of the International Relations program at London Guildhall UniversityReligion and Politics: What is the impact of September 11?
Religion in Global Politics: Explaining Deprivatization Religion and Political Transformation The Renaissance of ‘Political’ Religion in the Third World in the Context of Global Change |
Journal of Democracy, 7.2, April 1996; section on Islam and DemocracyBernard Lewis, A Historical Overview
Robin B. Wright, Two Visions of Reformation Abdou Filali-Ansary, The Challenge of Secularization Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi, The Limits of the Western Model Kubba Laith, Recognizing Pluralism |
Bernard Haykel, Assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at New York UniversityIslam and the struggle within,Media Monitors Network, August 31, 2003 |
Mansoor HekmatIslam, Children’s Rights, and the Hijab-gate of Rah-e-Kargar: In Defence of the Prohibition of the Islamic Veil for Children |
Kabir Helminski, PhD candidate in anthropology at Johns Hopkins UniversityThe Dialog of Civilization and the Globalization of Spirit |
Prof. Metin Heper, Bilkent University, AnkaraThe Justice and Development Party: Towards a Reconciliation of Islam and Democracy in Turkey?, 2003 Annual Georges A. Kaller Lecture, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University |
Charles Hirschkind, PhD candidate in anthropology at Johns Hopkins UniversityWhat is Political Islam?, Middle East Report, October-December 1997 |
Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School and Center for the Study of Developing Societies, Cairo UniversityInternational Aspects of the Arab Human Rights Movement, an interdisciplinary discussion held in Cairo, March 1998 |
Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic SocietyA Declaration of the Rights of Women in Islamic Societies |
Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)Human Rights in Islamic Teachings |
Islamic Institute for Human RightsThe Prophet Muhammad’s Farewell Address |
Mohammed Athar Javed, Research Fellow, The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, University of Copenhagen,The Future of Reform in Iran |
Azam Kamguian, NTPI.orgThe Liberation of Women in the Middle East
“Crimes of Honour”: Women’s Tragedy Under Islam and Tribal Customs |
KARAMAH, Muslim Women Lawyers For Human RightsArticles |
Muqtedar Khan, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueThe Condition of Muslim Women: What Can We do? |
Juman R. Kubba, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueWomen in Islam |
Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLiberal Islam: Prospects and Challenges, Meria, Vol 3, No 3, September 1999 |
Abdallah Laroui, Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished FellowWestern Orientalism and Liberal Islam: Mutual Distrust, Lecture delivered at the Middle East Studies Association annual meeting in Providence, RI) |
Lawyers Committee for Human RightsIslam and Justice: Debating the Future of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa |
Anh Nga Longva, University of BergenThe apostasy law in the age of universal human rights and citizenship: Some legal and political implications |
Paul Lubeck, Center for Global, International & Regional Studies (CGIRS), University of California Santa CruzAntinomies of Islamic Movements Under Globalization, CGIRS Working Paper Series |
Mohamed Mahmoud, Tufts UniversityIslam and Islamization in Sudan: The Islamic National Front |
Hadayai Majeed, The Milli GazetteMuslim Women: The Gatekeepers of Our Own Oppression |
Chibli Mallat, Jean Monnet Chair of European Law and Director of the Centre for the Study of the European Union at the University of Saint Joseph, Beirut“The Middle East in the 21st Century: An agenda for reform”. Lecture delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22 October 1996, on the occasion of the booklaunch of The Middle East into the 21st Century, Ithaca Press, UK, 1996
Introduction: Variations on State Identity and Community Rights”. in Chibli Mallat and Jane Connors, editors, Islamic Family Law, London; Boston : Graham & Trotman, c1990. Introduction: On Islam and Democracy. In Chibli Mallat, editor, Islamic Public Law: Classical and Contemporary studies, London ; Boston : Graham & Trotman, 1993. |
S. Parvez Manzoor, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueIslam and Human Rights: A Modernist Guide |
Gema Martin-MunozIslam’s Women Under Western Eyes |
Maryams.Net — Muslim Women and their IslamBiographical Sketches of Famous Muslim Women
Articles and essays on issues that affect Muslim women in the modern world |
Charles McDaniel, J.M Dawson Institute, Baylor UniversityIslam and the Global Society: A Religious Approach to Modernity, Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol 2003 No 2 |
Kamran MemonIslam, Democracy and Human Rights in Iraq |
The Message Online, Selected IssuesIslam and Democracy: Unveiling a Relationship, April-May 2002
Islam for Peace & Justice, June-July 2001 Islam and Secularism, April-May 2001 |
Ebrahim Moosa, Associate Research Professor, Department of Religion, and Co-director of the Center for the Study of Muslim Networks, Duke University, North CarolinaThe Dilemma of Islamic Rights Schemes. Journal of Law and Religion, V. 15, N. 1& 2, 2002-2001
The Poetics and Politics of Law After Empire: Reading Women’s Rights in the Contestations of Law . UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, V. 1, N. 1, Fall/Winter 2001-2002 |
Lily Zakiyah Munir, Director, Director of the Center for Pesantren and Democracy Studies, Jombang, IndonesiaIslam, Gender, and Formal Shari’a in Indonesia
Islamic Fundamentalism and its Impact on Women Outcome of Ramadhan: Moderate personality, The Jakarta Post — Wednesday, December 4, 2002, p. 6 Islam, gender and equal rights for women, The Jakarta Post — Wednesday, December 10, 2002, p. 6 Has sharia brought justice?, The Jakarta Post — Monday, March 17, 2003, p. 6 Misunderstanding of polygamy lingers in Islam, The Jakarta Post — Saturday, May 24, 2003, p. 7 Querying Polygamy Award, The Jakarta Post — Saturday, August 2, 2003, p. 6 Radicalism atypical of Indonesian ‘pesantren’, The Jakarta Post — Saturday, September 5, 2003, p. 3 View Lily Zakiyah Munir’s research project |
Abdal Hakim Murad, Research Fellow, University of OxfordIslam, Irigaray, and the Retrieval of Gender |
Karen Musalo, Director, International Human Rights and Migration Project, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara UniversityWhen Rights and Cultures Collide. Issues in Ethics – V. 8, N. 3 Summer 1997 |
Muslim Women’s League, USA (MWL)Publications |
Makau Mutua, Professor of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Director, Human Rights Center SUNY BuffaloThe African Human Rights System: A Critical Evaluation, 2000, Background paper for UNDP Human Development Report |
Chandra Muzaffar, President, International Movement for a Just World, MalaysiaGlobalisation and Religion: Some Reflections |
National Council Resistance of Iran, Foreign Affairs CommitteeWomen, Islam and Equality (html version)
Women, Islam and Equality (PDF version) |
Dr. Farish A. NoorArticles from column, ‘The Other Malaysia’, Malaysiakini.com. Reproduced with kind permission of, and thanks to, Malaysiakini.com
“We need new intellectual tools for the age we live in” , Dec. 11, 2003, Malaysiakini.com “Islam and the modern Muslim intellectual”, Dec. 18, 2003, Malaysiakini.com “Democracy and the universalism of Islam”, Dec. 25, 2003, Malaysiakini.com |
Fathi Osman“Islam Should be Recognized as Dynamic, Flexible Religion” , Al-Hewar Center, The Center for Arab Culture and Dialogue, |
Muhammad Marmaduke PickthallTolerance in Islam, Abridged Version of 1927 lecture |
Rahima: Center for Training and Information on Islam and Women’s Rights IssuesArticles |
Houeida SaadThe State of Civil Rights of the Arab and Muslim American Communities, Al-Hewar Center, The Center for Arab Culture and Dialogue, |
Abdelaziz Sachedina, University of VirginiaWoman Half the Man? Crisis of Male Epistemology in Islamic Jurisprudence |
Louay M. Safi, Director, International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, VA, USAHuman Rights and Cultural Reform in Contemporary Muslim Society: From Hegemonic Discourse to Cross-Cultural Dialogue.
Human Rights, Global Equity, and Moral Choices: Reflections on HRW World Report 2001 Human Rights and Islamic Legal Reform Islam and the Secular State: Explicating the Universal in Formative Islamic Political Norms Shura and Democracy: Similarities and Differences The Transforming Experience of American Muslims: Islamic Education and Political Maturation |
Habeeb SalloumIslamic Tolerance in Al-Andalu, , |
Ali SalmanHuman Rights and Islam: Some Points of Convergence and Divergence |
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, United Bank for Africa PLCDemocracy, Human Rights and Islam: Theory, Epistemology and the Quest for Synthesis, Text of a paper presented at an international conference on “Shari�ah Penal and Family Law in Nigeria and in the Muslim World: A Rights Based Approach” organized by the International Human Rights Law Group and held at Rockview Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, August 5-7, 2003
Shariacracy in Nigeria: The Intellectual Roots of Islamist Discourse |
Bobby Sayyid , Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueDemocracy and Islamism. |
William Schabas, Professor and chair of the department of law at the University of Quebec, Montreal.Islam and the Death Penalty. |
Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueThe deconstruction of the myth of the “oppressed Muslim women” . |
Amartya SenHuman Rights and the Westernizing Illusion, Revised version of commencement address given at Bard College on May 24, 1997 |
Mohammed Shahroor, Islam 21 Project, The International Forum for Islamic DialogueApplying the Concept of “Limits” to the Rights of Muslim Women. |
Ali ShariatiWhere Shall We Begin?. |
Meena Sharify-Funk, School of International Service, American UniversityOvercoming the Barriers: The Role of Critical Islam in Empowering Muslim Women, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Fourth Annual Conference |
Simona Sharoni, Assistant professor of peace and conflict resolution at American UniversityWomen & Gender in Middle East Studies: Trends, Prospects & Challenges, Middle East Report, October-December 1997 |
Yoginder Sikand, Editor, Qalandar: Islam and Interfaith Relations in South AsiaArticles from Qalandar (www.islaminterfaith.org). Reproduced with kind permission of, and thanks to Yoginder Sikand and Qalandar.
Hindu Followers of a Muslim Imam Shia-Sunni Strife: How Many More Karbalas and Quettas? Islam and Caste Inequality Among Indian Muslims The ‘Dalit Muslims’ and the All-India Backward Muslim Morcha The Jingoism of Competitive Jihadism The Spectre of Sectarianism: Analysing the Ahl-i Hadith Shia-Sunni Dialogue: Maulana Kalbe Sadiq�s Inclusive Understanding of Islam Shia-Sunni Relations: Some Reflections Hamid’s Message to the World: A Kashmiri Cry for Sanity Shaikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi�s Approach to Shia-Sunni Dialogue An Islamic Critique of Patriarchy: Maulana Kalbe Sadiq�s Approach to Gender Relations in Islam Inter-Religious Relations in Pakistan: Interview with Rehman Faiz |
Paul Silverstein, Reed CollegeHeadscarves and the French Tricolor |
Rhona K.M. Smith and Carolyn McIntosh, Robert Gordon University ScotlandFreedom of Religion: The Evolution of a Human Right. Derechos.org Human Rights Articles, Series I: Civil and Political Rights |
A’an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIslam compatible to democracy: Scholars |
Bivitri Susanti, Centre for Indonesian Law and Policy StudiesConstitution And Human Rights Provisions In Indonesia: An Unfinished Task In The Transitional Process |
Jonas Svenson, Lund UniversityGlobalisation and the ‘Islamization’ of women’s human rights
Women’s human rights and Islam: a study of three attempts at accommodation |
Azim Tamimi, Director, Institute of Islamic Political Thought, LondonHuman Rights and Muslim Identity. Paper presented to the International Conference on ‘Muslim Identity in the 21st Century: Challenges of Modernity’, London, 31 October 1998 |
Poh-Ling Tan, Faculty of Law at Queensland University of TechnologyHuman Rights And The Malaysian Constitution Examined Through The Lens Of The Internal Security Act 1960 |
United States Institute of Peace, Islam and Democracy Symposium. Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Islam and DemocracyIslam and Democracy Symposium Summary
Islam and Democracy – Special Report 93 Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence – Special Report 82 Building Interreligious Trust in a Climate of Fear An Abrahamic Trialogue – Special Report 99 |
Knut S. Vikor, Director, Director, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Bergen“The development of ijtihad and Islamic reform, 1750-1850”, The third Nordic conference on Middle Eastern Studies: Ethnic encounter and culture change Joensuu, Finland, 19-22 June 1995 |
Amina Wadud, Islamic Studies Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityA’ishah’s Legacy |
Gerald (Jay) WilliamsHuman Rights in Sudan: At the Crossroads of Activism and Academia, Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies Undergraduate Research Award Report |
Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR)Publications |
World Conference Against Racism – DurbanHuman Rights in Arab and Muslim Countries |