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To advance the rationale of scholarship for social change, this blog is devoted to critical examination of the relationship of Islam and the state, as well as the relationship of Sharia and the state. This blog is also concerned with developing practical strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of democratization in Islamic societies today.
The Future of Heritage and Social Development in Africa (Video)
On May 23, 2016, Professor Abdullahi An-Na’im delivered the keynote address at the Fourth Annual African Law and Religion Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can watch his address, titled “The Future of Heritage and Social Development in Africa,” below.
The Spirit of Laws is not Universal (Video)
On March 9, 2016, Professor Abdullahi An-Na’im delivered the 2016 Montesquieu Lecture at Tilburg Law School in the Netherlands. His talk, featured below, was titled “The Spirit of Laws is not Universal: Alternatives to the Enforcement Paradigm for Human Rights.”
It’s Time to Decolonize Human Rights (Video)
In the following video, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law discusses what he refers to as a people-centered alternative to the current state-centric enforcement model for human rights.