"Al Qaeda and Saudi Arabia," Wall Street Journal OpEd 11.10.03
"Annotating Islam," The American Lawyer Magazine, December 2001
"Battling Islamic Puritans," Los Angeles Times, Jan 2, 2002
"Calling for Islamic Reformation," The Toronto Star, 11.23.02
"Calling for Islamic Reformation," The Toronto Star, 11.23.02
"Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero"
"Four telltale Themes," The Toronto Star, 11.24.02
"Four telltale Themes," The Toronto Star, 11.24.02
"In Search of Moderate Muslims," The Jewish Week, 1.15.03
"In Search of the Moderate Muslim," The Jewish Week, 1.15.03
"Islamic Scholar Takes on Fundamentalists," Chicago Tribune
"Islamic Scholar Takes on Fundamentalists," Chicago Tribune, 11.25.02
"Islamic Sex Laws" (Article Included)
"Jihad Gone Wrong", Interview with Khaled Abou El Fadl, Qantara.de, 10.27.05
"Moderate Muslims Under Siege," New York Times, July 1, 2002
"Moral Hazard" in The New Republic Magazine, 11.7.02
"Past year has been difficult for American Muslims," Dallas Morning News Op Ed, 9/8/02
"Rebuilding the Law," Opinion, Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2003
"Rescuing a Moderate Islam", The Straits Times, Singapore, 1.23.06
"Rocking the House of Saud," WBUR (NPR) On Point Radio, 11.10.03
"Speaking, Killing and Loving in God's Name," The Hedgehog Review, Spring 2004 (Article Included)
"The Kingdom of Silence," The New Yorker Magazine, 1.5.04
"The Place of Tolerance in Islam," The Boston Review, Jan.'01 - Feb. '02
"The Sunna of the Beloved" (An Excerpt)
"The Theology of Power," MERIP, Winter 2001
"U.S. Muslims, Unify and Stand Up," Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, July 14, 2002
"U.S. scholar Abou El Fadl says this generation's Muslims face a momentous choice," Associated Press, 11.5.05
"UCLA Islamic Law Professor Fears Unseen Enemy," Los Angeles Times, 8.27.06
"What Became of Tolerance in Islam?" Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2001
"What Does 2006 have in Store?" OpenDemocracy.Net, 12.22.05
"When internal debates go public," The Toronto Star
"When Internal Debates Go Public," The Toronto Star, 11.21.02
10 Minute Sample of Marriage Series
Abou El Fadl, '86 considers suing Egyptian publication, Yale Daily News, 12.10.03
About Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl
About Scholar of the House
An Interview with Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, KUT Radio, 2.15.02
And God Knows The Soldiers: The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses
Arabic Translation of the Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses: A Contemporary Case Study
Article by Khaled Abou El Fadl: "The Crusader", Boston Review, March/April 2006
ARTICLE: "In Recognition of Women" by Khaled Abou El Fadl
As Barrier Comes Down, a Muslim Split Remains,
Attending Jum'a
Bibliography of Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books
Books on Culture, Economics and Politics - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on Geographic Regions and Nation-States - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on History - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on Islamic Jurisprudence - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on Shi'i Islam - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on Sufism - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on the Prophet Muhammad -- Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on The Qur'an - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books on Theology and Philosophy - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
CAIR's Response on July 18
CBS News Interview on Suicide Bombers 10.19.03
Chapter 80 of The Search for Beauty in Islam: "The Lord of the Essence: A Fatwa on Dogs"
CNBC Asia Interview on Saudi Arabia, 11.11.03
Commentaries on the Qur'an
Comprehensive Bibliography by Professor O'Donnell
Contact Us
Dallas Morning News, Column by William McKenzie, 9.01.03
Dr. Abou El Fadl in the Media
Dr. Abou El Fadl on NPR
Dr. Abou El Fadl on PBS Frontline's "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero"
Dr. Abou El Fadl on Tapestry with Don Hill
Dr. Abou El Fadl on the Charlie Rose Show 9.27.04
Dr. Abou El Fadl's Response to CAIR on July 20
Email to Dr. Abou El Fadl from Daniel Pipes 4.19.04
Excerpt by Khaled Abou El Fadl: "On The Beating of Wives"
Excerpt from the Claremont Review of Books on Dr. Abou El Fadl
Excerpts from "The Conference of the Books"
Faces: Khaled Abou El Fadl, Egypt Today, May 2006
Fatwa by Dr. Abou El Fadl: On Christian Men marrying Muslim Women
Fatwa by Dr. Abou El Fadl: On Women Leading Prayer
Fatwa's by Dr. Abou El Fadl
General Books on Islam - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
HELP KEEP US GOING
Interview on Bernard Lewis' book "What Went Wrong"
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy, Boston Review, April-May 2003 Issue
Islam's Forgotten Heritage: An Interview with Khaled Abou El Fadl
Khaled Abou El Fadl "On Marriage and Divorce," The Nine-Part Series
Khaled Abou El Fadl -- The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists
Khaled Abou El Fadl at the CSIS on "Islam and Human Rights"
Khaled Abou El Fadl at the Wiesenthal Center on Who Speaks for Islam?
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Challenges Confronting Islamic Law," Islamic Center of So Cal Lectures
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Clash of Civilization or Clash of Religion?"
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Democracy, Authoritarianism and Islamic Fundamentalism: Challenges and Opportunities"
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Discourse: The Process of Knowledge," AMILA Intensive Seminar
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Islam and Democracy," University of Chicago
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Islamic Theology, Sharia, and Human Rights Doctrine," Harvard University, March 4, 2008
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Islamophobia in the West: Myth and Rise"
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Philosophy and Theology," AMILA Intensive Seminar
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Postmodernism," AMILA Intensive Seminar
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Postmodernism/Tafsir/Assignment Review", AMILA Intensive Seminar
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Shariah," AMILA Intensive Seminar
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "The Fog of Self-Deception"
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "The Hijab: The Issue and the Evidence"
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "What Is Islam?" 8.4.2007
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Women and Islam"
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Al-Fatiha and the Ethics of a Halaqa
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Arranged Marriages, the Idea of Fate, and God's Involvement in Marriage (Part III)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Balance in Marriage; Defining the Mulk and the Malakut Marriage (Part I)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Conceptions of Marriage; The Partnership of God in Marriage; and the Beating Verse (Part IV)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Divorce and Subjugation (Part IX)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Islam and Terrorism
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Muslim Women Jurists in Islamic History, AMILA Intensive Seminar
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Nature of the Marriage Contract; The Importance of Knowing Yourself and Knowing Your Partner; and The Spiritual Dynamics of Divorce (Part VIII)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Selecting a Partner; Marriage as a Test; The Marriage Contract; Conditions of Marriage; Polygamy (Part VII)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Shariah in the Contemporary World
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 103: Al-'Asr
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 106: Al-Quraysh
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 108: Al-Kauthar
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 109: Al-Kafirun
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 111: Al-Lahab
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 112: Al-Ikhlas
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 113: Al-Falaq
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 114: An-Nas
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Surah 96: Al Alaq
Khaled Abou El Fadl on The Desirability of Marriage; the Age for Marriage; Engagement; and the Idea of Love (Part VI)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on The Mulk and the Malakut Marriage; The Responsibility and Development of the Individual in Marriage (Part II)
Khaled Abou El Fadl on The Rights and Duties of Husbands and Wives; Physical Violence in Marriage (Part V)
Khaled Abou El Fadl profiled "In the War Over Words" by Jay Tolson, U.S. News and World Report 4.7.2008
Khaled Abou El Fadl reads from The Conference of the Books
Khaled Abou El Fadl's Original Seminar on the Life of the Prophet
Khaled Abou El Fadl's Original Seminar on the Prophet
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "On Building a Partnership with God"
LA Times "WAR WITH IRAQ: Arab TV Shows A Different Conflict," 4.5.03
Law Prof Reaffirms Islam's Moral Message, UCLA Today, 5.24.06
Lecture: Conflicting Visions and Competing Voices of Islam after 9/11
Lectures on CD and via Download
Letter to Dr. Abou El Fadl: "Thank you for writing 'The Search for Beauty'
Letters to Dr. Abou El Fadl
Letters to Dr. Abou El Fadl: A Defining Moment 7.1.03
Letters to Dr. Abou El Fadl: An Apology 7.10.03
Letters to Dr. Abou El Fadl: "You have removed a clogged artery from my brain..." 2.16.06
Letters to Dr. Abou El Fadl: A wedge keeping the door of Islam open for me, 2.8.04
Link to article at UCLA International Institute
Link to Article at www.opendemocracy.net
Link to article in The Village Voice
Link to ASU Conference Information
Link to Boston Review
Link to Column at dallasnews.com
Link to Conference Information on OnPointRadio.org
Link to Dr. Abou El Fadl on "This Morning"
Link to Ethics and Public Policy Website
Link to NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Link to PBS Religion and Ethics News Weekly
Link to text of the online chat
Link to The Claremont Review of Books
Link to the Straits Times Interactive
Link to this segment on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Link to WBUR OnPoint Radio (NPR)
Link to White House web announcement at www.whitehouse.gov, 8.13.03
Link to WHYY.org site and audio
Links and Lectures
Listen on Real Player Now
Listen to the Conference on Islam and the Challenge of Democracy
Listen to the Interview
Listen to the segment in RealAudio
Live on line chat on Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 12, 2002
Make a Donation in $50 Increments
Miscellaneous Books - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Mother Jones Magazine on "The Great Theft", 10.18.05
NEW!! English Translations of the Qur'an Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Newsworthy Citations
Newsworthy Citations: "Bin Laden in his own words," Associated Press, 12.3.05
Newsworthy Citations: "Chinese Muslims forge isolated path," BBC News, 9.15.04
Newsworthy Citations: "Extremism a challenge for Muslims", Philadelphia Inquirer, 12.19.05
Newsworthy Citations: "Film on Crusades Could Become Hollywood's Next Battleground," NY Times, August 12, 2004
Newsworthy Citations: "Have A Nice Country," The Village Voice, June 29, 2004
Newsworthy Citations: "Hearts and Minds," Boston Globe, 8.20.06
Newsworthy Citations: "In the Name of the Koran," Jerusalem Post, 9.12.03
Newsworthy Citations: "Losing His Religion," The Globe, 8.17.03
Newsworthy Citations: "Mosque's curtain rises again," Chicago Tribune, 4.24.06
Newsworthy Citations: "Muslim Leaders Confront Terror Threat Within Islam," New York Times, 9.3.05
Newsworthy Citations: "Muslim Women Seeking a Place in the Mosque," New York Times, July 22, 2004
Newsworthy Citations: "Saladin and Sir Ridley: Hollywood does holy war," The Daily Star, 3.16.05
Newsworthy Citations: "The real Wahhab," The Boston Globe, August 8, 2004
Newsworthy Citations: "Wahhabism: Toxic Faith?" Time Magazine, 9.7.03
Newsworthy Citations: "What Muslims see in the Prophet's Image", Associated Press and Religion News Service, 2.8.06
Newsworthy Citations: "Who Owns Islamic Law?" Chronicle of Higher Education, 2.25.2005
Newsworthy Citations: "Women's rights in a Shi'ite Iraq" Column by Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe 2.17.05
Newsworthy Citations: Iraq Navigates Between Islam and Democracy, New York Times, 3.7.04
Newsworthy Citations: Muslim Group is Urging Women to Lead Prayers, New York Times, 3.18.05
Newsworthy Citations: The War on the Word 'Jihad', NPR, All Things Considered, 10.30.06
NPR Interview: The Worldview, WBEZ Radio, Chicago, 1.24.03
On CBC Radio program, "This Morning", Sept. 19, 2002
On CBC Radio program, Tapestry, Sept. 19, 2002
On Point Radio (NPR) on Islam and the Challenge of Democracy 5.13.03
On Revising Bigotry (includes commentary on Daniel Pipes, Ibn Warraq and Ibn Rawandi)
PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 5.13.03
Personal Statement of Dr. Abou El Fadl regarding October Magazine Excerpts 12.1.03
Portrait Khaled Abou El Fadl, "God Does Not Have an Equal Partner" 1.11.05
Post 9-11 Lecture Tapes
Progressive Muslims, edited by Omid Safi
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY 91 FM Interview on Islam and the Challenge of Democracy, 3.14.05
Real Audio Interview with Hugh LaFollette
RealPlayer Webcast
Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law
Recognize Difference Between Two Islams, By Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA Today, 12.15.05
Recommended Reading
Reference Sources - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Review in the Philadelphia Inquirer 12.1.02
Review of "Islam and the Challenge of Democracy," Philadelphia Inquirer, 3.6.05
Russian Translation: Terrorism is at Odds with Islamic Tradition
Sample Chapters
Search
Selected Articles
Shattered Illusions: Analyzing the War on Terrorism
Shaykh Abou El Fadl and Shaykh Youssef al-Qaradawi: "MARTYRS OR MURDERERS? TERRORISM AND SUICIDE BOMBINGS"
Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women
Sunnah of the Beloved
Terrorism is at Odds with Islamic Tradition, Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2001
Terrorism within Islam, PBS Religion and Ethics News Weekly, 9.10.04
Testimony before the 9/11 Commission, 12.8.03
The Aftermath of the LA Times Op Ed
The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses: A Contemporary Case Study
The Conference of Books (From the First Chapter)
The Marriage and Divorce Series
The Orphans of Modernity and the Clash of Civilisations (Article Included)
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY IN ISLAM
The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books by Khaled Abou El Fadl
The Worldview, WBEZ.org, 1.24.03
The WORST Books on Islam - Identified by Dr. Abou El Fadl
UCLA Professor Appointed to Religion Panel, LA Times, 8.14.03
UCLA School of Law Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl Named as 2005 Carnegie Scholar in Islamic Studies 4.11.2005
Understanding 9/11
Unedited Interview with Khaled Abou El Fadl: European Muslims and Democracy, Qantara Magazine, 12.13.04
Unedited Interview with Khaled Abou El Fadl: On Islamic Reformation, 1.2005
Unedited Interview: On "The Kingdom of Heaven" Movie, The Herald Newspaper, Scotland, 3.17.05
Unedited Interviews
Waging post-warfare: Stop double standard on Israel, Saudi Arabia, Boston Phoenix, 4.27.03
WHAT'S NEW!
“Dogs in the Islamic Tradition and Nature” (Article Included)
“Holy War Versus Jihad: A Review"
“Holy War Versus Jihad: A Review" (Link to full text)
“The Human Rights Commitment in Modern Islam”