Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Remembering Shari'ah", Khutbah, Princeton University, 12.5.2014
"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
"Peaceful Jihad," from the book Taking Back Islam, edited by Michael Wolfe (chapter included)
"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 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
Abou El Fadl, '86 considers suing Egyptian publication, Yale Daily News, 12.10.03
About Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl
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,
Bibliography of Dr. Abou El Fadl
Books by Dr. Abou El Fadl
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
CNBC Asia Interview on Saudi Arabia, 11.11.03
Comprehensive Bibliography by Professor O'Donnell
Contact Us
Dallas Morning News, Column by William McKenzie, 9.01.03
Dr. Abou El Fadl in Arabic
Dr. Abou El Fadl in the Media
Dr. Abou El Fadl named among the 50 Smartest People of Faith, The Best Schools Website
Dr. Abou El Fadl on "Taghut, Transgression and Truth," Islamic Center of Southern California 11.6.2015
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 speaks after San Bernardino shootings: From Islam to ISIS, 12.4.15
Dr. Abou El Fadl's Opinions on Egypt
Dr. Abou El Fadl's Response to CAIR on July 20
Dr. Abou El Fadl: "On The Prophet Muhammad's Message of Beauty," Islamic Center of Southern California 12.9.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Faith and Justice," Khutbah 4.1.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "God and the Celestial Garb," Friday Khutbah, 5.21.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "On Faith and Justice," Khutbah, Islamic Center of Southern California 10.16.2015
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "On Loving God," Khutbah Islamic Center of Southern California 11.21.2014
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "On the Legacy of Dr. Maher Hathout," Khutbah, Islamic Center of Southern California 1.30.2015
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Remembrance of God," Khutbah, Princeton University, 3.28.2014
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "The Qur'an, the Sunnah and the Intellect," Friday Khutbah, 6.10.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "What Goes Into Making a Terrorist," Friday Khutbah, 7.8.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "What It Means To Be The Light Upon The Nations," Friday Khutbah, 6.3.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Why Islam Matters," Khutbah 4.8.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Wisdom and Loving God as Revolution," Friday Khutbah, 4.29.2016
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl: Eid al-Fitr Khutbah, Islamic Center of Southern California 7.17.2015
Editorial: "Fascism Triumphant?", Political Theology Journal (2009), by Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl (Article Included)
Email to Dr. Abou El Fadl from Daniel Pipes 4.19.04
Excerpt by Khaled Abou El Fadl: "On the Beating of Wives Revisited"
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 the sacrifice of Eid al Adha
Fatwa by Dr. Abou El Fadl: On Abortion
Fatwa by Dr. Abou El Fadl: On Christian Men marrying Muslim Women (UPDATED)
Fatwa by Dr. Abou El Fadl: On Hijab (The Hair-covering of Women) UPDATED
Fatwa by Dr. Abou El Fadl: On Women Leading Prayer
Fatwas by Dr. Abou El Fadl
General Books on Islam - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Interview on Bernard Lewis' book "What Went Wrong"
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 "ISIS and the Enslavement and Trafficking of Women," UCLA School of Law, 4.9.2015
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Islam and the Ethics of Goodness," Friday Khutbah 9.18.2015
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "Reasoning with God," Pacifica Institute, 11.17.2014
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "The Contested Vestiges of the Islamic: Postscript Reflections on Reasoning with God," Michigan State Univ., 4.14.2016
Khaled Abou El Fadl on "The Future of Islam," Islamic Center of SoCal, 3.28.2010
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Al-Fatiha and the Ethics of a Halaqa
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Islam and the Rule of Law, Stanford Law School
Khaled Abou El Fadl on Marriage and Divorce, The Nine-Part Series
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's Commentaries on the Qur'an
Khaled Abou El Fadl's Halaqas on Women in Islamic Jurisprudence
Khaled Abou El Fadl's Seminar on Humanistic Approaches to the Life of the Prophet
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Chapter 12: "Women as an 'Awra", The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Chapter 24: "Attending Jum'a" from The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Chapter 36: "The Sunna of the Beloved" from The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Chapter 57: "Corrupting God's Book" from The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Chapter 80: "The Lord of the Essence: A Fatwa on Dogs" from The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Chapter 9: "Donkeys Carrying Books" from The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Answering the Call of God," Khutbah at the Eid 11.27.2009
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Istiquaama, Dhikr and The State of Grace," Khutbah at Islamic Center of Southern California 6.15.2015
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Longing for God and the Transformative Power of the Word," Khutbah 6.24.2016
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "On Returning the Favors of God," Khutbah Islamic Center of Southern California 5.15.2015
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Reawakening the 'First Muslim' in You," Khutbah Islamic Center of Southern California 10.3.2014
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "The Handprints of God in Word and Action," Khutbah Islamic Center of Southern California 4.3.2015
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "What Should Muslims Do When The World is in Chaos?" Friday Khutbah, 7.15.2016
Khaled Abou El Fadl: On Godliness, the Compass of Truth, and Islam, Khutbah Islamic Center of Southern California 1.2.2015
Khaled Abou El Fadl: Religious Authority in the 21st Century, at Conference on "Speaking in God's Name: Gender and Islam"
Khaled Abou El Fadl: The AMILA Intensive Seminar Lectures
Khutbahs by Dr. Abou El Fadl
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 by Khaled Abou El Fadl for Younger Generations of Muslims
Lectures for Free 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 Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 105: Al-Fil
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 106: Al Quraish
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 108: Al-Kauthar
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 109: Al-Kafirun
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 111: Al-Lahab, 2 Parts
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 112: Al-Ikhlas
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 113: Al Falaq, 2 Parts
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 114: An-Nas
Link to Download Khaled Abou El Fadl's Commentary on Surah 96: Al Alaq, 2 Parts
Link to Ethics and Public Policy Website
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
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: "Agency that monitors religious freedom abroad accused of bias", Washington Post, 2.17.2010
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: The War on the Word 'Jihad', NPR, All Things Considered, 10.30.06
No Name
NPR Interview: The Worldview, WBEZ Radio, Chicago, 1.24.03
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)
OP-EDs on Egypt by Dr. Abou El Fadl: "Dominating religion in Egypt's pseudo-secular state," ABC Religion and Ethics Website, 9.14.13
OP-EDs on Egypt by Dr. Abou El Fadl: "Egypt in the Twilight Zone," Huffington Post, 9.2.2013
OP-EDs on Egypt by Dr. Abou El Fadl: "Egypt, Wake Up and Smell the Money," ABC Religion and Ethics Website, 9.6.13
OP-EDs on Egypt by Dr. Abou El Fadl: "Egypt: Is political Islam dead?" Al-Jazeera English Online, 7.8.2013
OP-EDs on Egypt by Dr. Abou El Fadl: "I Mourn Egypt," The Huffington Post, 7.9.13
OP-EDs on Egypt by Dr. Abou El Fadl: "The Collapse of Legitimacy: How Egypt's Secular Intelligentsia Betrayed the Revolution," ABC Religion and Ethics Website, 7.11.13
OP-EDs on Egypt by Dr. Abou El Fadl: "The Perils of a ‘People’s Coup’", The New York Times, 7.7.13
OUR MISSION
PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 5.13.03
PodcastName
Portrait Khaled Abou El Fadl, "God Does Not Have an Equal Partner" 1.11.05
Progressive Muslims, edited by Omid Safi
Published Article: "The Language of the Age: Shari'a and Natural Justice in the Egyptian Revolution," Harvard International Law Journal, April 2011
Published Articles
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
REASONING WITH GOD: RECLAIMING SHARI'AH IN THE MODERN AGE BY KHALED ABOU EL FADL
Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law
Recognize Difference Between Two Islams, By Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA Today, 12.15.05
Recognize Difference Between Two Islams, Opinion by Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA Today
Recommended Reading
Reference Sources - Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
Review in the Philadelphia Inquirer 12.1.02
Russian Translation: Terrorism is at Odds with Islamic Tradition
Sample Chapters
Search
Seeking Beauty: Travels in Islam with Khaled Abou El Fadl
Shariah Watch: A View from the Inside, 3-part series, UCLA School of Law
Shattered Illusions: Analyzing the War on Terrorism
Shaykh Abou El Fadl and Shaykh Youssef al-Qaradawi: "MARTYRS OR MURDERERS? TERRORISM AND SUICIDE BOMBINGS"
Shaykh Khaled Abou El Fadl in Conversation with Shaykh Jawdat Said
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
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 Death Penalty, Mercy and Islam: A Call for Retrospection
The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists by Khaled Abou El Fadl
The Orphans of Modernity and the Clash of Civilisations (Article Included)
The Place of Tolerance in Islam by Khaled Abou El Fadl
The Place of Tolerance in Islam, Boston Review, Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002 Issue
THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY IN ISLAM
The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books by Khaled Abou El Fadl
The Tragedy of Great Power: The Massacre of Gaza and the Inevitable Failure of the Arab Spring (Article Included)
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
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
University of Tilburg, The Netherlands, Master Class on Islam and Violence
Waging post-warfare: Stop double standard on Israel, Saudi Arabia, Boston Phoenix, 4.27.03
WHAT IS SHARIAH?
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”
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