Islamic & American Constitutional Law by Dr. Azizah al-Hibri
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. Islam is commonly viewed in the West as being incompatible with democracy. It is also viewed as an “Oriental” religion that has spawned violence and encouraged…
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Debunking the Myth that Islam Requires FGM
By Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, Ghada Ghazal, and Aljawharah Alassaf KARAMAH February 2018 PAPER ABSTRACT In the case of female khitan (FGM), proponents of this practice rely on (a) a single…
An Islamic Perspective on Domestic Violence
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. Al-Hibri presents a holistic analysis of the “Chastisement Verse” (4:34), grounded on the Qur’an’s egalitarian and harmonious vision of gender relations. Invoking the core principle of…
Debunking The Myth: Angels Cursing Hadith
By Dr. Azizah al-Hibri and Ghada Ghazal. KARAMAH October 2018 ABSTRACT This is the second installment in our white paper series entitled “Debunking the Myth.” The series addresses religiously significant issues…
The Charter of Madinah and Religious Freedom
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. The Madinah Charter was executed by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on the one hand, and the various Muslim and Jewish tribes on the other. He had…
Islamic Constitutionalism and the Concept of Democracy
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. Recent developments in the Arab World, especially those surrounding the Gulf War, prompted demands for the introduction of democratic changes to systems of government in that…
On Being A Muslim Corporate Lawyer
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “It is not easy for me to discern the ways in which my faith has informed my professional life. I have been shielded from this awareness…
Divine Justice and the Human Order
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. The Qur’anic worldview is a seamless web of ideas that begins with tawhid (the belief in a single God) and permeates various aspects of Qur’anic teaching…
Symposium on Religious Law
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Prophet Muhammad, who carried the message of Islam, was illiterate. The first divine world revealed to him was the imperative: ‘Read.’ The rest of the Qur’an…
Capital Punishment in the United States: An Islamic Perspective
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Capital punishment is imposed in the United States for a limited number of reasons, such as treason and murder. Recently, all executions have been related to…