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Islam and the modern law of nations / Majid Khadduri -- Siyar-ization and its discontents : international law and Islam's constitutional crisis / Christopher A. Ford -- The role of Islamic law in the contemporary world order / Ali Ahmad -- Islam and international law : toward a positive mutual engagement to realize shared ideals / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im -- Islam and international law / Sheikh Wahbeh al-Zuhili -- Views of jihad throughout history / Asma Afsaruddin -- The Islamic perception of the use of force in the contemporary world / Said Mahmoudi -- Is there an Islamic ethic of humanitarian intervention? / Sohail H. Hashmi -- As-salamu alaykum? Humanitarian law in Islamic jurisprudence / Karima Bennoune -- Islam and international humanitarian law : from a clash to a conversation between civilizations / James Cockayne -- Is Osama bin Laden's "Fatwa urging jihad against Americans" dated 23 February 1998 justified by Islamic law? / T.R. Copinger-Symes -- Violence, September 11 and the interpretations of Islam / Katerina Dalacoura -- Protection of diplomats under Islamic law / M. Cherif Bassiouni -- Islam and environmental ethics : tradition responds to contemporary challenges / Lisa Wersal -- Can there be confluence? A comparative consideration of Western and Islamic fresh water law / Thomas Naff and Joseph Dellapenna -- Islamic law/Shari'a, human rights, universal morality, and international relations / Bassam Tibi -- Muslim voices in the human rights debate / Heiner Bielefeldt -- A new perspective on the universality debate : reverse moderate relativism in the Islamic context / Jason Morgan-Foster -- Islam and human rights : beyond the universality debate / Abdullahi A. An-Na'im -- Women's rights in the Muslim world : reform or reconstruction? / Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh -- Women's human rights in Islam : towards a theoretical framework / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- Women's human rights in the Koran : an interpretive approach / Niaz A. Shah -- The impact of Islamic law on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child : the plight of non-marital children under Shari'a / Safir Syed -- Religious legal traditions, Muslim states, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child : an essay on the relevant UN documentation / Kamran Hashemi -- Accommodating religious identities in an Islamic state : international law, freedom of religion, and the rights of religious minorities / Javaid Rehman -- Non-Muslims in the Islamic state : majority rule and minority rights / Mohamed Berween -- The search for human rights within an Islamic framework in Iran / Shadi Mokhtari -- A macroscopic analysis of the practice of Muslim state parties to international human rights treaties : conflict or congruence? / Mashood A. Baderin.

Mashood Baderin looks at the relationship between contemporary international law and Islamic law and how their interaction can be explored and improved to enhance modern international relations and international law.

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