Publications

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Articles and Chapters 2008

• 53."Competing Visions of History in Internal Islamic Discourse and Islamic-Western Dialogue", in Jorn Rusen, Time and History: The Variety of Cultures, New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2007, pp. 135-150.
• 52."Shari`a in the Secular State: A Paradox of Separation and Conflation", in Peri Bearman, Wolfhart Heinrichs and Bernard G. Weiss, editors, The Law Applied: Contextualizing the Islamic Shari`a, London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2008, pp. 321-341.

Articles and Chapters 2007

• 51."A Celebration of Heresy", in Emory in the World, Winter 2006.
• 50."Global Citizenship and Human Rights: From Muslims in Europe to European Muslims", in M.L.P. Loenen and J.E. Goldschmidt, editors,Religious Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe: Where to Draw the Line?, Antwerp-Oxford: Intersentia, 2007, pp. 13-55. Text of the inaugural lecture of Prof.An-Na'im as G.J. Wiarda Chair for 2005-2006 at Utrecht University.

Articles and Chapters 2006

• 49."Why should Muslims abandon Jihad? Human rights and the future of international law", in Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp 785 - 797, 2006.
• 48."The Incremental Success of African Constitutionalism and the Challenges of Consolidation and Maturity", Keynote address, Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, August 28, 2006. Published in Joaqu�n Gonz�lez Ib��ez, Compilador,Derechos Humanos, Relaciones Internacionales y Globalizaci�n, Bogota: Grupo Editorial Ib��ez / Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, 2006, pp. 373-401.

Articles and Chapters 2005

• 47."The Politics of Religion and Morality of Globalization", in Mark Juergensmeyer, editor,Religion and Global Civil Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 23-48.
• 46."Globalization and Jurisprudence: An Islamic Law Perspective",Emory Law Journal, Vol. 54, 2005 Special Edition, pp. 25-51.
• 45."The Interdependence of Religion, Secularism, and Human Rights", Symposium Talking Peace with Gods, Part 2,Common Knowledge, vol. 11, no. 1, 2005, pp. 56-80
• 44."The Future of Shari'ah and the Debate in Northern Nigeria", in Philip Ostien, Jamila M. Nasir and Franz Kogelmann, editors,Comparative Perspectives on Shari'ah in Nigeria, Ibadan: Spectrum Books, pp. 327-357.

Articles and Chapters 2004

• 43."'The Best of Times' and 'the Worst of Times': Human Agency and Human Rights in Islamic Societies,"Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, vol. 1, issue 1, 2004, article 5.
  
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Articles and Chapters 2003

• 42."Introduction: "Area Expressions" and the Universality of Human Rights: Mediating a Contingent Relationship", in David P. Forsythe and Patrice C. MacMahon, editorsHuman Rights and Diversity: Area Studies Revisited, University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln, 2003, pp. 1-21.
• 41."Introduction: Expanding Legal Protection of Human Rights in African Contexts,"in Abdullahi A. An-Na'im, editor,Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003, pp. 1-28.

Articles and Chapters 2002

• 40."Shari'a and Islamic Family Law: Transition and Transformation,", in Abdullahi A. An-Na'im, editor,Islamic Family Law in a Changing World, London: Zed Books, 2002, pp. 1-22.
• 39."Islamic Fundamentalism and Social Change: neither the 'end of history' nor a 'clash of civilizations,'"in Gerrie Ter Haar and James J. Busuttil, editorsThe Freedom to do God's Will: Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change, New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 25-48.
• 38."Upholding International Legality Against Islamic and American Jihad,"in Ken Booth and Tim Dunne, editors,Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, pp. 162-171
• 37."Religion and Global Civil Society: Inherent Incompatibility or Synergy and Interdependence?"in H. Anheier, M. Glasius, and M. Kaldor, editors,Global Civil Society 2002.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 55-73.

Articles and Chapters 2001

• 36."Human Rights,"in Judith R. Blau, editor,The Blackwell Companion to Sociology.Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc. (2001), pp. 86-99.
• 35."Human Rights in the Arab World: A Regional Perspective,"Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 23:3, 2001, pp. 701-732
• 34."The Legal Protection of Human Rights in Africa: How to Do more with Less,"in Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns, editors,Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Michigan University Press (2001) pp. 89-115.
• 33."Synergy and Interdependence of Religion, Human Rights and Secularism". Polylog: Forum for Intercultural Philosophizing, 2001, http://www.polylog.org.Article available as HTML file.

Articles and Chapters 2000

• 32."Human Rights and Islamic Identity in France and Uzbekistan: Mediation of the Local and Global."Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 22:4, 2000, pp. 906-941. Also published in 1999 as Occasional Paper, Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning, Emory University.
• 31."Human Rights, Religion, and the Contingency of Universalist Projects."Occasional Paper, no. 2. PARC, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, September 2000, pp. ix-xiv, 1-32.
• 30."Islam and Human Rights: Beyond the Universality Debate,"Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (2000)pp. 95-101.
• 29."Shariaand Positive Legislation: is an Islamic State Possible or Viable?"In Eugene Cotran and Chibli Mallat, General Editors,Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, vol. 5 (1998-1999). The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2000, pp. 29-42.

Articles and Chapters 1999

• 28."Competing Claims to Religious Freedom and Communal Self-Determination in Africa,"Proselytization and Communal Self-Determination in Africa. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999
  
• 27."The Cultural Mediation of Human Rights Implementation: Al-Arqam Case in Malaysia."In Joanne Bauer and Daniel Bell, editors,Human Rights in East Asia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 147-168.
• 26."The position of Islamic States Regarding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,"In Peter Baehr, Cees Flinterman and Mignon Senders, editors,Innovation and Inspiration: Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999, pp. 177-192.
• 25."The Spirit of the Ghost of Islamic Law,"The Green Bag, 2D Series,Vol. 2, No. 4, Summer 1999, pp. 441-447.
• 24."Universality of Human Rights: An Islamic Perspective."In Nisuke Ando, editor,Japan and International Law: Past, Present and Future. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1999, pp. 311-325.

Articles and Chapters 1998

• 23."Consciousness of Vulnerability,"in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden,A Human Rights Message, 1998, pp. 16-19.
  
• 22."Expanding the Limits of Imagination: Human Rights from a Participatory Approach to New Multilateralism,"Michael G. Schecter, editor,Innovation in Multilateralism. Tokyo, New York, Paris: United Nations University Press, 1998, pp. 205-222.
• 21."Human Rights and the Challenge of Relevance: The Case of Collective Rights."In Monique Castermans-Holleman, Fried van Hoof & Jacqueline Smith, editors,The Role of the Nation-State in the 21st Century: Human Rights, International Organizations and Foreign Policy, Essays in Honour of Peter Baehr. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1998, pp. 3-16.
• 20."The Universal Declaration as a Living and Evolving Common Standard of Achievement,"in Barend van der Heijden and Bahia Tahzib-Lie, editors,Reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology, (the Hague, the Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1998, pp. 45-51.

Articles and Chapters 1997

• 19."Self Determination and Unity: The Case of Sudan,"(with Francis Deng)Law and Policy(State University of New York at Buffalo), vol. 18, 1997, pp. 199-223.
• 18."The Contingent Universality of Human Rights: The Case of Freedom of Expression in African and Islamic Contexts,"Emory International Law Review, vol. 10:3, 1997, pp. 29-66.

Articles and Chapters 1996

• 17."Islamic Foundations of Religious Human Rights,"in John Witte, Jr., and Johan D. van der Vyver, editors,Religious Human Rights in Global Perspectives: Religious Perspectives.The Hague, Boston, London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1996, pp. 337-359.

Articles and Chapters 1995

• 16."Toward an Islamic Hermeneutics for Human Rights,"in Abdullahi A. An-Na'im et al., editors,Human Rights and Religious Values. Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995, pp. 229-242.

Articles and Chapters 1994

• 15."Cultural Transformation and Normative Consensus on the Best Interest of the Child,"International Journal of Law and the Family, vol. 8 (1994), pp. 62-81. Also published in Philip Alston, editor,The Best Interest of the Child: Reconciling Culture and Human Rights. Oxford: UNICEF, Clarendon Press, 1994, pp. 62-81.
• 14."Eritrean Independence and African Constitutionalism: A Sudanese Perspective,"in Amare Takle, editor,Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Cooperation, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA: The Red Sea Press, 1994, pp. Chapter 7.
• 13."State Responsibility Under International Human Rights Law to Change Religious and Customary Law,"in Rebecca J. Cook, editor,Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994, Chapter 7.
• 12."What Do We Mean by Universal?"Index on Censorship, Sept./October, 1994,pp. 120-28.

Articles and Chapters 1993

• 11."The National Question, Secession and Constitutionalism: The Mediation of Competing Claims to Self-Determination,"in Stanley N. Katz, Doug Greenberg and Steve Wheatley, editors,Constitutionalism & Democracy: Transition in the Contemporary World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 105-25.
• 10."Constitutional Discourse and the Civil War in the Sudan,"in M. W Daly and Ahmad Alawad Sikainga, Editors,Civil War in the Sudan. London: British Academic Press, 1993

Articles and Chapters 1992

• 9."Civil Rights in the Islamic Constitutional Traditions: Shared Ideals and Divergent Regimes,"The John Marshall Law Review, vol. 25:2 (1992), pp. 267-93.
• 8."Cross-Cultural Support for Equitable Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa,"in Kathleen E. Mahoney and Paul J. Mahoney, editors,Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century: Global Challenge. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Martinus Nijhoff, 1992, pp. 133-148.
• 7."Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,"inAbdullahi A. An-Na'im, editor Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992, pp. 19-43.

Articles and Chapters 1990

• 6."Human Rights in the Muslim World: Socio-Political Conditions and Scriptural Imperatives,"Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 3, 1990, pp. 13-52.
• 5."Problems of Universal Cultural Legitimacy for Human Rights,"in Abdullahi An-Na'im and F. M. Deng, editors,Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Washington, D.C., USA: The Brookings Institution, 1990, pp. 331-67.

Articles and Chapters 1988

• 4."Islamic Ambivalence to Political Violence: Islamic Law and International Terrorism,"German Yearbook of International Law, vol. 31, 1988, pp. 307-336.
• 3."Mahmud Muhammad Taha and the Crisis in Islamic Law Reform: Implications for Interreligious Relations,"Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Philadelphia, PA (Temple University) vol. 25:1, 1988, pp. 1-21.

Articles and Chapters 1987

• 2."Religious Minorities under Islamic Law and the Limits of Cultural Relativism,"Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 9:1, 1987, pp. 1-18.

Articles and Chapters 1986

• 1."The Islamic Law of Apostasy and its Modern Applicability: A Case from The Sudan,"Religion, vol. 16, 1986, pp. 197-223.