Contents: Series Preface; Introduction; Part I General Principles of International Law: 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 A. Ahmed An-Na'im; Islam and international law, Sheikh Wahbeh Al-Zuhili. Part II International Use of Force: 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. Part III International Humanitarian Law: 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. Part IV International Terrorism: 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. Part V International Protection of Diplomats: Protection of diplomats under Islamic law, M. Cherif Bassiouni. Part VI International Environmental and Water Law: Islam and environmental ethics: tradition responds to contemporary challenges, Lisa Wersal; Can there be a confluence? A comparative consideration of Western and Islamic fresh water law, Thomas Naff and Joseph Dellapenna. Part VII Universality of Human Rights: 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 An-Na'im. Part VIII Women's Rights: Women's rights in the Muslim world: reform or reconstruction?, Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh; Women's rights in Islam: towards a theoretical framework, Shaheen Sardar Ali; Women's human rights in the Koran: an interpretive approach, Niaz A. Shah. Part IX Rights of the Child: 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.

Part X Rights of Religious Minorities: 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. Part XI State Practice: 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; Name Index.