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Khaled Abou El Fadl

Khaled Abou El Fadl is Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Fellow in Islamic Law at UCLA and a 2005 Carnegie Scholar. He is author of The Great Theft: Wresting Islam from the Extremists and the Boston Review book The Place of Tolerance in Islam.

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Osama bin Laden sits with his adviser and purported successor Ayman al-Zawahiri during an interview in Afghanistan, Barack Obama

The Crusader

Why we must take Osama bin Laden’s writings seriously.

Khaled Abou El Fadl

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Islam and the Challenge of Democracy

How can a democratic conception of the people’s authority be reconciled with an Islamic understanding of God’s authority?

Khaled Abou El Fadl
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The Place of Tolerance in Islam

On reading and misreading the Qur'an.
Khaled Abou El Fadl

Forum Responses

Response: Islam and the Challenge of Democracy — Final Response

As I write, the war against Iraq rages on, and the sheer sense of trauma is overwhelming. Under such conditions, one must wonder whether a doctrinal conversation about Islam and democracy has...
Khaled Abou El Fadl

Response: The Place of Tolerance in Islam — Final Response

John Esposito aptly raises perhaps the most important question confronting Muslims today: What Islam? Which of the many manifestations of Islam throughout history is to help shape the moral import and meaning...
Khaled Abou El Fadl

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