Khaled Abou El Fadl

Khaled Abou El Fadl ( Arabic : خالد أبو الفضل) (born 1963 in Kuwait ) is a professor of law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches Islamic law , immigration, human rights, international and national security law. He holds degrees from Yale University (B.A.), University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.) and Princeton University (M.A./Ph.D.). He also received formal training in Islamic jurisprudence in Egypt and Kuwait . He previously has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Yale Law School , and Princeton University . Professor El-Fadl was appointed by former U.S. He advocates a strong support for human rights and sat on the Board of Directors for Human Rights Watch . El-Fadl currently serves on the Advisory Board of Middle East Watch. He is a prolific author and prominent public intellectual on Islamic law and Islam.

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Dr. Khaled Abou el Fadl ( , ) (born 1963 in Kuwait ) is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he has taught courses on International Human Rights, Islamic jurisprudence , National Security Law, Law and Terrorism, Islam and Human Rights, Political Asylum, and Political Crimes and Legal Systems. He is also the Chair of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of California, Los Angeles . He has lectured on and taught Islamic law in the United States and Europe in academic and non-academic environments since approximately 1990. Abou El Fadl is the author of numerous books and articles on topics in Islam and Islamic law. He has appeared on national and international television and radio, and published in such publications as The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , The Los Angeles Times , and The Boston Review . His work has been translated into several languages including Arabic, Persian, French, Norwegian, Dutch, Russian, Vietnamese and Japanese.

He is also the Chair of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of California, Los Angeles . He has lectured on and taught Islamic law in the United States and Europe in academic and non-academic environments since approximately 1990. Abou El Fadl is the author of numerous books and articles on topics in Islam and Islamic law. He has appeared on national and international television and radio, and published in such publications as The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , The Los Angeles Times , and The Boston Review . His work has been translated into several languages including Arabic, Persian, French, Norwegian, Dutch, Russian, Vietnamese and Japanese.

UCLA professor of law, Islamic studies Khaled Abou el Fadl ( , ) (born October 23, 1963) is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he has taught courses on International Human Rights, Islamic jurisprudence , National Security Law, Law and Terrorism, Islam and Human Rights , Political Asylum , and Political Crimes and Legal Systems. He is also the founder of the Usuli Institute, a non-profit public charity dedicated to research and education to promote humanistic interpretations of Islam, as well as the Chair of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of California, Los Angeles . He has lectured on and taught Islamic law in the United States and Europe in academic and non-academic environments since approximately 1990. Abou El Fadl is the author of numerous books and articles on topics in Islam and Islamic law. He has appeared on national and international television and radio, and published in such publications as The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , The Los Angeles Times , and The Boston Review . His work has been translated into several languages including Arabic, Persian, Indonesian, French, Norwegian, Dutch, Russian, Vietnamese and Japanese.