Khaled Abou El Fadl

Khaled Abou El Fadl
Occupation Islamic scholar, Professor of Law
Religion Sunni Islam
Website
http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=386

Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl (Arabic: خالد أبو الفضل‎, IPA: [ˈxæːled abolˈfɑdl]) (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.[1] 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. President George W. Bush as a commissioner on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. He advocates a strong support for human rights and sat on the Board of Directors for Human Rights Watch. Dr. 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.

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  1. ^ Campo, Juan Eduardo (editor) (2009) "Abou El Fadl, Khaled" Encyclopedia of Islam Facts On File, New York, page 8, ISBN 978-0-8160-5454-1