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Islam and the Law of Armed Conflict
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9781782545248 Edward Elgar Publishing
This important collection reveals a multiplicity of perspectives on the Islamic law of war and peace. Prefaced by an original introduction, the carefully selected works demonstrate how the concept of Jihad is interpreted or misinterpreted. They also examine the rules applicable during the conduct of armed conflict and the significance of peace and security within Islamic tradition. The collection provides valuable insights into the compatibility of the Islamic law of war and peace and the law of armed conflict, demonstrating how the former could minimise unnecessary human suffering during armed conflict. This book is an essential source of reference for everyone interested in this vital relationship.
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This important collection reveals a multiplicity of perspectives on the Islamic law of war and peace. Prefaced by an original introduction, the carefully selected works demonstrate how the concept of Jihad is interpreted or misinterpreted. They also examine the rules applicable during the conduct of armed conflict and the significance of peace and security within Islamic tradition. The collection provides valuable insights into the compatibility of the Islamic law of war and peace and the law of armed conflict, demonstrating how the former could minimise unnecessary human suffering during armed conflict. This book is an essential source of reference for everyone interested in this vital relationship.
Critical Acclaim
‘The collection provides valuable insights into the compatibility of the Islamic law of war and peace and the law of armed conflict, demonstrating how the former could minimize unnecessary human suffering during armed conflict. Islam and the Law of Armed Conflict is an essential source of reference for everyone interested in this vital relationship.’
– Midwest Book Review
‘This is a timely volume that sheds authoritative light on an often misunderstood topic in Islam. The strength of the volume is in the inclusion of materials from both established traditional and contemporary scholars on the subject. It provides a much needed enlightenment on the question of armed conflict and the use of force under Islamic law, especially at this time. I will recommended it highly for anyone interested in a better understanding of the subject.’
– Mashood A. Baderin, University of London, UK
– Midwest Book Review
‘This is a timely volume that sheds authoritative light on an often misunderstood topic in Islam. The strength of the volume is in the inclusion of materials from both established traditional and contemporary scholars on the subject. It provides a much needed enlightenment on the question of armed conflict and the use of force under Islamic law, especially at this time. I will recommended it highly for anyone interested in a better understanding of the subject.’
– Mashood A. Baderin, University of London, UK
Contributors
33 articles, dating from 1985 to 2013
Contributors include: A. Al-Dawoody, M. al-Hasan al-Shaybani, M.C. Bassiouni, K.A. El-Fadl, M.H. Kamali, M.M. Shaltut, H.E. Shaykh Ali Gomaa, A.L. Silverman, F. Vogel, H. Zawati
Contributors include: A. Al-Dawoody, M. al-Hasan al-Shaybani, M.C. Bassiouni, K.A. El-Fadl, M.H. Kamali, M.M. Shaltut, H.E. Shaykh Ali Gomaa, A.L. Silverman, F. Vogel, H. Zawati
Contents
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction Niaz A. Shah
PART I JIHAD: THE USE OF FORCE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
1. Imam Mahmoud Muhammad Shaltut (2012), ‘The Verses of Combat (Ayaatul Qitaal)’, in The Qur’an and Combat. English Monograph Series, No. 18, (translated by Lamya Al-Khraisha), Chapter 4, Amman, Jordan: The Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, 33–47
2. Imam Mahmoud Muhammad Shaltut (2012), ‘The Verses that Organise Combat’, in The Qur’an and Combat. English Monograph Series, No. 18, (translated by Lamya Al-Khraisha), Chapter 6, Amman, Jordan: The Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, 53–76
3. Niaz A. Shah (2013), ‘The Use of Force under Islamic Law’, European Journal of International Law, 24 (1), February, 343–65
4. M. Cherif Bassiouni (2007), ‘Evolving Approaches to Jihad: From Self-defense to Revolutionary and Regime-Change Political Violence’, Chicago Journal of International Law, 8 (1), Summer, 119–46
5. Noor Mohammad (1985), ‘The Doctrine of Jihad: An Introduction’, Journal of Law and Religion, 3 (2), 381–98
6. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi (2008), ‘The Law of War and Concept of Jihad in Islam’, Policy Perspectives, 5 (1), January–June
7. Noor ul Haq (2007), ‘Misperception about Violence in Islam: Causes and Remedies’, Islamabad Policy Research Institute Journal, VII (1), Winter, 59–76
8. Abdul Ghafur Hamid @ Khin Maung Sein (2009), ‘Islamic International Law and the Right of Self-Defense of States’, Journal of East Asia and International Law, 2 (1), 67–101
9. Nelly Lahoud (2011), ‘The Pitfalls of Jihad as an Individual Duty (Fard ‘Ayn)’, in M. Cherif Bassiouni and Amna Guellali (eds), Jihad and its Challenges to International and Domestic Law, Part One, The Hague, The Netherlands: Hague Academic Press, 87–106
10. Shaheen Sardar Ali and Javaid Rehman (2005), ‘The Concept of Jihad in Islamic International Law’, Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 10 (3), Winter, 321–43
11. Onder Bakircioglu (2010), ‘A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Concept of Jihad’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 59 (2), April, 413–40
12. Hilmi M. Zawati (2001), ‘Theory of War in Islamic and Public International Law’, in Is Jihad Just War? War, Peace and Human Rights under Islamic and Public International Law, Chapter One, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 9–47
13. Hilmi M. Zawati (2001), ‘Jihad and International Relations’, in Is Jihad Just War? War, Peace and Human Rights under Islamic and Public International Law, Chapter Two, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 49–84
14. HE Shaykh Ali Gomaa (2013), ‘A Fatwa on Jihad’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 6, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 153–64
15. Niaz A. Shah (2012), ‘The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: A Layeha [Rules and Regulations] for Mujahidin’, Studies and Conflict in Terrorism, 35 (6), 456–70
PART II ISLAMIC LAW OF QITAL (ARMED CONFLICT)
16. Niaz A. Shah (2011), ‘The Islamic law of qital’, in Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan, Chapter 2, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, 31–59
17. Matthias Vanhullebusch (2006–2007), ‘General Principles of Islamic Law of War: A Reassessment’, Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 13 (1), 37–56
18. Troy S. Thomas (2002–2003), ‘Jihad’s Captives: Prisoners of War in Islam’, USAF Journal of Legal Studies, 12, 87–101
19. Muhammad al-Hasan al-Shaybani (2004), Kitab Al-Siyar Al-Saghir: The Shorter Book on Muslim International Law (translated by Mahmood Ahmad Gazi), New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, 43–110
20. Maryam Elahi (1987–1988), ‘The Rights of the Child Under Islamic Law: Prohibition of the Child Soldier’, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 19 (2), Spring, 259–79
21. Anke I. Bouzenita (2011), ‘The Principle of Neutrality and “Islamic International Law” (Siyar)’, Global Jurist, 11 (1), i, 1–34
22. Mohammad Hashim Kamali (2013), ‘Dhimmi and Musta’min: A Juristic and Historical Perspective’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 12, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 304–14
PART III ARMED CONFLICT AMONG MUSLIMS: INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT
23. Niaz A. Shah (2011), ‘The Islamic law of qital among Muslims’, in Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan, Chapter 2, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, 60–70
24. Khaled Abou El Fadl (2001), ‘The Doctrinal Foundations of the Laws of Rebellion’, in Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law, Chapter 2, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 32–61
25. Ahmed Al-Dawoody (2011), ‘Internal Hostilities and Terrorism’, in The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations, Chapter 5, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 147–96
26. Sadia Tabassum (2011), ‘Combatants, not Bandits: The Status of Rebels in Islamic Law’, International Review of the Red Cross, 93 (881), March, 121–39
27. Frank E. Vogel (2002), ‘The Trial of Terrorists Under Classical Islamic Law’, Harvard International Law Journal, 43 (1), Winter, 53–64
28. Naveed Sheikh (2013), ‘Body Count: A Comparative Quantitative Study of Mass Killings in History’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 7, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 165–214
PART IV PEACE AND SECURITY IN ISLAM
29. Ibrahim Kalin (2013), ‘Islam and Peace: A Survey of The Sources of Peace in the Islamic Tradition’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 8, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 217–49
30. Karim Douglas Crow (2013), ‘The Concept of Peace / Security (Salm) in Islam’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 9, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 250–68
31. Mohamed Elewa Badar (2013), ‘Ius in Bello under Islamic International Law’, International Criminal Law Review, 13 (3), 593–625
PART V ISLAMIC LAW AND THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT
32. James Cockayne (2002), ‘Islam and International Humanitarian Law: From a Clash to a Conversation Between Civilizations’, International Review of the Red Cross, 84 (847), September, 597–626
33. Adam L. Silverman (2002), ‘Just War, Jihad, and Terrorism: A Comparison of Western and Islamic Norms for the Use of Political Violence’, Journal of Church and State, 44 (1), Winter, 73–92
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction Niaz A. Shah
PART I JIHAD: THE USE OF FORCE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
1. Imam Mahmoud Muhammad Shaltut (2012), ‘The Verses of Combat (Ayaatul Qitaal)’, in The Qur’an and Combat. English Monograph Series, No. 18, (translated by Lamya Al-Khraisha), Chapter 4, Amman, Jordan: The Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, 33–47
2. Imam Mahmoud Muhammad Shaltut (2012), ‘The Verses that Organise Combat’, in The Qur’an and Combat. English Monograph Series, No. 18, (translated by Lamya Al-Khraisha), Chapter 6, Amman, Jordan: The Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, 53–76
3. Niaz A. Shah (2013), ‘The Use of Force under Islamic Law’, European Journal of International Law, 24 (1), February, 343–65
4. M. Cherif Bassiouni (2007), ‘Evolving Approaches to Jihad: From Self-defense to Revolutionary and Regime-Change Political Violence’, Chicago Journal of International Law, 8 (1), Summer, 119–46
5. Noor Mohammad (1985), ‘The Doctrine of Jihad: An Introduction’, Journal of Law and Religion, 3 (2), 381–98
6. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi (2008), ‘The Law of War and Concept of Jihad in Islam’, Policy Perspectives, 5 (1), January–June
7. Noor ul Haq (2007), ‘Misperception about Violence in Islam: Causes and Remedies’, Islamabad Policy Research Institute Journal, VII (1), Winter, 59–76
8. Abdul Ghafur Hamid @ Khin Maung Sein (2009), ‘Islamic International Law and the Right of Self-Defense of States’, Journal of East Asia and International Law, 2 (1), 67–101
9. Nelly Lahoud (2011), ‘The Pitfalls of Jihad as an Individual Duty (Fard ‘Ayn)’, in M. Cherif Bassiouni and Amna Guellali (eds), Jihad and its Challenges to International and Domestic Law, Part One, The Hague, The Netherlands: Hague Academic Press, 87–106
10. Shaheen Sardar Ali and Javaid Rehman (2005), ‘The Concept of Jihad in Islamic International Law’, Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 10 (3), Winter, 321–43
11. Onder Bakircioglu (2010), ‘A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Concept of Jihad’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 59 (2), April, 413–40
12. Hilmi M. Zawati (2001), ‘Theory of War in Islamic and Public International Law’, in Is Jihad Just War? War, Peace and Human Rights under Islamic and Public International Law, Chapter One, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 9–47
13. Hilmi M. Zawati (2001), ‘Jihad and International Relations’, in Is Jihad Just War? War, Peace and Human Rights under Islamic and Public International Law, Chapter Two, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 49–84
14. HE Shaykh Ali Gomaa (2013), ‘A Fatwa on Jihad’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 6, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 153–64
15. Niaz A. Shah (2012), ‘The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: A Layeha [Rules and Regulations] for Mujahidin’, Studies and Conflict in Terrorism, 35 (6), 456–70
PART II ISLAMIC LAW OF QITAL (ARMED CONFLICT)
16. Niaz A. Shah (2011), ‘The Islamic law of qital’, in Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan, Chapter 2, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, 31–59
17. Matthias Vanhullebusch (2006–2007), ‘General Principles of Islamic Law of War: A Reassessment’, Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 13 (1), 37–56
18. Troy S. Thomas (2002–2003), ‘Jihad’s Captives: Prisoners of War in Islam’, USAF Journal of Legal Studies, 12, 87–101
19. Muhammad al-Hasan al-Shaybani (2004), Kitab Al-Siyar Al-Saghir: The Shorter Book on Muslim International Law (translated by Mahmood Ahmad Gazi), New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, 43–110
20. Maryam Elahi (1987–1988), ‘The Rights of the Child Under Islamic Law: Prohibition of the Child Soldier’, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 19 (2), Spring, 259–79
21. Anke I. Bouzenita (2011), ‘The Principle of Neutrality and “Islamic International Law” (Siyar)’, Global Jurist, 11 (1), i, 1–34
22. Mohammad Hashim Kamali (2013), ‘Dhimmi and Musta’min: A Juristic and Historical Perspective’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 12, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 304–14
PART III ARMED CONFLICT AMONG MUSLIMS: INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT
23. Niaz A. Shah (2011), ‘The Islamic law of qital among Muslims’, in Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan, Chapter 2, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, 60–70
24. Khaled Abou El Fadl (2001), ‘The Doctrinal Foundations of the Laws of Rebellion’, in Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law, Chapter 2, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 32–61
25. Ahmed Al-Dawoody (2011), ‘Internal Hostilities and Terrorism’, in The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations, Chapter 5, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 147–96
26. Sadia Tabassum (2011), ‘Combatants, not Bandits: The Status of Rebels in Islamic Law’, International Review of the Red Cross, 93 (881), March, 121–39
27. Frank E. Vogel (2002), ‘The Trial of Terrorists Under Classical Islamic Law’, Harvard International Law Journal, 43 (1), Winter, 53–64
28. Naveed Sheikh (2013), ‘Body Count: A Comparative Quantitative Study of Mass Killings in History’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 7, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 165–214
PART IV PEACE AND SECURITY IN ISLAM
29. Ibrahim Kalin (2013), ‘Islam and Peace: A Survey of The Sources of Peace in the Islamic Tradition’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 8, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 217–49
30. Karim Douglas Crow (2013), ‘The Concept of Peace / Security (Salm) in Islam’, in HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Ibrahim Kalin and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (eds), War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Chapter 9, Amman, Jordan: MABDA (The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), 250–68
31. Mohamed Elewa Badar (2013), ‘Ius in Bello under Islamic International Law’, International Criminal Law Review, 13 (3), 593–625
PART V ISLAMIC LAW AND THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT
32. James Cockayne (2002), ‘Islam and International Humanitarian Law: From a Clash to a Conversation Between Civilizations’, International Review of the Red Cross, 84 (847), September, 597–626
33. Adam L. Silverman (2002), ‘Just War, Jihad, and Terrorism: A Comparison of Western and Islamic Norms for the Use of Political Violence’, Journal of Church and State, 44 (1), Winter, 73–92
Index