Islam and International Law explores the multi-faceted relationship of Islam and international law. Current debates on Sharia, Islam and the "West" often suffer from prejudice and platitudes. The book seeks to engage such self-centrism by providing a plurality of perspectives, both in terms of interdisciplinary research and geographic backgrounds.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introducing an Intricate Relationship, Marie-Luisa Frick & Andreas Th. Muller 2. Islam and International Law, Awn S. Al-Khasawneh I. THE USE OF FORCE: CONTESTED VIEWS ON THE JUS AD BELLUM AND THE JUS IN BELLO IN ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW 3. The Siyar Laws of Aggression: Juridical Re-interpretations of Qur'anic Jihad and Their Contemporary Implications for International Law, Asma Afsaruddin 4. Meaning and Method of the Interpretation of Sunnah in the Field of Siyar: A Reappraisal, Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal 5. Apostasy as a Matter of Islamic International Law, Necmettin Kizilkaya 6. Suicide Attacks: Martyrdom Operations or Acts of Perfidy?, Muhammad Munir II. FOSTERING PEACE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS NOW AND THEN: DIPLOMACY AND RULE OF LAW AS A GENUINE CONTRIBUTION OF ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW? 7. Islamic Diplomacy: Views of the Classical Jurists, Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul 8. Al-Shaybani and Aman: Treatment of Foreigners in the Classical Islamic State with Special Focus on Diplomatic Envoys, Khaled Ramadan Bashir 9. The Ottoman Empire and the Institutionalization of European Diplomacy, 1500-1700, Harriet Rudolph 10. Promoting the Rule of Law: UN, OIC and ILA Initiatives Approaching Islamic Law, Irmgard Marboe III. ISLAM AND THE INDIVIDUAL: CHALLENGES OF AND TO ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONTEMPORARY HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSES 11. New Muslim Perspectives in the Human Rights Debate, Abdulmumini A. Oba 12. The Shari'ah, International Human Rights Law and the Right to Hold Opinions and Free Expression: After Bilour's Fatwa, Javaid Rehman 13. Religious Considerations in International Legal Discourse - The Example of Religious Defamation, Lorenz Langer 14. Muslim States and the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: With Special Reference to Malaysia, Abdul Ghafur Hamid @ Khin Maung Sein 15. Islamic Law and International Protection of Minority Rights in Context, Mashood A. Baderin IV. INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AS A COMMON CONCERN OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: BRIDGING DIVIDES OR PROVOKING CLASHES? 16. Islamic Law and International Criminal Law, Markus P. Beham 17. Islamic Criminal Procedure and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court, Matthias Cernusca V. ISLAMIC IDENTITY AND WORLD ORDER: RECONSIDERING ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN LIGHT OF THE REALITIES OF A GLOBALIZING WORLD 18. Islam and Islamic Law in Contemporary International Relations, Maurits S. Berger 19. Islamic Views of Global Order and their Impact on International Law , Gregor Novak 20. Islam and the Future of the International Community, Muddathir 'Abd al-Rahim