Ahmed Al‐dawoody
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmed Al‐dawoody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmed |
| FAMILY NAME | Al‐dawoody |
| SIGNATURE | AL DAWOODY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Zayed University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4526-7916 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Of date palms and dialogue: Enhancing the protection of the natural environment under international humanitarian law and Islamic law
Conflict-related environmental damage remains a huge challenge. This article provides a brief overview of international humanitarian law (IHL) rules that protect the natural environment in armed conflict and notes some convergences with the rules developed by classical Islamic jurists (those who lived from the seventh century up to the last quarter of the nineteenth century) affording protection to the natural environment. Today, a significant nu…
Protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict under international humanitarian law and Islamic law
Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires that the rights and protections of the Convention not be derogated or suspended during “situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict”. Even so, persons with disabilities are still often the group most disproportionately impacted by armed conflict. This reality is not due to a failing of international humanitarian law to protect and consider persons with…
Necessity and Islamic juristic creativity: The case of the management of the dead related to Covid-19
This article studies one of the humanitarian challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis: the dignified handling of the mortal remains of individuals that have died from COVID-19 in Muslim contexts. It illustrates the discussion with examples from Sunni Muslim-majority states when relevant, such as Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morocco and Pakistan, and examples from English-speaking non-Muslim majority states such as the United Kingdo…
International humanitarian law, Islamic law and the protection of children in armed conflict
This paper compares how rules of international humanitarian law and rules of Islamic law protect children in armed conflict. It examines areas of convergence and divergence, and areas where there is room for clarification between these two legal systems. This comparative exercise spotlights four key topics marking the wartime experience of children: the unlawful recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups, the detention of ch…
Management of the dead from the Islamic law and international humanitarian law perspectives: Considerations for humanitarian forensics
This article discusses a number of contemporary issues and challenges pertinent to the management of the dead in contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence and natural disasters under Islamic law and international humanitarian law. Among the issues and challenges faced by forensic specialists in Muslim contexts at present are collective burial, quick burial of dead bodies, exhumation of human remains, autopsy, burial at sea, an…
Islamic law and international humanitarian law: An introduction to the main principles
This article gives an overview of the principles regulating the use of force under the Islamic law of war in the four Sunni schools of Islamic law. By way of introducing the topic, it briefly discusses the origins, sources and characteristics of the Islamic law of war. The discussion reveals the degree of compatibility between these Islamic principles and the modern principles of international humanitarian law, and offers insights into how these …
Islam and Warfare: Context and Compatibility with International Law By Onder Bakircioglu
The question of the legitimate and illegitimate use of force is an essential part of any legal tradition and the Islamic legal tradition is no exception here. Since the advent of Islam, the doctrine of jihad evolved as a mechanism by which Muslims both spiritually or violently struggle fī sabīl Allāh (in the path of God). The Islamic scriptural sources and the many disciplines associated with the study of them, as well as the Islamic legal, ethic…
International Terrorism and the Jurisdiction of Islamic Law
This article investigates the jurisdiction of Islamic law to international terrorism under the four Sunni schools of Islamic law. International terrorism refers to the following three cases: 1) terrorist acts committed outside of the Islamic state by its citizens; 2) terrorist acts committed outside the Islamic state by its non-citizens; and 3) terrorist acts committed inside the Islamic state by its non-citizens. It starts with studying the clas…
Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars Under Classical Islamic Law
The different forms of civil wars that took place between the Muslims during the first four decades after the Prophet's demise still have a lasting effect on the religious and political thought of
Armed Jihad in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Armed jihad in the Islamic legal tradition has been the subject of lengthy discussions, interpretations, and deliberations among Muslim jurists and scholars for over 14 centuries. Different interpretations of the nature of armed jihad as offensive or only defensive armed conflict have been advocated depending on the interpretations of certain incidents of fighting that took place between the Prophet and the enemies of the Muslims after the flight…
The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations
Al-Dawoody examines the justifications and regulations for going to war in both international and domestic armed conflicts under Islamic law. He studies the various kinds of use of force by both state
Islamic law and international humanitarian law: An introduction to the main principles
This article gives an overview of the principles regulating the use of force under the Islamic law of war in the four Sunni schools of Islamic law. By way of introducing the topic, it briefly discusses the origins, sources and characteristics of the Islamic law of war. The discussion reveals the degree of compatibility between these Islamic principles and the modern principles of international humanitarian law, and offers insights into how these …
Management of the dead from the Islamic law and international humanitarian law perspectives: Considerations for humanitarian forensics
This article discusses a number of contemporary issues and challenges pertinent to the management of the dead in contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence and natural disasters under Islamic law and international humanitarian law. Among the issues and challenges faced by forensic specialists in Muslim contexts at present are collective burial, quick burial of dead bodies, exhumation of human remains, autopsy, burial at sea, an…
International Terrorism and the Jurisdiction of Islamic Law
This article investigates the jurisdiction of Islamic law to international terrorism under the four Sunni schools of Islamic law. International terrorism refers to the following three cases: 1) terrorist acts committed outside of the Islamic state by its citizens; 2) terrorist acts committed outside the Islamic state by its non-citizens; and 3) terrorist acts committed inside the Islamic state by its non-citizens. It starts with studying the clas…
Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars Under Classical Islamic Law
The different forms of civil wars that took place between the Muslims during the first four decades after the Prophet's demise still have a lasting effect on the religious and political thought of
The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations
Al-Dawoody examines the justifications and regulations for going to war in both international and domestic armed conflicts under Islamic law. He studies the various kinds of use of force by both state
Armed Jihad in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Armed jihad in the Islamic legal tradition has been the subject of lengthy discussions, interpretations, and deliberations among Muslim jurists and scholars for over 14 centuries. Different interpretations of the nature of armed jihad as offensive or only defensive armed conflict have been advocated depending on the interpretations of certain incidents of fighting that took place between the Prophet and the enemies of the Muslims after the flight…
International Terrorism and the Jurisdiction of Islamic Law
This article investigates the jurisdiction of Islamic law to international terrorism under the four Sunni schools of Islamic law. International terrorism refers to the following three cases: 1) terrorist acts committed outside of the Islamic state by its citizens; 2) terrorist acts committed outside the Islamic state by its non-citizens; and 3) terrorist acts committed inside the Islamic state by its non-citizens. It starts with studying the clas…
Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars Under Classical Islamic Law
The different forms of civil wars that took place between the Muslims during the first four decades after the Prophet's demise still have a lasting effect on the religious and political thought of
Islam and Warfare: Context and Compatibility with International Law By Onder Bakircioglu
The question of the legitimate and illegitimate use of force is an essential part of any legal tradition and the Islamic legal tradition is no exception here. Since the advent of Islam, the doctrine of jihad evolved as a mechanism by which Muslims both spiritually or violently struggle fī sabīl Allāh (in the path of God). The Islamic scriptural sources and the many disciplines associated with the study of them, as well as the Islamic legal, ethic…
Management of the dead from the Islamic law and international humanitarian law perspectives: Considerations for humanitarian forensics
This article discusses a number of contemporary issues and challenges pertinent to the management of the dead in contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence and natural disasters under Islamic law and international humanitarian law. Among the issues and challenges faced by forensic specialists in Muslim contexts at present are collective burial, quick burial of dead bodies, exhumation of human remains, autopsy, burial at sea, an…
Islamic law and international humanitarian law: An introduction to the main principles
This article gives an overview of the principles regulating the use of force under the Islamic law of war in the four Sunni schools of Islamic law. By way of introducing the topic, it briefly discusses the origins, sources and characteristics of the Islamic law of war. The discussion reveals the degree of compatibility between these Islamic principles and the modern principles of international humanitarian law, and offers insights into how these …
International humanitarian law, Islamic law and the protection of children in armed conflict
This paper compares how rules of international humanitarian law and rules of Islamic law protect children in armed conflict. It examines areas of convergence and divergence, and areas where there is room for clarification between these two legal systems. This comparative exercise spotlights four key topics marking the wartime experience of children: the unlawful recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups, the detention of ch…
Necessity and Islamic juristic creativity: The case of the management of the dead related to Covid-19
This article studies one of the humanitarian challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis: the dignified handling of the mortal remains of individuals that have died from COVID-19 in Muslim contexts. It illustrates the discussion with examples from Sunni Muslim-majority states when relevant, such as Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morocco and Pakistan, and examples from English-speaking non-Muslim majority states such as the United Kingdo…
Protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict under international humanitarian law and Islamic law
Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires that the rights and protections of the Convention not be derogated or suspended during “situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict”. Even so, persons with disabilities are still often the group most disproportionately impacted by armed conflict. This reality is not due to a failing of international humanitarian law to protect and consider persons with…
Of date palms and dialogue: Enhancing the protection of the natural environment under international humanitarian law and Islamic law
Conflict-related environmental damage remains a huge challenge. This article provides a brief overview of international humanitarian law (IHL) rules that protect the natural environment in armed conflict and notes some convergences with the rules developed by classical Islamic jurists (those who lived from the seventh century up to the last quarter of the nineteenth century) affording protection to the natural environment. Today, a significant nu…
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