M. Cherif Bassiouni is Emeritus Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President of the International Human Rights Law Institute. He is also President of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Syracuse, Italy. In addition to authoring and editing 71 books, he has authored 266 journal articles. He has been published in numerous languages, including Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish. His work has been cited by the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the United States Supreme Court, and other supreme courts.

'Cherif Bassiouni makes the compelling case that international human rights law and international humanitarian law are part of the 'firmament of Islam'; that socioeconomic and educational problems in the Muslim world - not religion and certainly not Islam itself - account for political violence in the name of Islam … [He] argues, with clarity and eloquence that will appeal to scholars and lay readers alike, that Muslim societies can and must develop institutions and mechanisms … to bring to justice those who have committed crimes of political violence under shari'a and Islamic law. This is a courageous and brilliantly reasoned attempt to pry open the gates of rational interpretation closed to Muslims for nearly a millennium. Muslims and non-Muslims alike … will be struck by the scope and sheer ambition of his undertaking …' Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, Atlantic Council, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

• 1. The shari'a, Islamic law (Fiqh), and legal methods (Ilm Uūl al-Fiqh); 2. The postulates of human rights and the place of justice in Islam; 3. The Islamic criminal justice system; 4. Islamic international law and international humanitarian law; 5. The shari'a, Islamic law, and contemporary post-conflict and transitional justice; Appendix A. Chronology of significant dates in the history of Islam; Appendix B. Armed conflicts involving Muslim states; Appendix C. Statute of the international court of justice; Appendix D. The Cairo declaration on human rights in Islam; Appendix E. Convention of the organisation of the Islamic conference on combating international terrorism.

M. Cherif Bassiouni is Emeritus Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President of the International Human Rights Law Institute. He is also President of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Syracuse, Italy. In addition to authoring and editing 71 books, he has authored 266 journal articles. He has been published in numerous languages, including Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish. His work has been cited by the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the United States Supreme Court, and other supreme courts.

'Cherif Bassiouni makes the compelling case that international human rights law and international humanitarian law are part of the 'firmament of Islam'; that socioeconomic and educational problems in the Muslim world - not religion and certainly not Islam itself - account for political violence in the name of Islam … [He] argues, with clarity and eloquence that will appeal to scholars and lay readers alike, that Muslim societies can and must develop institutions and mechanisms … to bring to justice those who have committed crimes of political violence under shari'a and Islamic law. This is a courageous and brilliantly reasoned attempt to pry open the gates of rational interpretation closed to Muslims for nearly a millennium. Muslims and non-Muslims alike … will be struck by the scope and sheer ambition of his undertaking …' Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, Atlantic Council, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

• 1. The shari'a, Islamic law (Fiqh), and legal methods (Ilm Uūl al-Fiqh); 2. The postulates of human rights and the place of justice in Islam; 3. The Islamic criminal justice system; 4. Islamic international law and international humanitarian law; 5. The shari'a, Islamic law, and contemporary post-conflict and transitional justice; Appendix A. Chronology of significant dates in the history of Islam; Appendix B. Armed conflicts involving Muslim states; Appendix C. Statute of the international court of justice; Appendix D. The Cairo declaration on human rights in Islam; Appendix E. Convention of the organisation of the Islamic conference on combating international terrorism.

M. Cherif Bassiouni is Emeritus Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President of the International Human Rights Law Institute. He is also President of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Syracuse, Italy. In addition to authoring and editing 71 books, he has authored 266 journal articles. He has been published in numerous languages, including Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish. His work has been cited by the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the United States Supreme Court, and other supreme courts.

'Cherif Bassiouni makes the compelling case that international human rights law and international humanitarian law are part of the 'firmament of Islam'; that socioeconomic and educational problems in the Muslim world - not religion and certainly not Islam itself - account for political violence in the name of Islam … [He] argues, with clarity and eloquence that will appeal to scholars and lay readers alike, that Muslim societies can and must develop institutions and mechanisms … to bring to justice those who have committed crimes of political violence under shari'a and Islamic law. This is a courageous and brilliantly reasoned attempt to pry open the gates of rational interpretation closed to Muslims for nearly a millennium. Muslims and non-Muslims alike … will be struck by the scope and sheer ambition of his undertaking …' Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, Atlantic Council, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

• 1. The shari'a, Islamic law (Fiqh), and legal methods (Ilm Uūl al-Fiqh); 2. The postulates of human rights and the place of justice in Islam; 3. The Islamic criminal justice system; 4. Islamic international law and international humanitarian law; 5. The shari'a, Islamic law, and contemporary post-conflict and transitional justice; Appendix A. Chronology of significant dates in the history of Islam; Appendix B. Armed conflicts involving Muslim states; Appendix C. Statute of the international court of justice; Appendix D. The Cairo declaration on human rights in Islam; Appendix E. Convention of the organisation of the Islamic conference on combating international terrorism.