Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas Ali Khan studied civil engineering, English literature, and law in Pakistan. In 1976, he immigrated to the United States and obtained law degrees from New York University Law School. He joined the legal academy in 1983. Khan is a prolific writer. He has devoted most of his scholarship to Islamic jurisprudence and international law involving conflicts with Muslim nations. Among his international law books, A Theory of Universal Democracy (2003) and A Theory of International Terrorism (2006) examine the issues of democracy and terrorism in the Muslim world. His jurisprudential articles discuss the immutability of divine texts, forcing Muslim nations to be free, advocacy under Islam and common law, Islam as intellectual property, the second era of ijtihad, and free markets of Islamic jurisprudence. He has also written scholarly articles on the dignity of labor, the evolution of money, and temporality of law. In addition to academic scholarship, he writes for the popular press and his legal commentaries are published in newspapers all over the world, including India, Pakistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. The national and international media seek his comments on international affairs, U.S. policies toward Muslim nations, and applications of Islamic law. In spring 2007, Khan was a resident legal scholar with the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Jeddah, where he studied combating the defamation of religions and the affiliation of non-governmental organizations with the OIC. He teaches arbitration, international law, payments systems, and secured transactions.
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