As America marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote– in practice it was primarily reserved for white women, we reflect on gender equitable principles essential to freedom and democracy. Coverture is a concept America had inherited from the English…
Tuesday is Day 28 in the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Revealed to the Prophet Mohammed during Ramadan, Muslims believe the Quran is a mercy to humanity containing a guide to a righteous ethical life. “O believers, the fast is ordained upon you, as it…
AP With rhetoric from President Trump and other officials about Muslims as the enemy, Muslims as terrorists or about Muslims wanting to change our culture it become easy to dehumanize Muslims and want to do them harm like the terrorist in New Zealand, says Abed Awad. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) …
The near-complete ban of abortion in Alabama coupled with the proposed anti-abortion legislation spreading around the country bring into focus the destructive consequences visited upon women’s rights by literalist religious doctrine justified by science cum legislating morality. This position on abortion is rigid allowing no room for grey areas. No…
By Lawrence Lerner // March 20, 2017 The first-ever spring-break “flash” courses were offered last week to students interested in pressing social-justice issues. Spring break is serious business for college students. Most take full advantage of the week long respite to travel, relax at home or perhaps work to make extra…
Posted on February 3, 2012 – By belujol – JURIST Guest Columnist Abed Awad, a Partner at Awad & Khoury, LLP says that while US courts routinely encounter cases where implementing certain principles of Sharia is required, the hysteria surrounding the “intrusive” role of Sharia in US courts is extremely…
Published in New Jersey Law Journal – Monday February 13, 2012 – By Abed Awad & Noura Jebara – The ideal solution to protect New Jersey women whose husbands refuse to grant them a religious divorce is to adopt a New York-style law. There, litigants must allege in the…
Posted on May 29, 2012 – By Abed & Noura – Co-founder of Sharia In America Blog and Rutgers Law School Adjunct Professor Abed Awad, debates Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, about the anti-Sharia legislation in Oklahoma. ~To watch Part I, click here. ~To…
Posted on June 17, 2012 – By Abed & Noura – “The True Story of Sharia in American Courts” – By Abed Awad Published in The Nation magazine on June 13, 2012 To read this article, click here.
Posted on August 11, 2012 – By Abed & Noura – Why this controversy over Shariah? Wait…Shariah?!? What’s that? Co-founder of ShariaInAmerica.com and well-known attorney Abed Awad breaks it down for you. Watch here.
