SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Medium.com Articles:
- “A Muslim American Reflects on the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” July 4, 2020
- “The Sharia Moral Epistemology is More Progressive, Nuanced, and Understanding of a Woman’s Right to Terminate her Pregnancy than the Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices,” June 29, 2020
- “The Ummah as Formed, Lived, and Practiced by the Prophet Muhammed is the Way to End Anti-Black Racism in the Muslim Community,” June 29, 2020
- “Alabama’s abortion law is not ‘Christian Sharia,’ professor says. Sharia isn’t as inflexible, as draconian,” Star Ledger, May 23, 2019
- “Don’t be surprised if one of these horrific massacres happens ‘at a mosque near you,’ N.J. Muslim attorney says,” Star Ledger, March 15 2019
- “Opinion: History, fasting and the festive spirit of Ramadan,” The Record, June 12, 2018
Harvard Law School’s Islamic Law Program’s ShariaSource Blog (Peer Reviewed):
- “Islamic Center of Nashville: Ijara Financing Cancels Religious Tax Exemption for Financed Property,” December 12, 2017
- “Islamic Law in U.S. Courts: Anti-Shari’a Ban in Kansas,” July 14 , 2017
- “Does a Muslim Inmate Have a First Amendment Right to a Halal Meal?” September 8, 2016
- “No Newt: Anti-Shari’a Rhetoric Doesn’t Change the Law,” July 18, 2016
- “I’m a NJ Muslim: How I Celebrate Jesus’ Birth with My Family”, Star Ledger, December 24, 2016
- “16 is a Little Young to Get Married, Isn’t It?” Star Ledger; November 13, 2016
- “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movements,” Jurist, June 11, 2016
- “Why NJ shouldn’t Block Freedom of Speech in Israeli Boycott Debate,” Star Ledger, May 26, 2016
- “Five Things You Didn’t Know About Religious Veils,” CNN.com, June 9, 2015
- “What ISIS – and the West – Get Wrong about Jihad,” CNN.com, May 29, 2015
- “Does Islam Really Condemn Converts To Death?” CNN.com, June 6, 2014
- Quoted: Mosenz, Polly. “ISIS Breaks Normal Timeline with Hostage Peter Kassig,” Newsweek, November 5, 2014
- “Does Islam really condemn converts to death?” CNN.com, June 6, 2014
- “Islamic family law in American courts: A rich, diverse and evolving jurisprudence,” in Muslim Family Law in Western Courts, edited by Elisa Giunchi, Routledge, 2014
- “Al-Rida wa Hukum al-‘idam (Apostasy and the Death Penalty)” (Arabic), Al-Hawadeth Newspaper, December, 2014
- “Islamic Family Law in American Court: A Rich, Diverse and Evolving Jurisprudence, in Islamic Family Law in the West,” Routledge, 2014
- “Marriage: Legal Foundations,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Women and Islam, 2013
- “Divorce: Legal Foundations,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Women and Islam, 2013 (co-authored)
- “Who is Next? Egyptian, Beware of the Military,” (Arabic), Al-Quds Al-Arabi, July 16, 2013
- “The True Story of Sharia in American Courts,” The Nation, June 13, 2012
- “Chipping Away at Divorce Quagmire for Muslim and Jewish Women,” New Jersey Law Journal, February 13, 2012
- Abed Awad, Chipping Away At Divorce Quagmire For Muslim And Jewish Women, New Jersey Law Journal, February 13, 2012
- “Negative Connotations Surrounding Sharia Must Be Dispelled,” Jurist-Sidebar, February 2, 2012
- “Negative Connotations Surrounding Sharia Must Be Dispelled,” Jurist-Sidebar, February 2, 2012
- Abed Awad, Negative Connotations Surrounding Sharia Must Be Dispelled, JURIST-Sidebar, February 2, 2012
- “Appeals Court Had The Chance To Do Right By A Wife And Children – But Declined It,” North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, December 26, 2011
- “Q&A: What Sharia Law Actually Means,” Salon.com, February 28, 2011
- What Sharia Law Actually Means, Salon.com, February 28, 2011
- “Iflas & Chapter 11: Classical Islamic Law and Modern Bankruptcy Law, “44 Int’l Law. 975 (2010) (co-authored)
- “Oklahoma Amendment is Unconstitutional: Barring Court from Considering Sharia Law Violated the Supremacy Clause & the First Amendment’” National Law Journal, November 15, 2010
- “Religion-Based Claim in Abuse Case Wisely Pierced by Appeals Court,” New Jersey Law Journal, September 17, 2010)
- Quoted: in “Islamic law and domestic violence Attorney discusses empowering women through egalitarian Islamic family law,” Detroit Legal News, March 9, 2010
- “Umar’s Magic Oven” (children’s book); co-author, 2010
- Abed Awad & Robert E. Michael, Chapter 11: Classical Islamic Law and Modern Bankruptcy Law, 44 International Lawyer 975 (2010)
- Abed Awad, Oklahoma Amendment is Unconstitutional: Barring Courts From Considering Shariah Law Violates the Supremacy Clause and the First Amendment, National Law Journal, November 15, 2010
- Abed Awad, Religion-Based Claim in Abuse Case Wisely Pierced by Appeals Court, New Jersey Law Journal, September 17, 2010
- “Remove Remarriage Barriers for Muslim, Jewish Women,” New Jersey Law Journal, April 9, 2009
- Abed Awad, Remove Remarriage Barriers for Muslim, Jewish Women, New Jersey Law Journal, April 13, 2009
- Abed Awad & Robert S. Popescu, Declaring Muslim Marriages Void Will Have Ruinous Effect on Wives, New Jersey Law Journal, November 20, 2006
- Abed Awad & Robert S. Popescu, Abu Zahar v. Abu Zahar: Appellate Division Declines to Adopt Bright-Line Prohibiting Out-of-Country Visitation , New Jersey Law Journal, September 22, 2003
- “Abu Zahar v. Abu Zahar: Appellate Division Declines to Adopt Bright-Line Prohibiting Out-of-Country Visitation,” New Jersey Law Journal, September 22, 2003
- Abed Awad, Court Enforces Mahr Provision in Muslim Marriage Contract, New Jersey Law Journal, September 9, 2002
- “Court Enforces Mahr Provision in Muslim Marriage Contract,” New Jersey Law Journal, September 9, 2002
- “When Custody Disputes Go Global,” New Jersey Law Journal, August 7, 2000
- Abed Awad & Robert S. Popescu, When Custody Disputes Go Global: Applying the Hague Convention to Determine Jurisdiction, New Jersey Law Journal, August 7, 2000
- “Beware of International Service of Process,” New Jersey Law Journal, March 13, 2002
- Abed Awad, Beware of International Service of Process, New Jersey Law Journal, March 11, 2002
- Abed Awad, Attorney Client Sex Should Always Be Off Limits, New Jersey Law Journal, March 13, 2000.
- “Attorney Client Sex Should Always Be Off Limits,” New Jersey Law Journal, March 13, 2000
- “U.S. Claims against Iraq Outside UNCC Jurisdiction: Focus on Letters of Credit,” 22(2) Middle East Exec. Rep. 9, February 1999
- Abed Awad, U.S. Claims Against Iraq Outside UNCC Jurisdiction: Focus on Letters of Credit, 22(2) Middle East Executive Reports 9 (Feb. 1999).
- “Attorney-Client Sexual Relations,” 22J. Legal Prof. 131, 1998
- “The Concept of Defect in American & English Products Liability Discourse: Despite Strict Liability Linguistics, Negligence is back with a Vengeance!” 10(1) Pace International Law Review, 1998
- Abed Awad, Attorney-Client Sexual Relations, 22 The Journal of the Legal Profession (Alabama School of Law) 131 (1998).
- Abed Awad, The Concept of Defect in American and English Products Liability Discourse: Despite Strict Liability Linguistics, Negligence is Back With a Vengeance!, 10(1) Pace International Law Review (Summer 1998).
- “Enforcement & Setting Aside of Arbitral Awards in Egypt,” (work in progress)
- “Translation and Annotation of Chapter on Bankruptcy in Ibn Qudama’s Al-Mughni: Translation with Commentary,” (work in progress)
- “Civil Procedure in the Arab Middle East,” (work in progress)