Presentations


  1. Panelist, “Islamic Law (CLE),” J. Reuben Clark Law Society 2014 Annual Conference, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, February 14, 2014.
  2. Keynote Speaker, "Seeking Perfection Through Kalaam-e-Iqbal," Annual 'Iqbal Day', Iqbal Society of Metropolitan Chicago, East-West University, Chicago, Illinois, April 17, 2011 (commentary on the keynote address).
  3. Symposium Speaker, "Ethics in War, Terrorism, and Military Law," Fourth Annual Law Review Symposium, Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, March 25, 2011.
  4. "American Muslims and the Right to Religious Freedom," The Dorothy L. Thompson Civil Rights Lecture Series, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, March 15, 2011. (See report in March 16, 2011 Kansas State Collegian, page 6.)
  5. Plenary Speaker, "Islamic Law and Constitutional Liberty," Spring Law Journal Symposium, University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 12, 2010.
  6. "A Legal Theory of Foreign Policy Portfolios: U.S. Relationship with the Muslim World under the Obama Administration," A Critical Juncture: Human Rights & US Standing in the World Under the Obama Administration, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems Symposium, University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, March 5, 2010.
  7. Plenary Speaker, "The Quran and the Constitution," Religious Legal Theory: The State of the Field Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, November 13, 2009.
  8. Presented, "Basics of Islamic Finance," University of Missouri Kansas City Law School, Kansas City, Missouri, April 23, 2009.
  9. Speaker, "Islamic Law of Resistance to Occupation," University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, March 16, 2009.
  10. "Islamic Culture and Terrorism," U.S. Attorney's Citizens Academy, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, October 7, 2008.
  11. "Religious Minorities Under Islamic Law," Racial Profiling at Borders Conference, Kwantlen University College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 25, 2008.
  12. "The Islamic Boundaries of Investment Risk," Eighth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 19, 2008.
  13. Symposium Speaker on panel with Ahmad Amara of the Harvard Human Rights Clinic, "All Governments Are Abusers of Human Rights," Lessons Learned, Future Paths: A Human Rights Symposium, University of Kansas School of Law, April 11, 2008.
  14. Keynote Speaker, "Conversions and Conflict: An Interreligious Discussion on Evangelization," University of St. Thomas, Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 7, 2008.
  15. Keynote Speaker, "The Constitutional Crisis in Pakistan," Washburn University School of Law, Prelaw Advisor Conference, Topeka, Kansas, February 28, 2008 (length: 36 minutes, 39 seconds) [These remarks discuss the evolution of the constitutional crisis in Pakistan, explaining the difference between Parliamentary and Presidential forms of government. The Pakistani armed forces prefer the Presidential system whereas political forces prefer the soverignty of the Parliament with a strong Prime Minister.]
  16. Taught an intensive week long course in secured transactions to lawyers and law students in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (July 11-18 2013).

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