Publications
Selected publications by the Center’s founder. Work by affiliated experts, and the Center’s own research papers and policy briefs, will be added as they are published.
Books
Islam, Custom, and Human Rights: A Legal and Empirical Study of Criminal Cases in Afghanistan after the 2004 Constitution. Springer, 2022.
Women’s Civil and Political Rights in the Light of Sharia and Laws (co-author). GIZ, 2021. Dari.
Commentary on the Afghan Penal Code (co-author). The Asia Foundation, 2019. Dari.
Green Book: Citation Styles for Legal Writing in Afghanistan (co-author), 2018.
Journal articles
“Women’s Right to Freedom of Movement in Islamic Law and Under Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.” Fordham International Law Journal 49, no. 3 (2026).
“Ulama (Islamic Scholars) as Providers of Restorative Justice in Afghanistan: A Case Study of Women Forced Marriage.” The International Journal of Restorative Justice, forthcoming.
“Membership of Women in Afghanistan’s Supreme Court According to the Afghan Constitution and Hanafi Jurisprudence.” Journal of Afghan Legal Studies. Dari.
“The Role of Sharia in the Judicial System of Afghanistan.” Islam and Civilizational Renewal 11, no. 1 (2020): 39–59.
Book chapters
“Constitutionalism in Islam and the Interpretation of Sharia by the Taliban.” In Status of Constitutionalism and Rule of Law in Afghanistan. Geneva Center for Dialogue and Progress, 2025.
“Human Dignity in the Primary Sources of Islamic Law and its Application by Muslim Jurists.” International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University, forthcoming.
Reports and essays
“Women’s Right to Communal Prayers in Islamic Law and Under Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.” Canopy Forum, Emory University, 2025.
“Art. 130 of the 2004 Afghan Constitution: Implications for Trial Judges.” Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, 2020.
“Legal Pluralism in Afghanistan: Constitutional Law in Theory and Practice.” Max Planck Foundation, 2020.
“Towards a Constitutional Court in Afghanistan: A Proposal” (co-author). Afghanistan Constitutional Studies Institute, 2019.