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VU law professor among world’s most influential Muslims
January 1, 2013 – 11:03 am | No Comment

John Scheibel | The Times
Faisal Kutty is an assistant professor of law at Valparaiso University Law School.

December 31, 2012 12:00 am  •  Susan Emery Times Correspondent

VALPARAISO | A Valparaiso University assistant law professor has been named to …

Islamic Law, Adoptions and Kafalah
November 6, 2012 – 7:47 pm | No Comment

“There hasn’t been a concerted push to open doors for Muslim orphans because the expectation would be that those efforts would fall flat…”
— Chuck Johnson, chief executive, National Council for Adoption.
Conventional wisdom — among both Muslims …

Toward a New Theory of Islamic Constitutionalism – By Faisal Kutty
September 18, 2009 – 5:54 pm | Comments Off
Toward a New Theory of Islamic Constitutionalism – By Faisal Kutty

By Faisal Kutty
Writing in Persuasive Authorities
I had the honour of spending a few days last week with a number of constitutional scholars at the International Association of Law Schools conference on Constitutional Law held jointly …

Islam and democracy: They can work together – Canadian political scientist Nader Hashemi travels through history to make his points about the Islam of today
July 9, 2009 – 7:33 pm | No Comment
Islam and democracy: They can work together – Canadian political scientist Nader Hashemi travels through history to make his points about the Islam of today

Reviewed By FAISAL KUTTY
Published in The Globe And Mail
Nineteenth-century French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the relationship between religion and democracy in the West was the “great problem of our time.” While arguably it …

OPINION: Veils and Justice
February 4, 2009 – 6:38 pm | One Comment
OPINION: Veils and Justice

By Faisal Kutty
Toronto Star, February 04, 2009
Here they go again. Muslims just don’t give up trying to change our values and roll back hard fought rights of equality and justice. Though this time, we may …