L. Ali Khan initially trained as a civil engineer. He later switched to law and earned a law degree from Punjab University, Lahore. In 1976, Khan immigrated to the United States and studied law at New York University School of Law where he received his LL.M. and J.S.D. Khan is a member of the New York and Kansas Bars.
Khan is the founder of Legal Scholar Academy and Emeritus Professor of Law.
Khan has authored several books, including The Extinction of Nation-States (1996), A Theory of Universal Democracy (2003), A Theory of International Terrorism (2006), Contemporary Ijtihad: Limits and Controversies (2011), New Iliad (2013), Flexibility under Islamic Law (2015), and Islam Enters America(2015). Over the years, he has written numerous law review articles and essays on Islamic law, international law, commercial law, creative writing, legal humor, jurisprudence, the U.S. Constitution, comparative constitutional law, human rights, and foreign policy. His academic writings are used as course materials in universities worldwide.
As an Emeritus law professor, Khan has published a five-volume series of 501 Laws, subtitled Blue Volume, Phoenix Volume, Quantum Volume, Doors Volume, and Aztec Volume. These laws establish a new genre of writing that fuses fact with fiction, reason with imagination, and philosophy with legal rules and principles. He is currently writing another book, The Future of Shariah in America.
Khan has devoted much of his academic scholarship to Islamic law and conflicts involving Muslim communities. He has participated in Islamic law symposia held at the law schools of Samford University, University of St. Thomas, Barry University, Michigan State University, and Brigham Young University, contributing groundbreaking articles on Islamic jurisprudence.
In addition to law articles and academic books, Khan also writes for the popular press in the United States, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. His legal and foreign affairs commentaries are published worldwide, and international media seek his comments on world events. Khan's legal and political commentaries have been published in Counterpunch, Huffington Post, JURIST, The Hindu, Dawn (Pakistan), Daily Star (Bangladesh), Taipei Times, Asia Times, and numerous other publications.
He comments on world affairs on international radio and television media, including BBC, Press TV, and NPR.
He has writtien book reviews for the New York Journal of Books (now a defunct website). .
Khan's writings are cited in various Wikipedia entries, including Shariah, Islamic democracy, nation-state, definitions of terrorism, and manual labor.
In 2007, Khan was a resident legal scholar with the Organization of Islamic Conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He taught law for thirty-five years at Washburn University School of Law.
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