The Islamic Law of War

Justifications and Regulations

Al-Dawoody examines the justifications and regulations for going to war in both international and domestic armed conflicts under Islamic law. He studies the various kinds of use of force by both state and non-state actors in order to determine the nature of the Islamic law of war.

Law. Introduction. Several scholars have pointed out that the classical Muslim
jurists paid the greatest part of their attention to the Islamic jus in bello (the rules
regulating the conduct of war) while paying little attention to the Islamic jus ad
bellum (the justifications for resorting to war).1 This observation holds true not
only for international wars, the subject of this chapter, but also for domestic or non
-international wars,2 discussed in chapter five. Contrary to the classical Muslim
jurists, ...