Asma Uddin
Expert
Asma T. Uddin is a fellow with the Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. She is also a Berkley Center research fellow. Uddin previously served as counsel with Becket, a non-profit law firm specializing in U.S. and international religious freedom cases, and director of strategy for the Center for Islam and Religious Freedom, a non-profit engaged in religious liberty in Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts. She is widely published by law reviews, university presses, and national and international newspapers. She is also an expert advisor on religious liberty to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and a term-member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition to her expertise in religious liberty, Uddin writes and speaks on gender and Islam, and she is the founding editor-in-chief of altmuslimah.com. She graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was a staff editor at the University of Chicago Law Review.
Education
JD, University of Chicago
Areas of Expertise
- Law and Religion (Church/State Relations)
- International Human Rights Law on Religious Freedom
- Islam and Religious Freedom
- American Muslims and Gender Relations
Publications
Religious Freedom and Discrimination in America – Then and Now: Lessons Learned for American Muslims and Their Allies
In the anti-sharia laws being enacted today in sta
10 November, 2014
Minority Communities and the Mighty Tweet
Is ‘hashtag activism’ doing enough to
25 April, 2014Is Huma Abedin’s Muslim Faith Her Fatal Flaw with Anthony Weiner? That’s Not the Islam I Know
In a way, it’s difficult to imagine this playing o
30 July, 2013Muslim States and the Protection of Fundamental Rights
In his essay, “Islam and Constitutionalism,” Sohai
01 February, 2013Substance over Formalism
“Mom, who is that man?” Zaynab, my 5-year-old daug
09 January, 2013
Sharing Lessons on Religious Freedom: U.S. And Muslim-Majority Countries
The Qur’an 2:256 states: “There is no compulsion i
30 August, 2012Murfreesboro Mosque: On Ramadan Eve, Muslims Fight for the Right to Celebrate
As Ramadan sets in, Muslims in Murfreesboro, Tenne
19 July, 2012
A First Amendment Analysis of Anti-Sharia Initiatives
Ten years after September 11, 2001, the American M
14 May, 2012Muslims and Catholics vs. Banzhaf
There are those who would learn that Catholic Univ
02 November, 2011No Sex on Campus?
Another school year is in full swing. Frat houses
25 October, 2011The Complexity of Muslim Identity, 10 Years after 9/11
As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, Musli
09 September, 2011The Role of Men in Religious Terrorism
Since the capture of Anders Behring Breivik, the O
28 July, 2011Muslim Women Speak for Themselves
We all have important causes to which we are innat
14 June, 2011Graffiti Is Illegal; Anti-Islam Remarks Are Not
13Is ‘hashtag activism’ doing enough t
31 May, 2011Pakistan’s Religion Problem
On March 10, a week after the assassination of Sha
25 March, 2011Caliphate on the Range? The Shariah Precedent in American Courts
Judging by how Oklahoma voted in the recent electi
06 November, 2010What’s behind the Negative Characterization of Muslims?
After two months of traveling abroad, Imam Rauf, t
10 September, 2010Islam and Human Rights: Why It’s up to the Muslim Community to Prove Itself
My legal and advocacy work both in the U.S. and ab
27 August, 2010The Other Islam Controversy in NYC
On the eve of Ramadan, the holiest month for Musli
10 August, 2010Most Victims of Muslim Religious Persecution Are Other Muslims
Religious persecution in Muslim countries has gott
21 May, 2010Pakistan’s Facebook Ban Protects the Violent
n Wednesday, Pakistan’s Lahore High Court or
21 May, 2010
