Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul, received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Relations with honors from San Francisco State University SFSU. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has previously taught at St. Mary's University, Dalhouies University in Halifax, Canada and United Arab Emirates University. Professor Bsoul is currently teaching at Qatar University in the College of Arts and Sciences for the Humanities Department as part of the history program. His areas of expertise are modern and contemporary history of the Middle East, International Relations, Middle East and Islamic studies and, Islamic International Law (Siyar). He has published numerous articles on the Middle East and Islam.

• Part 1 AbstractPart 2 AcknowledgementsChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 The Islamic Law of Nations: SiyarChapter 5 Muslim-Dhimm>¯i and Muslim-Musta'min RelationsChapter 6 International Treaties Mu'h¯ahad¯atChapter 7 Selected TreatiesPart 8 AppendixPart 9 GlossaryPart 10 BibliographyPart 11 Bibliographical Note

Labeeb Bsoul's study of the Islamic law of international treaties is certainly a timely contribution to an important topic….Bsould does a workman-like job of surveying the various opinions of Muslim jurists on the various topics he covers.