Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz
Reiter published a number of studies on the issue of war and peace in Islam.His book "War Peace and International Relations in Islam" analyzes "fatwas" – rulings of Islamic law – issued by religious sages and clerics on issues of war and peace in regard to the actual or future possibility of concluding a peace agreement between Muslim states and Israel. The analysis highlights Islamic law's adaptation to changing political realities to the modern model of international relations; the changing concept of "jihad" and the current role of political "fatwas". It deals with the "sharia" interpretations regarding war and peace in theory and practice; the Hudaybiyya pact of 628 between the Prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh infidels; Egyptian fatwas from 1947-1979 regarding peace with Israel; the 1995 debate between the late mufti of Saudi Arabia Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and the popular Islamist scholar Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi over the Oslo Accords; the Hamas "hudna" concept; the debate between Saudi Arabian muftis and Hezbollah sages over Israel's second war in Lebanon (2006); and a comparative study of the agreements that were signed between the Algerian leader Abd al-Qadir and the French in the 1830s. The book details those Muslim religious scholars and leaders who present pragmatic interpretations and envision the natural relations between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds as a state of peace; sheds light on the built-in pluralism in Islam; and exposes the need of moderate Arab-Muslim rulers for pragmatic muftis and "fatwas" in order to contend with radical Muslim factions to soften and limit Arab public opposition to signing agreement with Israel, and to enable normal relations with Israel after signing the agreement.