Career
Shaker Al Nabulsi was a signatory of the St. Petersburg Declaration and authored numerous books and widely cited articles on politics, religion, literature and the Arab world. He stated that shari'a laws could only be understood in the context of the period when they were written, and contested the idea that they are eternal. He also called for holding radical clerics to account for Islamic terrorism.
According to Al-Nabulsi:
Al-Nabulsi coined the term "new liberals" for late-twentieth century liberals in the Arab world, and served as their spokesperson.
