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Post-conflict justice mechanisms such as truth commissions, war crimes tribunals and reparations programs have emerged as an important element of durable peace settlements in Latin America, Africa and Asia. They are relatively rare, however, in Muslim countries recovering from conflict - despite the fact that social and criminal justice is a fundamental principle of Islamic law. To stimulate thinking about how post-conflict justice issues can be better incorporated into peace processes in countries like Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia, this workshop report addresses whether there are any fundamental incompatibilities between the Shari'a and related texts and established international law concepts of post-conflict justice.