an introduction to key debates between Islamic law and international human rights law /
Abdullah Saeed, Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Isalamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Austratia, and Advisor to the Studies in Interreligious Relations in Plural Societies Programme, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Cheltenham, UK :
Edward Elgar Publishing,
[2018]
v, 275 pages ;
24 cm
Elgar studies in human rights
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-261) and index.
"Is there a basis for human rights in Islam? Beginning with an exploration of what rights are and how the human rights discourse developed, Abdullah Saeed explores the resources that exist within Islamic tradition. He looks at those that are compatible with international human rights law and can be garnered to promote and protect human rights in Muslim-majority states. A number of rights are given specific focus, including the rights of women and children, freedom of expression and religion, as well as jihad and the laws of war. Human Rights and Islam emphasises the need for Muslims to rethink problematic areas of Islamic thought that are difficult to reconcile with contemporary conceptions of human rights"--
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