an introduction to key debates between Islamic law and international human rights law /
First Statement of Responsibility
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.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cheltenham, UK :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Edward Elgar Publishing,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2018]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
v, 275 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Elgar studies in human rights
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-261) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"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"--
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Human rights and Islam.
International Standard Book Number
9781784716585
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Human rights-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Human rights.
86.14 Islamic law.
86.81 human rights.
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Human rights-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Human rights-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Islam.
Islamic countries.
Islamic law.
Islamisches Recht
Menschenrecht
Secularisation.
State and Church relations.
Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights (Paris, 19 September 1981).