Human Rights and Islam: An Introduction to Key Debates between Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law
Jan 2018 · Edward Elgar Publishing
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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.
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 ...
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January 17, 2019
A big false leap towards establishing that somehow by hook or crook so called international human rights law is in accordance with the principles of Islam. The author has committed some serious and blatant academic mistakes by regarding the payment of zakat, five times daily prayer and like being based on QIYAS instead of their being based on the direct and principal sources of Islam i.e. the Quran and the Sunnah. The writer says that some versus of Quran and Hadith can not be applied in this age. This is just another vile attempt to trying to totally change the real and true meanings of Shariah. So nonacademic and cheap.
Maria Bhatti
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November 5, 2020
Great book, easy read and well informed
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Abdullah Saeed, Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne & Advisor to SRP program, Nanyang Technological University, Australia
Abdullah Saeed, Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne & Advisor to SRP program, Nanyang Technological University, Australia
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