Human Rights in Islam

Human Rights in Islam

Author: Syed Abul ʻAla Maudoodi

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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A short exposition of the value and concept of human rights in Islam as noted in the Quran and Sunnah


The Right to Life, Security, Privacy and Ownership in Islam

The Right to Life, Security, Privacy and Ownership in Islam

Author: Mohammad Hashim Kamali

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903682548

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Exploring the ideas of human rights according to the laws of Islam, this discussion examines the sanctity of life, murder, unintentional killing, the death penalty, abortion, suicide, and euthanasia. The arguments are introduced by Qur’anic quotations and Prophetic anecdotes and include practical examples of both medieval and contemporary applications. Relevant to the current international interest of multicultural perspectives on human rights, this analysis also covers security against unlawful arrest, freedom from torture, immunity against invasion of privacy, and restrictions imposed by the Shari’a on the exercises of these rights.


Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

Author: Jocelyne Cesari

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 019878855X

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This collection reframes the debate around Islam and women's rights within a broader comparative literature that examines the complex and contingent historical relationships between religion, secularism, democracy, law, and gender equality.


Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam

Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam

Author: Mohammad Hashim Kamali

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781903682029

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In Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam, M H Kamali presents the reader with an analysis of the three concepts of freedom, equality and justice from an Islamic point of view and their manifestations in the religious, social, legal and political fields. The author discusses the evidence to be found for these concepts in the Qur'an and Sunna, and reviews the interpretations of the earlier schools of law. The work also looks at more recent contributions by Muslim jurists who have advanced fresh interpretations of freedom, equality and justice in the light of the changing realities of contemporary Muslim societies. Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam is part of a series dedicated to the fundamental rights and liberties in Islam and should be read in conjunction with The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective and Freedom of Expression in Islam.


Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia

Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia

Author: John Richard Bowen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-05-29

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780521531894

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This book looks at how Muslims in Indonesia struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws.


Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam

Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam

Author: Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-04-07

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 0861543289

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If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition? Today, the idea of gender equality, inherent to contemporary conceptions of justice, presents a challenge to established, patriarchal interpretations of Shari‘a. In thought-provoking discussions with six influential Muslim intellectuals – Abdullahi An-Na’im, Amina Wadud, Asma Lamrabet, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Mohsen Kadivar and Sedigheh Vasmaghi – Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores how egalitarian gender laws might be constructed from within the Islamic legal framework.


Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law

Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law

Author: Shaheen S. Ali

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9004479953

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This important study offers a conceptual analysis of gender and human rights under Islamic law, state law and international law, and extends this analysis to a specific examination of the nature of women's rights in the Islamic tradition. It explores the disparity between the theoretical perspective on women's rights and its applications to Muslim jurisdictions, determined by elements of cultural practices, socio-economic realities and political expediences, and uses the example of Pakistan to demonstrate the divergence between the theory and practice of Islamic law in these jurisdictions. It discusses the concept of an emerging 'operative' Islamic law, which includes principles of Islamic law, secular codes and popular custom and usage.


Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation

Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation

Author: Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh

Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich

Published: 2018-07-16

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 3863882989

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Women‘s movements in Islamic countries have had a long and arduous journey in their quest for the realization of human rights and genuine equality. The author examines whether discriminatory laws against women do in fact originate from Islam and, ultimately, if there is any interpretation of Islam compatible with gender equality. She investigates women’s rights in Iran since the 1979 Revolution from the perspectives of the main currents of Islamic thought, fundamentalists, reformists, and seculars, using a sociological explanation.