ISBN:
0813335647
,
0813335043
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 260 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
3. ed.
DDC:
342/.085/0917671
Keywords:
Human rights Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Human rights
;
Civil rights (Islamic law)
;
International law (Islamic law)
;
Civil rights (Islamic law)
;
Human rights Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Civil rights Islamic countries
;
Human rights Islamic countries
;
Islam
;
Menschenrecht
Description / Table of Contents:
Comparisons of rights across cultures -- Laws on human rights : sources and contexts -- Islamic tradition and Muslim reactions to human rights -- Islamic restrictions on human rights -- Discrimination against women and non-Muslims -- Restrictions on the rights and freedoms of women -- Islamic human rights schemes and non-Muslims -- Freedom of religion in Islamic human rights schemes -- An assessment of Islamic human rights schemes -- Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian Constitution -- Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Previous ed.: London: Pinter, 1995
