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This text exams of how the Islamic tradition has been exploited for political ends by regimes and institutions seeking to legitimize policies inimical to human rights. Mayer critically appraises Islamic human rights schemes that dilute the human rights afforded by international law, comparing them with the complex Islamic legal heritage and international human rights law.
This text exams of how the Islamic tradition has been exploited for political ends by regimes and institutions seeking to legitimize policies inimical to human rights. Mayer critically appraises Islamic human rights schemes that dilute the human rights afforded by international law, comparing them with the complex Islamic legal heritage and international human rights law.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- 5th edition
- Seitenzahl: 322
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 154mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 382g
- ISBN-13: 9780813344676
- ISBN-10: 0813344670
- Artikelnr.: 35058250
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- 5th edition
- Seitenzahl: 322
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 154mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 382g
- ISBN-13: 9780813344676
- ISBN-10: 0813344670
- Artikelnr.: 35058250
Ann Elizabeth Mayer
Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 Assimilating Human Rights in the Middle
East Background: Legal Hybridity in the Middle East Misperceptions About
Applying International Human Rights Law as Serving Imperialism Cultural
Relativism Muslims Challenge Cultural Relativism Actual Human Rights
Concerns in the Middle East The Emergence of International Human Rights Law
Muslims' Responses to and Involvement in the UN Human Rights System Summary
2 Human Rights in International and Middle Eastern Systems: Sources and
Contexts International Human Rights: Background Islamic Human Rights:
Sources The Impact of Islamization on Constitutions and Justice The Taliban
Takeover of Afghanistan and Its Aftermath Saudi Arabia Confronts Pressures
for Reforms and Liberalization Summary 3 Islamic Tradition and Muslim
Reactions to Human Rights The Premodern Islamic Heritage Muslim Reactions
to Western Constitutionalism The Persistence of Traditional Priorities and
Values Consequences of Insecure Philosophical Foundations Islamic Human
Rights and Cultural Nationalism Ambivalent Attitudes on Human Rights
Summary 4 Islamic Restrictions on Human Rights Permissible Qualifications
of Rights in International Law Islamic Formulas Limiting Rights
Restrictions in the Iranian Constitution Restrictions in the UIDHR
Restrictions in Other Islamic Human Rights Schemes Islam and Human Rights
in the New Constitutions of Afghanistan and Iraq Summary 5 Discrimination
Against Women and Non-Muslims Equality in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Equality in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equal Protection in US and
International Law Equal Protection in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equality
in the New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions Summary 6 Restrictions on the
Rights of Women Background Islamic Law and Women's Rights Muslim Countries'
Reactions to the Women's Convention Tabandeh's Ideas Mawdudi's Ideas The
UIDHR Islamization in Iran and the Iranian Constitution The al-Azhar Draft
Constitution The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law Women's Rights
in Pakistan The New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions The Influence of Sex
Stereotyping Summary 7 Islamic Human Rights Schemes and Religious
Minorities The Historical Background of Current Issues Facing Religious
Minorities International Standards Prohibiting Religious Discrimination
Shari'a Law and the Rights of Non-Muslims Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The
Iranian Constitution Mawdudi and Pakistan's Ahmadi Minority The Cairo
Declaration, the Saudi Basic Law, and the al-Azhar Draft Constitution US
Policies on Religious Minorities and Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq
Summary 8 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Muslim States Resist
Human Rights for Sexual Minorities Background Sexual Minorities in the
Middle East Contested Islamic Authority Tensions with the West over the
Treatment of Sexual Minorities Muslim States' Objections to New UN
Initiatives Summary 9 Freedom of Religion in Islamic Human Rights Schemes
Controversies Regarding the Shari'a Rule on Apostasy Muslim Countries
Confront Freedom of Religion The Contemporary Significance of Apostasy
Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The al-Azhar Draft Constitution The Iranian
Constitution Sudan Under Islamization Mawdudi and Pakistani Law Affecting
Religious Freedom The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law The Afghan
and Iraqi Constitutions US Interventions in the Domain of Religious Freedom
Expanding the Reach of Laws Criminalizing Insults to Islam: From the
Rushdie Affair to the Danish Cartoons Controversy Summary 10 An Assessment
of Islamic Human Rights Schemes Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian
Constitution Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
Appendix C: 2009 Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions Glossary
Bibliography Notes Index
East Background: Legal Hybridity in the Middle East Misperceptions About
Applying International Human Rights Law as Serving Imperialism Cultural
Relativism Muslims Challenge Cultural Relativism Actual Human Rights
Concerns in the Middle East The Emergence of International Human Rights Law
Muslims' Responses to and Involvement in the UN Human Rights System Summary
2 Human Rights in International and Middle Eastern Systems: Sources and
Contexts International Human Rights: Background Islamic Human Rights:
Sources The Impact of Islamization on Constitutions and Justice The Taliban
Takeover of Afghanistan and Its Aftermath Saudi Arabia Confronts Pressures
for Reforms and Liberalization Summary 3 Islamic Tradition and Muslim
Reactions to Human Rights The Premodern Islamic Heritage Muslim Reactions
to Western Constitutionalism The Persistence of Traditional Priorities and
Values Consequences of Insecure Philosophical Foundations Islamic Human
Rights and Cultural Nationalism Ambivalent Attitudes on Human Rights
Summary 4 Islamic Restrictions on Human Rights Permissible Qualifications
of Rights in International Law Islamic Formulas Limiting Rights
Restrictions in the Iranian Constitution Restrictions in the UIDHR
Restrictions in Other Islamic Human Rights Schemes Islam and Human Rights
in the New Constitutions of Afghanistan and Iraq Summary 5 Discrimination
Against Women and Non-Muslims Equality in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Equality in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equal Protection in US and
International Law Equal Protection in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equality
in the New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions Summary 6 Restrictions on the
Rights of Women Background Islamic Law and Women's Rights Muslim Countries'
Reactions to the Women's Convention Tabandeh's Ideas Mawdudi's Ideas The
UIDHR Islamization in Iran and the Iranian Constitution The al-Azhar Draft
Constitution The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law Women's Rights
in Pakistan The New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions The Influence of Sex
Stereotyping Summary 7 Islamic Human Rights Schemes and Religious
Minorities The Historical Background of Current Issues Facing Religious
Minorities International Standards Prohibiting Religious Discrimination
Shari'a Law and the Rights of Non-Muslims Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The
Iranian Constitution Mawdudi and Pakistan's Ahmadi Minority The Cairo
Declaration, the Saudi Basic Law, and the al-Azhar Draft Constitution US
Policies on Religious Minorities and Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq
Summary 8 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Muslim States Resist
Human Rights for Sexual Minorities Background Sexual Minorities in the
Middle East Contested Islamic Authority Tensions with the West over the
Treatment of Sexual Minorities Muslim States' Objections to New UN
Initiatives Summary 9 Freedom of Religion in Islamic Human Rights Schemes
Controversies Regarding the Shari'a Rule on Apostasy Muslim Countries
Confront Freedom of Religion The Contemporary Significance of Apostasy
Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The al-Azhar Draft Constitution The Iranian
Constitution Sudan Under Islamization Mawdudi and Pakistani Law Affecting
Religious Freedom The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law The Afghan
and Iraqi Constitutions US Interventions in the Domain of Religious Freedom
Expanding the Reach of Laws Criminalizing Insults to Islam: From the
Rushdie Affair to the Danish Cartoons Controversy Summary 10 An Assessment
of Islamic Human Rights Schemes Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian
Constitution Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
Appendix C: 2009 Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions Glossary
Bibliography Notes Index
Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 Assimilating Human Rights in the Middle
East Background: Legal Hybridity in the Middle East Misperceptions About
Applying International Human Rights Law as Serving Imperialism Cultural
Relativism Muslims Challenge Cultural Relativism Actual Human Rights
Concerns in the Middle East The Emergence of International Human Rights Law
Muslims' Responses to and Involvement in the UN Human Rights System Summary
2 Human Rights in International and Middle Eastern Systems: Sources and
Contexts International Human Rights: Background Islamic Human Rights:
Sources The Impact of Islamization on Constitutions and Justice The Taliban
Takeover of Afghanistan and Its Aftermath Saudi Arabia Confronts Pressures
for Reforms and Liberalization Summary 3 Islamic Tradition and Muslim
Reactions to Human Rights The Premodern Islamic Heritage Muslim Reactions
to Western Constitutionalism The Persistence of Traditional Priorities and
Values Consequences of Insecure Philosophical Foundations Islamic Human
Rights and Cultural Nationalism Ambivalent Attitudes on Human Rights
Summary 4 Islamic Restrictions on Human Rights Permissible Qualifications
of Rights in International Law Islamic Formulas Limiting Rights
Restrictions in the Iranian Constitution Restrictions in the UIDHR
Restrictions in Other Islamic Human Rights Schemes Islam and Human Rights
in the New Constitutions of Afghanistan and Iraq Summary 5 Discrimination
Against Women and Non-Muslims Equality in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Equality in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equal Protection in US and
International Law Equal Protection in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equality
in the New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions Summary 6 Restrictions on the
Rights of Women Background Islamic Law and Women's Rights Muslim Countries'
Reactions to the Women's Convention Tabandeh's Ideas Mawdudi's Ideas The
UIDHR Islamization in Iran and the Iranian Constitution The al-Azhar Draft
Constitution The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law Women's Rights
in Pakistan The New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions The Influence of Sex
Stereotyping Summary 7 Islamic Human Rights Schemes and Religious
Minorities The Historical Background of Current Issues Facing Religious
Minorities International Standards Prohibiting Religious Discrimination
Shari'a Law and the Rights of Non-Muslims Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The
Iranian Constitution Mawdudi and Pakistan's Ahmadi Minority The Cairo
Declaration, the Saudi Basic Law, and the al-Azhar Draft Constitution US
Policies on Religious Minorities and Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq
Summary 8 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Muslim States Resist
Human Rights for Sexual Minorities Background Sexual Minorities in the
Middle East Contested Islamic Authority Tensions with the West over the
Treatment of Sexual Minorities Muslim States' Objections to New UN
Initiatives Summary 9 Freedom of Religion in Islamic Human Rights Schemes
Controversies Regarding the Shari'a Rule on Apostasy Muslim Countries
Confront Freedom of Religion The Contemporary Significance of Apostasy
Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The al-Azhar Draft Constitution The Iranian
Constitution Sudan Under Islamization Mawdudi and Pakistani Law Affecting
Religious Freedom The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law The Afghan
and Iraqi Constitutions US Interventions in the Domain of Religious Freedom
Expanding the Reach of Laws Criminalizing Insults to Islam: From the
Rushdie Affair to the Danish Cartoons Controversy Summary 10 An Assessment
of Islamic Human Rights Schemes Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian
Constitution Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
Appendix C: 2009 Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions Glossary
Bibliography Notes Index
East Background: Legal Hybridity in the Middle East Misperceptions About
Applying International Human Rights Law as Serving Imperialism Cultural
Relativism Muslims Challenge Cultural Relativism Actual Human Rights
Concerns in the Middle East The Emergence of International Human Rights Law
Muslims' Responses to and Involvement in the UN Human Rights System Summary
2 Human Rights in International and Middle Eastern Systems: Sources and
Contexts International Human Rights: Background Islamic Human Rights:
Sources The Impact of Islamization on Constitutions and Justice The Taliban
Takeover of Afghanistan and Its Aftermath Saudi Arabia Confronts Pressures
for Reforms and Liberalization Summary 3 Islamic Tradition and Muslim
Reactions to Human Rights The Premodern Islamic Heritage Muslim Reactions
to Western Constitutionalism The Persistence of Traditional Priorities and
Values Consequences of Insecure Philosophical Foundations Islamic Human
Rights and Cultural Nationalism Ambivalent Attitudes on Human Rights
Summary 4 Islamic Restrictions on Human Rights Permissible Qualifications
of Rights in International Law Islamic Formulas Limiting Rights
Restrictions in the Iranian Constitution Restrictions in the UIDHR
Restrictions in Other Islamic Human Rights Schemes Islam and Human Rights
in the New Constitutions of Afghanistan and Iraq Summary 5 Discrimination
Against Women and Non-Muslims Equality in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Equality in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equal Protection in US and
International Law Equal Protection in Islamic Human Rights Schemes Equality
in the New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions Summary 6 Restrictions on the
Rights of Women Background Islamic Law and Women's Rights Muslim Countries'
Reactions to the Women's Convention Tabandeh's Ideas Mawdudi's Ideas The
UIDHR Islamization in Iran and the Iranian Constitution The al-Azhar Draft
Constitution The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law Women's Rights
in Pakistan The New Afghan and Iraqi Constitutions The Influence of Sex
Stereotyping Summary 7 Islamic Human Rights Schemes and Religious
Minorities The Historical Background of Current Issues Facing Religious
Minorities International Standards Prohibiting Religious Discrimination
Shari'a Law and the Rights of Non-Muslims Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The
Iranian Constitution Mawdudi and Pakistan's Ahmadi Minority The Cairo
Declaration, the Saudi Basic Law, and the al-Azhar Draft Constitution US
Policies on Religious Minorities and Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq
Summary 8 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Muslim States Resist
Human Rights for Sexual Minorities Background Sexual Minorities in the
Middle East Contested Islamic Authority Tensions with the West over the
Treatment of Sexual Minorities Muslim States' Objections to New UN
Initiatives Summary 9 Freedom of Religion in Islamic Human Rights Schemes
Controversies Regarding the Shari'a Rule on Apostasy Muslim Countries
Confront Freedom of Religion The Contemporary Significance of Apostasy
Tabandeh's Ideas The UIDHR The al-Azhar Draft Constitution The Iranian
Constitution Sudan Under Islamization Mawdudi and Pakistani Law Affecting
Religious Freedom The Cairo Declaration and the Saudi Basic Law The Afghan
and Iraqi Constitutions US Interventions in the Domain of Religious Freedom
Expanding the Reach of Laws Criminalizing Insults to Islam: From the
Rushdie Affair to the Danish Cartoons Controversy Summary 10 An Assessment
of Islamic Human Rights Schemes Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian
Constitution Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
Appendix C: 2009 Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions Glossary
Bibliography Notes Index