Abdulaziz Sachedina

Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book Abdulaziz Sachedina argues for the essential compatibility of Islam and human rights. He delineates a fresh contemporary Muslim position that argues for a correspondence between Islam and secular concepts of human rights, grounded in sacred sources as well as Islamic history and thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780199347179
• ISBN-10: 0199347174
• Artikelnr.: 39742399

Autorenporträt

Abdulaziz Sachedina is Professor and Endowed IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contents
* Chapter 1: Clash of Universalism: Secular and Religious in Human
Rights
* Chapter 2: The Nature of Islamic Ethical-Juridical Discourse
* Chapter 3: Natural Law and Knowledge of Ethical Necessity
* Chapter 4: The Dignity and Capacities of Women as Equal Bearers of
Human Rights
* Chapter 5: Individial and Society: Claims and Responsibilities
* Chapter 6: Freedom of Religion and Conscience: The Foundation of
Pluralistic World Order
* Notes
* Select Bibliography
* Index