Abdullahi An-Na'im, edited Baderin by Mashood A.

Islam and Human Rights (eBook, PDF)

Selected Essays of Abdullahi An-Na'im

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This anthology brings together a selection of classic articles written by the leading international scholar Abdullahi An-Na'im, on the relationship between Islam and human rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351926126
• Artikelnr.: 48419695

Autorenporträt

Abdullahi An-Na'im is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University Law School, USA. An internationally-recognised scholar of Islam and human rights, and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives, Professor An-Na'im research interests also include constitutionalism in Islamic and African countries, and Islam and politics. Mashood A. Baderin is Professor in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; Part I Islam Between Universalism and Secularism:
What do we mean by universal?; Islamic law, international relations and
human rights: challenge and response; A kinder, gentler Islam?;
Re-affirming secularism for Islamic societies; Islam and human rights:
beyond the universality debate. Part II Islam and Human Rights in the
Muslim World: Human rights in the Muslim world: socio-political conditions
and scriptural imperatives; Civil rights in the Islamic constitutional
traditions: shared ideals and divergent regimes; Human rights in the Arab
world: a regional perspective; Human rights and Islamic identity in France
and Uzbekistan: mediation of the local and global; 'The best of times' and
'the worst of times': human agency and human rights in Islamic societies.
Part III Some Topical Issues in Islam and Human Rights Discourse: The
Islamic law of apostasy and its modern applicability: a case from the
Sudan; Religious minorities under Islamic law and the limits of cultural
relativism; The rights of women and international law in the Muslim
context; The contingent universality of human rights: the case of freedom
of expression in African and Islamic contexts; Why should Muslims abandon
jihad? Human rights and the future of international law. Part IV
Conclusion: A Theory of Interdependence: The interdependence of religion,
secularism, and human rights: prospects for Islamic societies; Name index