Islam and Human Rights in Practice (eBook, ePUB)

Perspectives Across the Ummah
Redaktion: Akbarzadeh, Shahram; Macqueen, Benjamin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at human rights and Islam through the perspective of reformists attempting to reconcile Western values with those of Muslim societies. It contains case studies from throughout the Islamic world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134059256
• Artikelnr.: 38264715

Autorenporträt

Associate Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh researches the politics of Central Asia and the Middle East, political Islam, and US relations with the Muslim world. He is Director of the Centre for Muslim Minorities and Islam Policy Studies, Monash University. Benjamin MacQueen is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Monash University. His research focuses on political transformation in the Middle East and conflict resolution theory and practice. His publications focus on Islamic political thought, conflict resolution, and the international relations of the Middle East and North Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen 2. The
Reformulation of Islamic Thought on Gender Rights and Roles Ann Elizabeth
Mayer 3. The Contribution of Secular-Oriented Strategies to the Quest for
Women's Human Rights in the Islamic Republic Rebecca Barlow 4. Islamic
Reformism and Human Rights in Iraq: Gender Equality and Religious Freedom
Benjamin MacQueen and Shahram Akbarzadeh 5. The Reluctant Partnership
between the Muslim Brotherhood and Human Rights NGOs in Egypt Benjamin
MacQueen 6. Human Rights in Afghanistan William Maley 7. Competing Domains
of Control: Islam and Human Rights in Malaysia Shamsul Amri Bin Baharuddin
8. Muslims in Malaysia, Notions of Human Rights Reform, and their Contexts
Patricia Martinez 9. Indonesian Islamist Perspectives on Human Rights Greg
Fealy