Human Rights Revolution And Reform In The Muslim World

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 162637001X

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Human Rights, Revolution, and Reform in the Muslim World by Anonim Pdf

Does the international human rights regime inform the nature of politics in the Muslim world today? If so, how? And perhaps more fundamentally, why? Linking these questions in a provocative way, Anthony Tirado Chase persuasively rejects popular arguments that there is an incompatibility between human rights and Islam. Chase uses local historical developments as a point of departure, in the process stressing the importance of focusing on the diverse Muslim world rather than on one of its parts. He carefully supports his assertions with examples from contentious żon the groundż debates. Adopting a comprehensive view of human rights, he offers a fresh take on the debates over democracy and free expression, approaches to economic development, and social rights in Muslim-majority states, as well as the role of movements within those states in shaping human rights norms.

Author : ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Civil rights (Islamic law)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215481420

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Islam and Human Rights by ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm Pdf

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.

Author : Anthony Tirado Chase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 1588268012

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Human Rights, Revolution, and Reform in the Muslim World by Anthony Tirado Chase Pdf

The author stresses the importance of focusing on the diverse Muslim world rather than on one of its parts. He rejects popular arguments that there is an incompatibility between human rights and Islam.

Author : Shahram Akbarzadeh,Benjamin MacQueen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134059263

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Islam and Human Rights in Practice by Shahram Akbarzadeh,Benjamin MacQueen Pdf

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.

Author : Ann Elizabeth Mayer
Publisher : Pinter Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : UCAL:B5121722

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Islam and Human Rights by Ann Elizabeth Mayer Pdf

Contesting stereotypes about a supposedly monolithic Islam inherently incompatible with human rights, Mayer dissects the political motives behind the selective use of elements of the Islamic tradition by conservative groups opposed to democracy and human rights.

Author : Shireen Hunter,Huma Malik
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0892064714

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Islam and Human Rights by Shireen Hunter,Huma Malik Pdf

In the last few years, issues related to human rights, including encouraging the democratization of Muslim societies from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, have acquired great importance in shaping the character of U.S.-Muslim relations and U.S. policy toward Muslim countries. An important impetus behind this development were the tragic events of 9/11, which demonstrated the destructive potential of militant groups that use a distorted interpretation of Islam as justification for their actions. These events also led to a greater realization by the United States--and the West--that a lack of democracy and lack of respect for human rights have been contributory factors to the rise of militant Islam. Consequently, in its approach toward the Muslim world, the United States has emphasized the themes of human rights and democracy. Within the Islamic world, too, both secular and moderate Islamists have begun focusing on issues related to human rights. Although many conservative Muslims believe that Islam is incompatible with Western notions of democracy and human rights, reformist Muslim thinkers and activists maintain that a proper reading of Islamic injunctions and the ethical values underpinning those injunctions shows there is no such incompatibility. Complicating the debate is the fact that many Muslims--secular as well as conservative and reformist--doubt the seriousness of the U.S. commitment to the cause of human rights and democracy in the Muslim world, believing that the United States applies human rights' standards selectively to suit its strategic and economic interests. Irrespective of the validity of these charges, they are part of the context of the U.S.-Muslim dialogue on human rights. And it is this complex dialogue that this volume seeks to advance.

Author : Anthony Tirado Chase
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317613763

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Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa by Anthony Tirado Chase Pdf

Recent events such as ‘Iran’s Green Revolution’ and the ‘Arab Uprisings’ have exploded notions that human rights are irrelevant to Middle Eastern and North African politics. Increasingly seen as a global concern, human rights are at the fulcrum of the region’s on-the-ground politics, transnational intellectual debates, and global political intersections. The Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa: emphasises the need to consider human rights in all their dimensions, rather than solely focusing on the political dimension, in order to understand the structural reasons behind the persistence of human rights violations; explores the various frameworks in which to consider human rights—conceptual, political and transnational/international; discusses issue areas subject to particularly intense debate—gender, religion, sexuality, transitions and accountability; contains contributions from perspectives that span from global theory to grassroots reflections, emphasising the need for academic work on human rights to seriously engage with the thoughts and practices of those working on the ground. A multidisciplinary approach from scholars with a wide range of expertise allows the book to capture the complex dynamics by which human rights have had, or could have, an impact on Middle Eastern and North African politics. This book will therefore be a key resource for students and scholars of Middle Eastern and North African politics and society, as well as anyone with a concern for Human Rights across the globe.

Author : Mohamed Haddad
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030367749

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Muslim Reformism - A Critical History by Mohamed Haddad Pdf

This book examines the evolution of Islam in our modern world. The renowned Tunisian scholar Mohamed Haddad traces the history of the reformist movement and explains recent events related to the Islamic religion in Muslim countries and among Muslim minorities across the world. In scholarly terms, he evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of theological-political renovation, neo-reformism, legal reformism, mystical reformism, radical criticism, comprehensive history and new approaches within the study of Islam. The book brings to life the various historical, sociological, political and theological challenges and debates that have divided Muslims since the 19th century. The first two chapters address failed reforms in the past and introduce the reader to classical reformism and to Mohammed Abduh. Haddad ultimately proposes a non-confessional definition of religious reform, reinterpreting and adjusting a religious tradition to modern requirements. The second part of the book explores perspectives on contemporary Islam, the legacy of classical reformism and new paths forward. It suggests that the fundamentalism embodied in Wahhabism and Muslim Brotherhood has failed. Traditional Islam no longer attracts either youth or the elites. Mohamed Haddad shows how this paves the way for a new reformist departure that synthesizes modernism and core Islamic values.

Author : Abdullahi Ahmed An Na'im
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0815627068

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Toward an Islamic Reformation by Abdullahi Ahmed An Na'im Pdf

Toward an Islamic Reformation is an ambitious attempt to modernize Islamic law, calling for reform of the historical formulations of Islamic law, commonly known as Shari'a that is perceived by many Muslims to be part of the Islamic faith. As a Muslim, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im is sensitive to and appreciative of the delicate relationship between Islam as a religion and Islamic law. Nevertheless, he considers that the questions raised here must be resolved if the public law of Islam is to be implemented today. An-Na'im draws upon the teachings and writings of Sudanese reformer Mahmoud Mohamed Taha to provide what some have called the intellectual foundations for a total reinterpretation of the nature and meaning of Islamic public law.

Author : Parveen Shaukat Ali
Publisher : Adam Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 817435011X

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Human Rights in Islam by Parveen Shaukat Ali Pdf

Author : Khalifa Abdul Hakim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : UCAL:B4051688

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Fundamental Human Rights by Khalifa Abdul Hakim Pdf

Author : Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Richard Tapper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857713759

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Islam and Democracy in Iran by Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Richard Tapper Pdf

In today's world all eyes are on Iran, which has grappled with an experiment that has had a massive global impact. For some, the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 was the triumph of a modern, political Islam, heralding Muslim justice and economic prosperity. Others, including many of the original revolutionaries, saw religious fanatics attempting to roll back time by creating a despotic theocracy. Either way, the Iranian Revolution changed the Muslim world. It not only inspired the Muslim masses but also reinvigorated intellectual debates on the nature and possibilities of an Islamic state. The new 'Islamic Republic of Iran' combined not just religion and the state, but theocracy and democracy. Yet the revolution's heirs were soon engaged in a protracted struggle over its legacy. Dissident thinkers, from within an Islamic framework, sought a rights-based political order that could accept dissent, tolerance, pluralism, women's rights and civil liberties. Their ideas led directly to the presidency of Mohammad Khatami and, despite their political failure, they did leave a permanent legacy by demystifying Iranian religious politics, and condemning the use of the Shariah to justify autocratic rule. This book tells the story of the reformist movement through the world of Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari. An active supporter of the revolution who became one of the most outspoken critics of theocracy, Eshkevari developed ideas of 'Islamic democratic government', which have attracted considerable attention in Iran and elsewhere. In presenting a selection of Eshkevari's writings, this book reveals the intellectual and political trajectory of a Muslim thinker and his attempts to reconcile Islam with reform and democracy. As such it makes a highly original contribution to our understanding of the difficult social and political issues confronting the Islamic world today.

Author : Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070622597

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Islam and Justice by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.) Pdf

2. Viewpoints on Diverse Country Situations.

Author : Mohsen Kadivar
Publisher : In Translation: Contemporary T
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 147444931X

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Human Rights and Reformist Islam by Mohsen Kadivar Pdf

Argues for the compatibility human rights and Islam, focusing on six controversial case studies: religious discrimination; gender discrimination; slavery; freedom of religion; punishment of apostasy; and arbitrary or harsh punishments.

Author : Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Mulki Al-Sharmani,Jana Rumminger
Publisher : Oneworld Publications Limited
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1780747160

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Men in Charge? by Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Mulki Al-Sharmani,Jana Rumminger Pdf

Both Muslims and non-Muslims see women in most Muslim countries as suffering from social, economic and political discrimination, treated by law and society as second-class citizens subject to male authority. This discrimination is attributed to Islam and Islamic law, though it varies considerably in its impact, according to both class and region. Since the late 19th century there has been a mass of literature tackling this issue, some from a feminist or human rights perspective, some taking the form of an apology for Islamic law.