Islamic Human Rights And International Law

Author : Glenn L. Roberts
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781581123470

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Traditional Islamic law has long been regarded as academic, local in nature, and relevant only as a measure of the inadequacy of women's rights in the family law regimes of a few Islamic states. In opposition, the author argues that the Sharia is both a quasi-regional customary international law capable of competing with prevailing customary international law, and brings its own international agenda of "Islamic human rights" that compete with and seek to displace "Western human rights." Rather than acknowledging the rights of Muslims qua Muslims internationally, aggressive proponents of an "American customary-law-of-human-rights school" have responded with a new militant doctrine of "instant customary law" to aid the U.S. in its "war on terror," targeting the Sharia wherever encountered, and risking a global "war on Islam."

Author : Anver M. Emon,Mark Ellis,Benjamin Glahn
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191645709

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Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law by Anver M. Emon,Mark Ellis,Benjamin Glahn Pdf

The relationship between Islamic law and international human rights law has been the subject of considerable, and heated, debate in recent years. The usual starting point has been to test one system by the standards of the other, asking is Islamic law 'compatible' with international human rights standards, or vice versa. This approach quickly ends in acrimony and accusations of misunderstanding. By overlaying one set of norms on another we overlook the deeply contextual nature of how legal rules operate in a society, and meaningful comparison and discussion is impossible. In this volume, leading experts in Islamic law and international human rights law attempt to deepen the understanding of human rights and Islam, paving the way for a more meaningful debate. Focusing on central areas of controversy, such as freedom of speech and religion, gender equality, and minority rights, the authors examine the contextual nature of how Islamic law and international human rights law are legitimately formed, interpreted, and applied within a community. They examine how these fundamental interests are recognized and protected within the law, and what restrictions are placed on the freedoms associated with them. By examining how each system recognizes and limits fundamental freedoms, this volume clears the ground for exploring the relationship between Islamic law and international human rights law on a sounder footing. In doing so it offers a challenging and distinctive contribution to the literature on the subject, and will be an invaluable reference for students, academics, and policy-makers engaged in the legal and religious debates surrounding Islam and the West.

Author : Paul McDonough
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509919710

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Human Rights Commitments of Islamic States by Paul McDonough Pdf

This book examines the legal nature of Islamic states and the human rights they have committed to uphold. It begins with an overview of the political history of Islam, and of Islamic law, focusing primarily on key developments of the first two centuries of Islam. Building on this foundation, the book presents the first study into Islamic constitutions to map the relationship between Sharia and the state in terms of institutions of governance. It then assesses the place of Islamic law in the national legal order of all of today's Islamic states, before proceeding to a comprehensive analysis of those states' adherences to the UN human rights treaties, and finally, a set of international human rights declarations made jointly by Islamic states. Throughout, the focus remains on human rights. Having examined Islamic law first in isolation, then as it reflects into state structures and national constitutional orders, the book provides the background necessary to understand how an Islamic state's treaty commitments reflect into national law. In this endeavour, the book unites three strands of analysis: the compatibility of Sharia with the human rights enunciated in UN treaties; the patterns of adherence of Islamic states with those treaties; and the compatibility of international Islamic human rights declarations with UN standards. By exploring the international human rights commitments of all Islamic states within a single analytical framework, this book will appeal to international human rights and constitutional scholars with an interest in Islamic law and states. It will also be useful to readers with a general interest in the relationships between Sharia, Islamic states, and internationally recognised human rights.

Author : Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral,Ayesha Shahid
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004388376

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International Law and Islam by Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral,Ayesha Shahid Pdf

International Law and Islam: Historical Explorations offers a unique opportunity to examine the Islamic contribution to the development of International Law in a historical perspective.

Author : Mashood A. Baderin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191021824

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International Human Rights and Islamic Law by Mashood A. Baderin Pdf

This volume examines the important question of whether or not international human rights and Islamic law are compatible. It asks whether Muslim States can comply with international human rights law whilst adhering to Islamic law. The traditional arguments on this subject are examined and responded to from both international human rights and Islamic legal perspectives. The volume engages international human rights law in theoretical dialogue with Islamic law, facilitating an evaluation of the human rights policy of modern Muslim States. International Human Rights and Islamic Law formulates a synthesis between these two extremes, and argues that although there are differences of scope and application, there is no fundamental incompatibility between these two bodies of law. Baderin argues that their differences could be better addressed if the concept of human rights were positively established from within the themes of Islamic law, rather than by imposing it upon Islamic law as an alien concept. Each article of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as relevant articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women are analysed in the light of Islamic law. The volume concludes that it is possible to harmonise the differences between international human rights law and Islamic law through the adoption of the 'margin of appreciation' doctrine by international human rights treaty bodies and the utilization of the Islamic law doctrines of 'maqâsid al-sharî'ah' (the overall objective of Sharî'ah) and 'maslahah' (welfare) by Muslim States in their interpretation and application of Islamic law respectively. Baderin asserts that Islamic law can serve as an important vehicle for the guarantee and enforcement of international human rights law in the Muslim world, and the volume concludes with recommendations to that effect.

Author : Shaheen S. Ali
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004479951

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Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law by Shaheen S. Ali Pdf

This important study offers a conceptual analysis of gender and human rights under Islamic law, state law and international law, and extends this analysis to a specific examination of the nature of women's rights in the Islamic tradition. It explores the disparity between the theoretical perspective on women's rights and its applications to Muslim jurisdictions, determined by elements of cultural practices, socio-economic realities and political expediences, and uses the example of Pakistan to demonstrate the divergence between the theory and practice of Islamic law in these jurisdictions. It discusses the concept of an emerging 'operative' Islamic law, which includes principles of Islamic law, secular codes and popular custom and usage.

Author : Mark S. Ellis,Anver M. Emon,Benjamin Glahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199641444

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Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law by Mark S. Ellis,Anver M. Emon,Benjamin Glahn Pdf

Deepening the discussion of the relationship between Islamic law and human rights, this volume gathers leading experts in both fields to examine how each system protects and limits fundamental freedoms. From gender equality to freedom of religion the book explores the main flashpoints in the debate, examining the operation of the law in context.

Author : MashoodA. Baderin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 993 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351562324

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International Law and Islamic Law by MashoodA. Baderin Pdf

The relationship between modern international law and Islamic law has raised many theoretical and practical questions that cannot be ignored in the contemporary study and understanding of both international law and Islamic law. The significance and relevance of this relationship in both academic and practical terms, especially after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, is now well understood. Recent international events in particular corroborate the need for a better understanding of the relationship between contemporary international law and Islamic law and how their interaction can be explored and improved to enhance modern international relations and international law. The articles reproduced in this volume examine the issues of General Principles of International Law, International Use of Force, International Humanitarian Law, International Terrorism, International Protection of Diplomats, International Environmental and Water Law, Universality of Human Rights, Women's Rights, Rights of the Child, Rights of Religious Minorities, and State Practice. The essays have been carefully selected to reflect, as much as possible, the different Islamic perspectives on each of these aspects of international law.

Author : Nisrine Abiad
Publisher : BIICL
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 190522141X

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Sharia, Muslim States and International Human Rights Treaty Obligations by Nisrine Abiad Pdf

This research - undertaken from a comparative perspective with a view to identifying any patterns followed by Islamic countries in making declarations and reservations to the main international human rights treaties - measures and analyzes to what extent Sharia affects the ratification and implementation of human rights norms by Muslim States. An analysis of the various roles of Sharia reveals different approaches in the use of Islamic considerations by Muslim States. At an international level, Sharia has always been used upon the ratification of international human rights treaties to limit the scope of the State's engagement. Internally, however, some recent examples of legislative amendments and judicial activities demonstrate that Sharia is and can be used to achieve a better translation of human rights norms into domestic practice.

Author : Javaid Rehman,Susan Carolyn Breau
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004158269

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Religion, Human Rights and International Law by Javaid Rehman,Susan Carolyn Breau Pdf

Freedom of religion is a subject, which has throughout human history been a source of profound disagreements and conflict. In the modern era, religious-based intolerance continues to provide lacerative and tormenting concern to the possibility of congenial human relationships. As the present study examines, religions have been relied upon to perpetuate discrimination and inequalities, and to victimise minorities to the point of forcible assimilation and genocide. The study provides an overview of the complexities inherent in the freedom of religion within international law and an analysis of the cultural-religious relativist debate in contemporary human rights law. As many of the chapters examine, Islamic State practices have been a major source of concern. In the backdrop of the events of 11 September 2001, a considerable focus of this volume is upon the Muslim world, either through the emergent State practices and existing constitutional structures within Muslim majority States or through Islamic diasporic communities resident in Europe and North-America.

Author : Ann Elizabeth Mayer
Publisher : Pinter Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,8 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 : Abdullah Saeed
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781784716585

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Human Rights and Islam by Abdullah Saeed Pdf

Is there a basis for human rights in Islam? Beginning with an exploration of what rights are and how the human rights discourse developed, Abdullah Saeed explores the resources that exist within Islamic tradition. He looks at those that are compatible with international human rights law and can be garnered to promote and protect human rights in Muslim-majority states. A number of rights are given specific focus, including the rights of women and children, freedom of expression and religion, as well as jihad and the laws of war. Human Rights and Islam emphasises the need for Muslims to rethink problematic areas of Islamic thought that are difficult to reconcile with contemporary conceptions of human rights.

Author : Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack,Evelyne Lagrange,Stefan Oeter
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004349155

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Religion and International Law by Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack,Evelyne Lagrange,Stefan Oeter Pdf

Living together explores international law responses to the challenges of growing religious antagonisms. Building on historic concepts, it looks at the role of religious institutions and religious law before examining the contribution of human rights bodies and particular human rights.

Author : Gerald E. Lampe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073135779

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Justice and Human Rights in Islamic Law by Gerald E. Lampe Pdf

Author : ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,6 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.