Islam and human rights : tradition and politics /

Islam and human rights : tradition and politics /

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Author / Creator:Mayer, Ann Elizabeth
Imprint:Boulder : Westview Press, 1991.
Description:xxii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Equality before the law (Islamic law)
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
International law (Islamic law)
Minorities (Islamic law)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1118703
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ISBN:081338091X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Comparisons of Rights across Countries
  • Chapter 2. International and Islamic Human Rights
  • Chapter 3. International Human Rights: the Historical Background
  • Chapter 4. Islamic Restrictions on Human Rights
  • Chapter 5. Discrimination against Women and Non-Muslims
  • Chapter 6. Restrictions on the Rights and Freedoms of Women
  • Chapter 7. Islamic Human Rights Schemes and Non-Muslims
  • Chapter 8. Freedom of Religion in Islamic Human Rights Schemes
  • Chapter 9. An Assessment of Islamic Human Rights Schemes
  • Chapter 10. Islam and Culture-Based Resistance to Rights
  • Notes
  • About the Book and Author
  • Index

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