Islam and Human Rights: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138241814 ISBN 13: 9781138241817

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

This four-volume compendium delves into topics such as the theology of rights in Islam, comparative explorations, and a historical study of human rights in Muslim-majority societies spanning Africa, the Middle East, and South and South East Asia during the 20th and early 21 centuries. Moreover, it explores how Muslim women and men have understood their faith and evolving notions of rights and liberties.

Volume 1 analyzes the relationship between religion and human rights along with "Western" and "Islamic" human rights schemes. Volume 2 traces early and later Muslim responses to human rights during the 20th century. Volume 3 considers the political context in the struggle for human rights in Muslim societies by focusing on state-society relations. Volume 4 explores shariʽah and contemporary human rights controversies by surveying subjects such as: women’s rights which is described as the locomotive of societal change, apostasy and blasphemy laws, as well as LGBT and labor rights.

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About the Author

Nader Hashemi is the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, USA

Emran Qureshi is a Wertheim Research Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138241814
• ISBN 13: 9781138241817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1388
• Editor: Hashemi Nader, Qureshi Emran