Islam and human rights
Subtitle: tradition and politics
By: Ann Elizabeth Mayer.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press; Pinter Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Civil rights (Islamic law); Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Civil rights -- Islamic countries; Human rights -- Islamic countries
Description: Do Islam and Islamic law constitute real obstacles to human rights? In this revised and updated edition, the author offers critical assessments of recent Islamic human rights schemes that dilute or eliminate the human rights protections afforded by international law and compares these both with the Islamic legal heritage and with international human rights law.

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.
Notes: Includes index.