Title: Islam and human rights
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Civil rights, Civil rights (Islamic law), Human rights, Islam, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Human rights, Aspect religieux, Derechos humanos, Mensenrechten, Droits de l'homme (droit islamique), Droits de l'homme (Droit international), POLITICAL ASPECTS, Derechos políticos y civiles, Droits de l'homme, ISLAMIC COUNTRIES, 11.84 Islam: other, Human rights, islamic countries, Human rights, religious aspects, Civil rights, islamic countries
Places: Islamic countries
LC classification: LAW <ISLAM 7 Mayor 1995>