Title: Religious legal traditions, international human rights law and Muslim states
First published: 2008
Description: "This book offers an exploration of aspects of the subject, Islam and Human Rights, which is the focus of considerable scholarship in recent years predominantly from Western scholars. Thus it is interesting and important to have the field addressed from a non-Western perspective and by an Iranian scholar. The study draws on Persian language literature that addresses both theological and legal dimensions of the theme. The work is also distinctive in that it tackles three areas that have been largely ignored in the literature. It undertakes a comparative study of the laws of several Muslim States with respect to religious freedom, minorities and the rights of the child. The study offers an optimistic vision of the fundamental compatibility of Islam and international human rights standards."--Jacket.
Subjects: Human rights, Human rights (Islamic law), Discrimination, Law and legislation, Dhimmis, Legal status, laws, Dhimmis (Islamic law), Discrimination, law and legislation, Human rights, islamic countries, Islamic law
Places: Islamic countries
LC classification: K3242 .H37 2008