Islam and Human Rights in Practice: Perspectives Across the Ummah,9780415449595

Islam and Human Rights in Practice: Perspectives Across the Ummah

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780415449595
ISBN10: 0415449596
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-07-24
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

This book looks at human rights and Islam through the perspective of reformists attempting to reconcile Western values with those of Muslim societies. It contains case studies from throughout the Islamic world.

Table of Contents

Framing the debate on Islam and human rightsp. 1
The reformulation of Islamic thought on gender rights and rolesp. 12
Women's rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : the contribution of secular-oriented feminismp. 33
Islamic reformism and human rights in Iraq : gender equality and religious freedomp. 52
The reluctant partnership between the Muslim Brotherhood and human rights NGOs in Egyptp. 75
Human rights in Afghanistanp. 89
Competing domains of control : Islam and human rights in Malaysiap. 108
Muslims in Malaysia : notions of human rights reform, and their contextsp. 118
Indonesian Islamist perspectives on human rightsp. 142
Bibliographyp. 154
Indexp. 167
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