Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics
- ISBN-10
- 1855673231
- ISBN-13
- 9781855673236
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Author
- Ann Elizabeth Mayer
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.
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Other editions
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- 1995-05-01
- - pages
- Paperback
- Westview Press
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- 2015-05-26
- 152 pages
- Ebook
- Rowman & Littlefield