Religious legal traditions, international human rights law and Muslim states / by Kamran Hashemi.
Series: Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v. 7.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789047431534
- 9047431537
- 1282398172
- 9781282398177
- Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Islamic countries
- Human rights -- Islamic countries
- Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islamic countries
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights
- Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Discrimination -- Law and legislation
- Human rights
- Islamic countries
- Dhimmis Legal status, laws, etc Islamic countries
- Discrimination Law and legislation Islamic countries
- Human rights Islamic countries
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index.
Muslim legal traditions of apostasy and relevant human rights law -- Current application of traditional rules of conversion and proselytizing -- Current application of traditional rules of blasphemy (sabb) -- Current application of traditional rules of heresy -- Muslim legal traditions of dhimmah and relevant human rights law -- Current application of public aspects of dhimmah -- Current application of personal aspects of dhimmah -- Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by Muslim states.
Offers an exploration of aspects of the subject, Islam and Human Rights. This book undertakes a comparative study of the laws of several Muslim States with respect to religious freedom, minorities and the rights of the child. It offers an optimistic vision of the fundamental compatibility of Islam and international human rights standards.
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