Islam and Human Rights

Paper Summary:

This paper addresses several sources in Islam which deal with human rights and shows that the concept of human rights is fundamentally important in the religion. It then discusses how and why this concept is not upheld in many Muslim countries and questions why the rates of human rights abuse is higher in Muslim countries than Western countries.

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Introduction
The Islamic Approach to Human Rights
Historical Review- Islamic Revivalism
Islamic Concept of Human Rights
Muslims and Universal Declaration of Human Rights- Certain Issues
Islam and Gender- Women's Rights
Conclusion

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"If Islam preaches the equality of human beings and gender equality, why then women in Saudi Arabia are still victims of sex segregation, which affects many aspects in their lives, e.g. they don't have same opportunities as men in education or working careers.
They can't travel or even being seen in the public places without men chaperon. Domestic abuse is also quite common. Even Quran gives a man right to hit his woman is she starts to behave superior over him; ... If you fear high-handedness, from your wives, remind them (of the teachings of God), them ignore them when you go to bed, then hit them... (Qur'anic verse 4:33)."

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