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Saeed, Abdullah,

Human rights and Islam : An introduction to key debates between Islamic law and international human rights law / Abdullah Saeed, Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Isalamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Austratia, and Advisor to the Studies in Interreligious Relations in Plural Societies Programme, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. - v, 275 pages ; 24 cm. - Elgar studies in human rights . - Elgar studies in human rights. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-261) and index.

Table of contents
Contents: Introduction ;
1. Human Rights and Islamic Legal Sources ;
2. Development of Human Rights and Some Basic Conceptions ;
3. Islamic Human Rights Instruments;
4. Human Rights and the Idea of 'Clash of Civilization's ;
5. Islam and the state 6. Religion, the State, and Human Rights ;
7. Islam, Human Rights, and Women ;
8. The rights of the child ;
9. Freedom of expression;
10. Islam and religious freedom ;
11. Human rights and war ;
12. Conclusion ;
Bibliography ;
Index

ISBN: 9781784716578 (cased) 178471657X (hardback)

LCCN: 2017959499

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights.
Human rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Human rights.
Human rights--Religious aspects--Islam.

LC Class. No.: KBP2460 / .S234 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 342.085 SAE