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In this book Abdulaziz Sachedina argues for the essential compatibility of Islam and human rights. He delineates a fresh contemporary Muslim position that argues for a correspondence between Islam and secular concepts of human rights, grounded in sacred sources as well as Islamic history and thought.
List of contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Clash of Universalism: Secular and Religious in Human Rights
- Chapter 2: The Nature of Islamic Ethical-Juridical Discourse
- Chapter 3: Natural Law and Knowledge of Ethical Necessity
- Chapter 4: The Dignity and Capacities of Women as Equal Bearers of Human Rights
- Chapter 5: Individial and Society: Claims and Responsibilities
- Chapter 6: Freedom of Religion and Conscience: The Foundation of Pluralistic World Order
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Abdulaziz Sachedina is Professor and Endowed IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University.
Summary
In this book Abdulaziz Sachedina argues for the essential compatibility of Islam and human rights. He delineates a fresh contemporary Muslim position that argues for a correspondence between Islam and secular concepts of human rights, grounded in sacred sources as well as Islamic history and thought.
Additional text
Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights is a reverent, insightful, and truly critical work by Abdulaziz Sachedina, who is the leading Islamic theorist writing in English today. This book is must reading for Muslims who want to be full participants in western moral and political discourse, for Jews and Christians who want voices from the third great monotheistic religion of revelation to become part of their dialogical interaction, and even for secular people who want to engage religious voices in moral and political discourse that is truly inclusive.
