Mayer, Ann Elizabeth.
Islam and human rights : tradition and politics / Ann Elizabeth Mayer. - 5th ed. - Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2013. - xv, 299 p ; 23 cm.
1. Assimilating human rights in the Middle East -- 2. Human rights in international and Middle Eastern systems : sources and contexts -- 3. Islamic tradition and Muslim reactions to human rights -- 4. Islamic restrictions on human rights -- 5. Discrimination against women and non-Muslims -- 6. Restrictions on the rights of women -- 7. Islamic human rights schemes and religious minorities -- 8. The organization of the Islamic cooperation and Muslim states resist human rights for sexual minorities -- 9. Freedom of religion in Islamic human rights schemes -- 10. An assessment of Islamic human rights schemes -- Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian constitution -- Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam -- Appendix C: 2009 resolution on combating defamation of religions.
9780813344676 (pbk.) 9780813344652 (e-book)
2012011622
Human rights--Islamic countries.
Human rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
341.4/80917671
Islam and human rights : tradition and politics / Ann Elizabeth Mayer. - 5th ed. - Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2013. - xv, 299 p ; 23 cm.
1. Assimilating human rights in the Middle East -- 2. Human rights in international and Middle Eastern systems : sources and contexts -- 3. Islamic tradition and Muslim reactions to human rights -- 4. Islamic restrictions on human rights -- 5. Discrimination against women and non-Muslims -- 6. Restrictions on the rights of women -- 7. Islamic human rights schemes and religious minorities -- 8. The organization of the Islamic cooperation and Muslim states resist human rights for sexual minorities -- 9. Freedom of religion in Islamic human rights schemes -- 10. An assessment of Islamic human rights schemes -- Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian constitution -- Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam -- Appendix C: 2009 resolution on combating defamation of religions.
9780813344676 (pbk.) 9780813344652 (e-book)
2012011622
Human rights--Islamic countries.
Human rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
341.4/80917671