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Islam and Human Rights
Advancing a U.S.-Muslim Dialogue
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2015
Summary
In the last few years, issues related to human rights, including encouraging the democratization of Muslim societies from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, have acquired great importance in shaping the character of U.S.-Muslim relations and U.S. policy toward Muslim countries. An important impetus behind this development were the tragic events of 9/11, which demonstrated the destructive potential of militant groups that use a distorted interpretation of Islam as justification for their actions. These events also led to a greater realization by the United States--and the West--that a lack of democracy and lack of respect for human rights have been contributory factors to the rise of militant Islam.
Consequently, in its approach toward the Muslim world, the United States has emphasized the themes of human rights and democracy. Within the Islamic world, too, both secular and moderate Islamists have begun focusing on issues related to human rights. Although many conservative Muslims believe that Islam is incompatible with Western notions of democracy and human rights, reformist Muslim thinkers and activists maintain that a proper reading of Islamic injunctions and the ethical values underpinning those injunctions shows there is no such incompatibility. Complicating the debate is the fact that many Muslims--secular as well as conservative and reformist--doubt the seriousness of the U.S. commitment to the cause of human rights and democracy in the Muslim world, believing that the United States applies human rights' standards selectively to suit its strategic and economic interests. Irrespective of the validity of these charges, they are part of the context of the U.S.-Muslim dialogue on human rights. And it is this complex dialogue that this volume seeks to advance.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-0-89206-471-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-5667-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
144
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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CONTENTS No access
Preface No access
1. INTRODUCTION No access Pages 9 - 15
2. EVOLVING CONCEPTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS No access Pages 8 - 26
3. A DISTINCTLY ISLAMIC VIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS: DOES IT EXIST AND IS IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS? No access Pages 27 - 42
4. WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN ISLAM: NORMATIVE TEACHINGS VERSUS PRACTICE No access Pages 43 - 66
5. MINORITY RIGHTS IN ISLAM: FROM DHIMMI TO CITIZEN No access Pages 67 - 99
6. THE CAUSES OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES’ POOR RECORD OF HUMAN RIGHTS No access Pages 100 - 109
7. HUMAN RIGHTS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: RECONCILING IDEALS AND INTERESTS No access Pages 110 - 121
8. CONCLUSIONS No access Pages 122 - 126
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 127 - 130
Index No access Pages 131 - 142
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 143 - 144
