Islamic law and human rights: A contribution to an ongoing debate

In this essay the author criticizes two opposite approaches to the relationship between Islam and human rights: the incriminating and the apologetic approach. They are either anachronistic in that they judge the rules of classical Islamic jurisprudence by present‐day standards, or they entirely igno...

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Main Author: Peters, Rudolph 1943-2022 (Author)
Contributors: Peters, Ruud (Other)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 1999
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 1999, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-14
Further subjects:B Human rights
B Islamische Länder / Islamische Welt Menschenrechte Islamic law
B Menschenrechte
B Law
B Islam
B Islamic law
B Human Rights
B Islamic countries
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