Islam and human rights in practice : perspectives across the ummah / edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akbarzadeh, Shahram.

MacQueen, Benjamin

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 14.

Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Islamic countries.

Human rights.

Islamic countries.

Human rights--Religious aspects--Islam.

Physical Description:

x, 176 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

Framing the debate on Islam and human rights / Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen

The reformulation of Islamic thought on gender rights and roles / Ann Elizabeth Mayer

Women's rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : the contribution of secular-oriented feminism / Rebecca Barlow

Islamic reformism and human rights in Iraq : gender equality and religious freedom / Benjamin MacQueen and Shahram Akbarzadeh

The reluctant partnership between the Muslim brotherhood and human rights NGOs in Egypt / Benjamin MacQueen

Human rights in Afghanistan / William Maley

Competing domains of control : Islam and human rights in Malaysia / Shamsul Amri Bin Baharuddin

Muslims in Malaysia : notions of human rights reform, and their contexts / Patricia Martinez

Indonesian Islamist perspectives on human rights / Greg Fealy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [154]-166) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9780415449595

0415449596

9780203926758

0203926757

OCLC:

166383135