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Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics (Paperback)

by Ann Mayer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Westview Press Inc; 4th Revised edition edition (3 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0813343356
  • ISBN-13: 978-0813343358
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 2 cm
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In this updated fourth edition, Mayer considers the human rights impact of the U. S. interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the growing importance of Islamic contributions to the UN human rights system, and changing tides in Islamic thought in regard to human rights.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Summerizes important issues about Islamic law/ human rights, 24 Oct 2001
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Excellent book, Mayer has carefully compared Islamic law with international human rights laws and concludes that these 2 are not compatible. This is due to fact that Islam is 'God's' commands and critisizing it is blasphemous...Mayer states that, 'Islamic human rights can offer no means for protecting the individual against laws and policies violating international human rights law'. Thus, Muslim -theocratic- States exist by asserting Islamic law at the deprivation of the freedoms of their citizens, female and male. Thus, violating their citizens' international human rights, with women suffering the most.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best work on the subject, 14 April 2006
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I read this excellent book when it first appeared, and thought then that it uncovered very well the essential hypocrisy that takes place when various Islamic declarations of human rights are issued. Mayer examines not just the English texts of several Arabic and Persian documents, but compares these with the Arabic and Persian (Farsi) originals. This comparison reveals serious contradictions that have a particular bearing on women and religious minorities. Where an English text may read 'women have full rights to employment', the Arabic will add 'subject to the laws of the shari'a', which automatically negates the English statement. Mayer is not one of those rather flakey Islamophobes who start from a premise that Islam is to blame for everything, but a well-qualified academic who knows this field thoroughly. This is a book that should be in the hands of all those involved in human rights work internationally or at home, of politicians, of NGOs, and, of course, of Muslim reformers who are trying to bring enlightenment into a very dark area.
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