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Author Hashemi, Kamran.

Title Religious legal traditions, international human rights law and Muslim states / by Kamran Hashemi
Published Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages)
Series Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights, 1871-7829 ; v. 7
Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v. 7.
Contents Muslim legal traditions of apostasy and relevant human rights law -- Current application of traditional rules of conversion and proselytizing -- Current application of traditional rules of blasphemy (sabb) -- Current application of traditional rules of heresy -- Muslim legal traditions of dhimmah and relevant human rights law -- Current application of public aspects of dhimmah -- Current application of personal aspects of dhimmah -- Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by Muslim states
Summary Offers an exploration of aspects of the subject, Islam and Human Rights. This book undertakes a comparative study of the laws of several Muslim States with respect to religious freedom, minorities and the rights of the child. It offers an optimistic vision of the fundamental compatibility of Islam and international human rights standards
Analysis Dhimmis Legal status, laws, etc Islamic countries
Discrimination Law and legislation Islamic countries
Human rights Islamic countries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index
Notes English
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Subject Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Islamic countries
Human rights -- Islamic countries
Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islamic countries
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Discrimination -- Law and legislation
Human rights
Islamic countries.
Islam.
Islamic law.
Legal status.
Human rights.
Religious minorities.
Minorities.
Islamic countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047431534
9047431537
1282398172
9781282398177
9786612398179
6612398175