Islam and Human Rights in practice perspectives across the Ummah /

• Other Authors: Akbarzadeh, Shahram., MacQueen, Benjamin.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
• Series: Routledge advances in middle east and islamic studies ; 14
• Subjects: Human rights > Islamic countries.; Human rights > Religious aspects > Islam.; RELIGION > Theology. > Islam; Electronic books.
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This book looks at human rights and Islam through the perspective of reformists attempting to reconcile Western values with those of Muslim societies. It contains case studies from throughout the Islamic world.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Shahram Akbarzadeh & Benjamin MacQueen
• The reformulation of Islamic thought on gender rights and roles / Ann Elizabeth Mayer
• The contribution of secular-oriented strategies to the quest for women's Human Rights in the Islamic Republic / Rebecca Barlow
• Islamic reformism and Human Rights in Iraq : gender equality and religious freedom / Benjamin MacQueen & 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.