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The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) first adopted in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 August 1990, [1] (Conference of Foreign Ministers, 9–14 Muharram 1411H in the Islamic calendar [2]), and later revised in 2020 [3] and adopted on 28 November 2020 (Council of Foreign Ministers at its 47th session in ...
The rights bestowed upon humans in the Quran include the right to life and peaceful living as well as the right to own, protect, and have property protected Islamic economic jurisprudence. The Quran also contains rights for minority groups and women, as well as regulations of human interactions as between one another to the extent of dictating ...
Islam recognizes no distinction among human beings based on color, language or tribe. All are considered equal in receiving human rights and in discharge duties. According to Islamic teaching, no privileged or chosen class exists except those having piety or moral excellence. [36] A Quranic injunction forbids the Muslims to underestimate others.
An internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives, Professor An-Na'im teaches courses in international law, comparative law, human rights, and Islamic law. His research interests include constitutionalism in Islamic and African countries, secularism, and Islam and politics.
712 CE), an imam in Shia Islam, and the great-grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Risalat al-Huquq exhaustively describes the rights God has upon humans and the rights humans have upon themselves and on each other, as perceived in Islam. Risalat al-Huquq has been related by Abu Hamza al-Thumali, a close confidant of al-Sajjad.
The Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights is a document created by Islamic Councils in Paris [1] and London. [2] It restates basic human rights using the language of Islamic jurisprudence. [3] The difference between the original Arabic version and the official English translation has been described as "very problematic."
Human Rights in Islam [1] is a 1976 book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami. [2]In the book, Maududi argues that respect for human rights has always been enshrined in Sharia law (that the roots of these rights are to be found in Islamic doctrine) [3] and criticises Western notions that there is an inherent contradiction between the two.
The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam was adopted by 45 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in August 1990. This declaration undermines many of the rights the UDHR guarantees allowing all the member states to abide by a set of human rights based on Shari'a law. [4]