Islamic law and human rights : the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt /

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This book explores the development of the Muslim Brotherhood's thinking on Islamic law and human rights, and argues that the Muslim Brotherhood has exacerbated, rather than solved, tensions between the two in Egypt. The organisation and its scholars have drawn on hard-line juristic opinions and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fegiery, Moataz El (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
Subjects:
Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt)
Human rights > Egypt.
Human rights > Religious aspects > Islam.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Égypte.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Human rights
Human rights > Religious aspects > Islam
Egypt
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book explores the development of the Muslim Brotherhood's thinking on Islamic law and human rights, and argues that the Muslim Brotherhood has exacerbated, rather than solved, tensions between the two in Egypt. The organisation and its scholars have drawn on hard-line juristic opinions and reinvented certain concepts from Islamic traditions in ways that limit the scope of various human rights, and advocate for Islamic alternatives to international human rights. The Muslim Brotherhood's practices in opposition and in power have been consistent with its literature. As an opposition party, i.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1443898449
9781443898447

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