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Muslims and global justice /

Muslims and global justice

Over the course of his distinguished career, legal scholar Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im has sought to reconcile his identity as a Muslim with his commitment to universal human rights. In "Muslims and Global Justice," he advances the theme of global justice from an Islamic perspective, cri...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011.
Series:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Islamic ambivalence to political violence: Islamic law and international terrorism
  • Problems of universal cultural legitimacy for human rights
  • Toward a cross-cultural approach to defining international standards of human rights: the meaning of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • State responsibility under international human rights law to change religious and customary laws
  • Islamic foundations of religious human rights
  • Cultural transformation and normative consensus of the best interest of the child
  • Toward an Islamic hermeneutics for human rights
  • Competing claims to religious freedom and communal self-determination in Africa
  • Globalization and jurisprudence: an Islamic perspective
  • The politics of religion and the morality of globalization
  • Global citizenship and human rights: from Muslims in Europe to European Muslims.